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Toto's Africa...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:22 pm
by Jason Dirckze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig

Sung by an amazing choir, complete with thunderstorm. Make sure you listen on a nice system, doesn't really translate on lappy speakers. The original was beautifully engineered and mixed, love the song, and love this version of it.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:42 pm
by spandex man
That was great! Thanks for the link.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:42 am
by rick
wow toto linked three 24 track machines together and took two years , when they could have gotten 24 accounts chicks and 24 maths teachers and had it all over in 6 mins :)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:51 am
by Aearth

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:29 am
by Chinagraf
Man, that's a lot of mics. I like the thunder.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:48 am
by TimS
They were my MOST favourite band ever.
I'm a HUGE Toto fan - have seen them live everytime they toured here. I took tunetown to their last show - was fantastic!
They were an awesome band with awesome songs - shame they never got the record label support that they deserved.
Lukather was king on guitar (and still is...)
Thanks for that link - was great..
I have a live recording of them doing Africa with a live choir (actually recorded in South Africa also) - sounds unreal..
;-)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:57 am
by Aearth
TimS wrote:They were my MOST favourite band ever.
I'm a HUGE Toto fan - have seen them live everytime they toured here. I took tunetown to their last show - was fantastic!
They were an awesome band with awesome songs - shame they never got the record label support that they deserved.
Lukather was king on guitar (and still is...)
Thanks for that link - was great..
I have a live recording of them doing Africa with a live choir (actually recorded in South Africa also) - sounds unreal..
;-)


I think all young bands should watch TOTO's live performances and note on what level to achieve for their live performances. I knew they were good but live is better than their recordings, not so USA squashed.

nIC

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:00 pm
by TimS
the Live in Paris video/DVD is exceptional ;-)

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:27 pm
by spandex man
TimS wrote:They were my MOST favourite band ever.
I'm a HUGE Toto fan - have seen them live everytime they toured here. I took tunetown to their last show - was fantastic!
They were an awesome band with awesome songs - shame they never got the record label support that they deserved.
Lukather was king on guitar (and still is...)
Thanks for that link - was great..
I have a live recording of them doing Africa with a live choir (actually recorded in South Africa also) - sounds unreal..
;-)


I saw them live last year, i think i was the only person i know who bought a ticket :P . It was an awesome show though, Bobby Kimble even threw me a one of Simon Phillips sticks. I really like the DVD of that tour too, i have one from the 90's with some skinny black dude singing and i didnt like it so much.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:49 pm
by TimS
spandex man wrote:
TimS wrote:They were my MOST favourite band ever.
I'm a HUGE Toto fan - have seen them live everytime they toured here. I took tunetown to their last show - was fantastic!
They were an awesome band with awesome songs - shame they never got the record label support that they deserved.
Lukather was king on guitar (and still is...)
Thanks for that link - was great..
I have a live recording of them doing Africa with a live choir (actually recorded in South Africa also) - sounds unreal..
;-)


I saw them live last year, i think i was the only person i know who bought a ticket :P . It was an awesome show though, Bobby Kimble even threw me a one of Simon Phillips sticks. I really like the DVD of that tour too, i have one from the 90's with some skinny black dude singing and i didnt like it so much.

Yeah, he was a mistake that singer (Jean-Michel Byron) - a record company decision that one - not a good one either..
Luke was singing most of the time from Kingdon of Desire up until Mindfields - when they returned Bobby to vox..
Was good to see (and hear!!)