Why download what you can watch and stream?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I like how the Sisters of Mercy used that video set later, but just added water.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hey now Hey now now Sing this Rosanna to me."
They look unbelievably dorky in this video, but 99 is still the winner.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
My God the 80s was a bad decade for hair.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 23 May 2008 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
As I am going to be shortly blessing the rains down in Africa, I have had to choose that very song.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Friday, 23 May 2008 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my heavens. I haven't heard "I Won't Hold You Back" in about 17 billion years. I'd forgot about that one.
― Bimble, Friday, 23 May 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
It's "Africa", really. "Rosanna" and "Georgy Porgy" are also gr8.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 23 May 2008 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link
"Georgy Porgy"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Saturday, 24 May 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Always loved "Africa."
― novaheat, Saturday, 24 May 2008 09:48 (sixteen years ago) link
The 80s was also a bad decade for glasses.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 24 May 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Rosanna, because it has everything.
Rock - check Soul - check Pop - check Funk - check, kind of Jazz - almost
What else do you need in one song?
― Matt #2, Saturday, 24 May 2008 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hold The Line", easy. For a soft-rock song it's camp as tits. "I Won't Hold You Back" is no longer necessary thanks to Roger Sanchez, though I'd still say it's second.
― edwardo, Sunday, 25 May 2008 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
"Africa" - good italo version by Key Of Dreams, good edit of same by Rune Lindbaek, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6s2Q9BNO4">MIMS vs Toto</a> is a guaranteed floorfiller. Saw the lead singer of Erase Errata belt it out at karaoke once, too.
"Hold The Line" & "Rosanna" also U&K.
― etc, Monday, 26 May 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
"Rosanna," but "Africa" is 1a.
― Fitzcarraldo, Monday, 26 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Etc., that link you posted leads to a YouTube error message (malformed video ID). Can you (or someone else) re-post it? In a weak moment of nostalgia, I'd really like to hear reimagined versions of Toto's hits.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 27 May 2008 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"africa" for the arrangement/production.
― jeremy waters, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, right, BBCode. This Is Why Africa Is Hot
― etc, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 07:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll Be Over You 1
Hello me.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
99 was robbed.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 28 May 2008 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, sorry I missed this thread. Africa deservedly won. Toto fucking suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 August 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
They split!
http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2008/08/toto-split-up-c.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow.
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
You all sure did like "Africa".
The top 3 here is really fair (could maybe switch "Hold the Line" and "Rosanna") - but "I'll Supply The Love" was robbed!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The top 3 here is really fair
The top 3 is actually a top 4. But "Georgy Porgy" deserves to be there too.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
12/8
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 7 August 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
hydra really hittin the two-beer after-work spot right now
― max, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
99 and i won't hold you back now seriously underrated ballads.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
how can we make toto "happen" again--how has a band this good not been rediscovered--i ask you
― max, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe it's the name and the lame album covers. and surely it's still cheesy to some ears.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:28 (thirteen years ago) link
people! what are you going to do i guess
― max, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
If you want to rediscover Toto, drop in on a karaoke bar.
(This is no slight on them, btw. I like them a lot.)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i just dont get why there arent a thousand toto-aping bands in w'burg or silver lake or whatever now?? like it seems as though they got completely bypassed??? i guess the dan and boz skaggs did too
― max, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
WHERE IS THE TOTO OF 2010 I ASK YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZq6D6IjUlA
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Precisely. Jeff T and I made them happen again in karaoke the other night. (And yes it was "Africa.") So surely the rest must follow.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
influential internet arbiter king boy pato is on it
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=79&threadid=83296
― buzza, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
kbp always ahead of the curve
― max, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 05:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I do have a problem seeing Donkeyboy as particularly Toto-like, actually. They are more like 80s Fleetwood Mac with touches of Duran Duran and Jon Anderson on vocals.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been really really into "Rosanna" and "Waiting For Your Love" lately, what other songs and/or albums/collections should I check out based on my loving those songs?
― dorkslovesudoku (some dude), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
well toto iv obviously. i think theres a two disc 'essentials' collection which is pretty good. their sound is pretty consistent, tbh, and from toto to toto iv you cant really go wrong. i dont know isolation or farenheit that well but they sound p good to my ears. my fave album is 'hydra'.
― max, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
cool, thanks.
i watched Dune for the first time last week, was disappointed that i didn't notice any cool Toto pop jams.
― dorkslovesudoku (some dude), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently "Rosanna" was named after Rosanna Arquette? that's crazy.
― dorkslovesudoku (some dude), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I Won't Hold You Back didn't get any votes in that poll? At all? It's one of my favorite Toto singles and it was featured briefly in an American Dad episode. It's a perfectly cheesy 1980s power ballad.
― Just breaking it in, feels comfy (MintIce), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
this band has layers. "stranger in town" video, starring future grima wormtongue actor guy, i think, disturbed the hell out of me as a kid
― kamerad, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
"stranger in town" video, starring future grima wormtongue actor guy
I always thought that was their weird way of referencing the Dune work -- that album and single came out around the same time as the movie did, Brad Dourif's in the film as well, etc.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't know he was in dune too. guy is vying for science fantasy hall of fame inductionhaven't seen the video in a looooong time. still gives me chills and bums me out he doesn't get awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelbhjQ98i8
― kamerad, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
this songs brings back good memories, but everyone looks coked-up in this video, huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4ychrRkQA
― /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\||||||( *__* )||||||/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ (res), Friday, 7 January 2011 06:35 (thirteen years ago) link
kilimanjaro rises like olympus = a mountain rises like another mountain <-- coked-up lyric
― "Smurfette's Smurfy Adventsmurf" (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 7 January 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
that's such a horrible line. a totally failed metaphor and way too many syllables too. wtf
― /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\||||||( *__* )||||||/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ (res), Friday, 7 January 2011 06:41 (thirteen years ago) link
for a long time i used to sing "kilimanjaro rises like a lepress" without once thinking that this made no sense or even realizing that the word i was searching for was "leopardess." a quick google search has revealed that i'm not the only who had this problem.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 7 January 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFw2HMu3dg&feature=related
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 September 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Good god, there was a video for "99"? And it was...this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi6PY8AG5Ic
Well, I'm amazed.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:01 (ten years ago) link
Just saying again about that "99" video. Trust me.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
I don't get Rosanna.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 June 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link
Who’s your favorite Toto vocalist?
― calstars, Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:07 (one month ago) link
The son of John Williams
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:18 (one month ago) link
I know he entered after their “classic” period, but he is the one with the best vocals imho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
His vocals also seem to hace actually gotten better with age which is usually the other way around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-bYuNOCMiI
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:33 (one month ago) link
Don’t know him at all, I have only heard up til IV
― calstars, Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:29 (one month ago) link
Whereas Kimball's rough living destroyed his to the point where the last time he toured with Toto, they piped in the CD during the chorus of Africa
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:30 (one month ago) link
Inspired to ask because Kimball is so over the top, it cracks me up every time when he gets going with his “oohs” etc
― calstars, Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:30 (one month ago) link
He was so nimble in his prime, hate that he basically can't sing anymore
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:32 (one month ago) link
Joseph Williams still sounds good