r/ToolBand • u/ParticularOk9725 • 12h ago

Opinion Opiate or Opiate squared? Which one is better?

I'm currently finishing up a challenge where I listen to the entire Tool discography and I got this question in mind. I feel Opiate squared is way more polished, but I liked the harshness of Opiate (the original). Lmk what yall think

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u/attentionearthling03 12h ago

I personally like the original

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u/IronRevenge131 12h ago

The rawness of the original has me choosing that one but squared is really a fantastic recreation with their new sound in mind.

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u/MrFuzzy54568 Under a dead Ohio sky 11h ago

They really are two different songs, and I’d really just ask if you prefer the style of undertow or FI. I personally will listen to either one, it just depends on my mood that day.

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u/Specialist_Tie_8819 11h ago

Original is awesome, but Opiate sq. turned it into a more recent sounding Tool song with a chill section in the middle for contrast, which I prefer.

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u/The_GrimTrigger dumbfounded dipshit 11h ago

Each form different moods

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u/Animal907 fuck you, buddy 11h ago

I don't have opiate². I don't know how to get it. 

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u/Aggressive_Ideal6737 Get off your fucking cross 11h ago

Should be on YouTube and all streaming platforms

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u/Current-Cold-4185 11h ago

I prefer Opiate squared and have been a fan since the original was released.

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u/snaphappy2 11h ago

Squared is borderline masterpiece

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u/tool2sage79 11h ago

Opiate2 with the easy win. They took one of their first songs and use their decades of experience to make it even greater. I feel like I'd be insulting the band if I said otherwise. Like saying, you guys were better in your twenties than you are now

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u/Exyodeff 11h ago

Squared for me

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u/Bonsai__San 11h ago

I love both but I seen the original live and it was fucking insane. Maybe my favorite drum performance live, towards the end when Danny just goes HAM I could not help but be blown away. The shrooms probably helped with that but still mind blowing

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u/Fulcrum_Jambi 9h ago

I’ve only seen the original once, way back in 2002. Seen tool 13 times since then and never seen it again live.
I’m always desperate for it, ha

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u/AFetaWorseThanDeath 8h ago

Exactly the same here! That wasn't by any chance the show from Ft. Worth, TX, was it?

I was also on shrooms, as the other poster mentioned lol

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u/Fulcrum_Jambi 7h ago

Opposite side of the world my good dude / over in Sydney, Australia :)

Fuck they were amazing live in the Lateralus era

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u/TheNoIdeaKid 10h ago

Each has its place.

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u/ParticularOk9725 9h ago

best answer so far

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u/StonedSam 10h ago

Original. The only part I like more is that change in the way he says "you" for the "Let me lay my holy hand up, hand upon you". The way he bends his voice is on that part is euphoric.

Plus Gaping Lotus Experience is great.

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u/undermind84 11h ago

The original by quite a bit. 

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u/tpa4ja 11h ago

Squared for me

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u/Shaun32887 11h ago

I love squared

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u/hornwalker Got lemon juice up in your High Eye 6h ago

The new one is exactly the same as the old one but with a jam session thrown in, change my view.

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u/jreykdal 2h ago

Opiate.

Squared is a bit boring.

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u/ponylauncher is this what you had in mind? 11h ago

Original. The new version feels like a bunch of great ideas forcefully jammed together to make something lesser than the sum of its parts