on a recent thread somebody said "rosanna" by toto was annoying, and i just couldn't agree'cause jeff and the boys rock the hell out of that song and every other song they've written 4 themselves or others...who's wit me out there?

Really like 'Africa', not too fond of 'Rosanna'.


It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

diamondpearl1 said:

I am. I've always dug TOTO. Steve is a slammin' guitarist and they have very good songs. The whole band were great musicians.

"Africa" is what it's all about.

love me some Toto. Africa: great song!!

"Hold The Line" is my favorite.

see? I'm not alone here. "Africa" is appreciated... "Rosanna"? not so much.

CinisterCee said:

i like Rosanna too, but there is just sumthin about Africa..... gets me blood pumpin

I really liked:

Hold The Line
Georgie Porgie
99
Lea
Don't Stop Me Now (w/ Miles Davis)
...and of course, other tunes, like "Human Nature" for Michael Jackson, and "In The Way" for the Brothers Johnson....


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paligap said:

if you can find it jeff really rips on tom scotts "street beat" (1979) and "somethin" (1990) for lalah hathaway

I love the end of "Rosanna", when Steve Lukather just goes crazy with the guitar solo - it just felt like he just said, "I ain't ready to end this song, yet"...When I was growin' up, it was widely thought that "Georgy Porgy" was sung by a black group.

Critics have never been kind to Toto (just like Journey, which has kick-ass guitarist Neal Schon) but that group was slammin'. Every member was a bad-ass on their instrument.

JesseDezz said:

i love how mike throws in that smooth piano behind steve' axe and you're right about them bein some bad mfs on all instruments. how could they diss journey when a mere 4 years before neal schon was runnin with carlos santana since he was 14!!!! man,he was so good that to this day on santana's "caravanserai"m people dont know which axe is carlos'or neal's like duane & eric's lines on "layla".... and how toto gets written off as mere "session guys" is just unbelieveable 'cause they could hold their own with any band in any genre.....
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vainandy said:

Mine too, I was actually just listening to it today