― deej, Sunday, 22 April 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 23 April 2007 09:06 (sixteen years ago) link
― blueski, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:17 (sixteen years ago) link
― sw00ds, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link
― sw00ds, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the ten best songs ever.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 20 December 2007 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
It's true -- it's all about that chorus.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 20 December 2007 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
(although saying it's one of the ten best songs ever is a bit over the top).
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 20 December 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not even the best song on the new Singstar Rock Ballads. And singing along to it really does hammer home just how ridiculous the lyrics in the verses are.
― ledge, Thursday, 20 December 2007 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE>
― artdamages, Thursday, 20 December 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
this song has done more for africa than bono ever will
― artdamages, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I almost said classic, then I realized that the song in my head was Phil Collins' "Take Me Home". This is somewhere in between c and d.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
ok, ill just go ahead and retract that. this thread shouldn't have to be tainted by bono.
― artdamages, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
(xpost)
wait, toto did the soundtrack to dune????
― artdamages, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I still like "Roseanna" better.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Georgie porgy is one of the 10 best songs ever
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
saying you like "Roseanna" better is indefensible
― artdamages, Thursday, 20 December 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
nuh uh, it's got that sick jeff porcaro beat!
― Jordan, Thursday, 20 December 2007 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, that is a bit of a mind-blower. Fuck was David Lynch thinking?
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 20 December 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
can't believe such serious discourse over the band that proclaimed "you supply the night, I'll supply the love"...the cover of the Hydra LP pretty much says it all...bleh...
― henry s, Thursday, 20 December 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually got temporarily excited when I recently found out Toto did the Dune score -- anticipating an extended Yamaha CS-80 workout. Sadly, it's entirely orchestrated but for a few demos they tacked on to a recent reissue of the record.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 20 December 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
songwriting - classic productio - 80's dud
― Zeno, Thursday, 20 December 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree, pleasant plains, that that is indefensible. but tell me, are you familiar with the stray "turkey gobble" in "roseanna"? anyone know what i'm talking about? it fascinated me as a kid.
that rune lindbaek africa edit/rework thing is pretty hot.
― andrew m., Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
that "africa" beat was wasted on jojo, jadakiss would've been perfect over that.
― pc user, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
This song is amazing.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I know nothing about this turkey gobble, andrew.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
turkey gobble: listen close during the quiet part before they bust out the big finale "meet you all the way!" bit. i think it appears after he quietly sings "now she's gone..."
― andrew m., Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm sure you have it handy. get back with us on that quicklike.
― andrew m., Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
What the hell? Are you talking about the 3:34 mark? How did you even catch that?
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
PATRICK SWAYZE!!
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 December 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
xp that's it! just latched onto it as a kid i guess.
― andrew m., Thursday, 20 December 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
HURRY BOY SHE'S WAITING THERE FOR YOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 20 December 2007 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Um, that's a bgd singer going, "Ooh, oooh!!!"
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 20 December 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
or the guitarist rubbing the strings a bit--same tone
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 20 December 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone else mis-remember the lyrics as featuring the line
"I passed the rains down in Africa"
?
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 21 December 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait a minute, you suspect that it's not really a TURKEY GOBBLING? Get out of here!
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 21 December 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
So classic I paid a quarter for the cassette only to discover that it's unlistenable dreck past "Africa" and "Rosanna." I think the clunky insertion of the word "Serengeti" is part of this song's charm.
I feel like if you were going to suddenly surprise people by blurting out part of a pop song from this period "FRIGHTENED BY THIS THING THAT I'VE BECOME!" would be a top-notch choice.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 21 December 2007 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
the key of dreams version w/ the vocoder is super-ace, too!!
― max, Friday, 21 December 2007 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Jeff Porcaro died in a bizarre gardening accident.
No he didn't. He dropped dead of a cocaine overdose while mowing his lawn.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 21 December 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Explain the cover-up for us, Naive Teen Idol.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 21 December 2007 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Africa? classic.
Toto? Huge motherfucking dud.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Friday, 21 December 2007 05:18 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Pleasant Plains
Hahahahah!
Me, I like "Africa" fine, but "Georgie Porgie" was their peak. (They shoulda made Cheryl Lynn their fulltime singer)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 21 December 2007 05:57 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man i just remembered. as a kid i misheard the chorus as "there's nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever do." with my powerful 3rd-grade intellect, i figured they meant that what with mars' gravity being different and all, a man maybe could lift much greater weights on the surface of mars. and it would take over 100 men lifting great weights on the surface of mars to keep me away from this special lady down in africa! how romantic!
― andrew m., Friday, 21 December 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8
― jaymc, Friday, 21 December 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"there's nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever do."
You mean that isn't the chorus?
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 21 December 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
the chorus is catchy but kinda generic
UTTERLY preposterous
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
It's been nearly three years since I last saw the video (upthread!) and I think I finally understand it ... Mr. Toto is trying to hunt down the warrior guy, but before he can positively identify him through piecing together the picture in the book, the warrior hunts *him* down (he carries exactly the same shield as the one in the book) and the evidence is burned. An African librarian observes everything and her glasses get rained on, which is supposed to be ironic or whatever.
STILL one of the best songs ever.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 21 December 2007 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRLfGwQ7Nsw
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
Africa by Toto to play on eternal loop down in the coastal Namib Desert
"Mr Siedentopf tells the BBC it is set to play forever, with solar batteries "to keep Toto going for all eternity"."
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link
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my favourite genre of video is 'bobby kimball from toto trying to perform africa now' pic.twitter.com/WOxzjQg4xY— ▀▀▀▀▀▀ (@immolations) July 10, 2019
― pplains, Saturday, 13 July 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
I forgot I'd remixed this
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3rp3s2nBlK/
― S-, Sunday, 20 October 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/unN7QvSWSTo
― calstars, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link
ECCOJAMZ
― calstars, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:39 (four years ago) link
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Lol at Steve’s wristbands in the video
― calstars, Thursday, 6 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
wristband close up
― calstars, Thursday, 6 April 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link