The "Toto Sings About Girls" POLL

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Between 1978 and 1988, they had at least one song on each album named after a girl (and then once again in the 1990s with "Melanie").

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Rosanna	6
Carmen	2
Lorraine	1
Angela	0
Goodbye Elenore	0
Holyanna	0
Lea	0
Pamela	0
Melanie	0

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago)

Maybe Africa was a girl.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago)

Weren't these the band's studio nicknames for each other?

― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzvLCVWQDM

Pamela

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4ychrRkQA

Rosanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciKFzCDr0s

Lorraine

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

Weren't these the band's studio nicknames for each other?

Were they? I'd never heard that.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPipL7KHJu4

Holyanna

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uj-AXbWrsk

Goodbye Elenore

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago)

You left out one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6UQW64hxMI

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:57 (fifteen years ago)

So I'm gonna have to vote for "Lorraine," the other girl song from their best album Hydra.

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

Is that really what 99 is about? If so, I like it so much more now.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe80s/smf/1118078557.shtml

It's probably an urban legend but I heard it was dedicated to the girl who played agent99 on "Get Smart"

It would not surprise me. Both 99 and "Rosanna" were written by David Paich, who based the latter on Rosanna Arquette; herself an indirect 1960s TV reference. her grandfather Cliff was "Charley Weaver" on the original HOLLYWOOD SQUARES from 1966 to his death in 1974.

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago)

"Rosanna". Although "Pamela" is a good and often ignored later gem.

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 23:49 (fifteen years ago)

"Rosanna" often gets mentioned as sounding like the Spinners. Even Toto, at the time, said they were trying to sound like them. Any thoughts on this. I do hear a little bit.

― jetfan, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, the breakdown finger-snapping part really does sound like The Spinners. Never really thought about it before.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 25 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 26 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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