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Someone finally mentioned this track, and not surprised it’s you.
I’m a big fan of the psychedelic shift with this and “Tomorrow Never Knows”. Hard for me to rank Revolver versus Rubber Soul, the White Album and Abbey Road, but they’re all there in the upper pantheon of Beatles albums.
Just as an example, Revolver should have been named Random Shots.Ilov80s said:
Big fan. Phenomenal album. Taxman is an underappreciated political statement on bloated, bureaucratic overreach. And Your Bird Can Sing does have a great sound, but the lyrics are what blew me away.....he packages an emotionally charged message in a peppy song.
Africa is such a beautiful song and I love the sound of this whole album. I don't listen to this one much but it is fun to break it out once in a while to enjoy the lovely sound of Toto and reminisce about 1982.
Yeah ... themselves
Weezer did alright with their cover. They don't have anyone in their band that can hit the notes Bobby Kimball could, so they played "Africa" in a lower key. Weezer's arrangement is a lot simpler ... they didn't have a dozen guys in the studio painting on layer upon layer of percussion. But I'd say Weezer did the song justice.
Yeah, I wasn't arguing the quality of the covers, just that the tempo and beat were essentially the same instead of a radically different arrangement.
Yeah, I saw someone mention it on another board as a cover song better than the original. It's pretty much a copy/paste of the original; no better, no worse.
I think the biggest complaint was that it was thus pointless.
Mike Masse and Jeff Hall did this song back in 2010. For whatever reason, I just assumed the Weezer thing was a byproduct of Masse's growing popularity among youtube musicians in recent years. Masse's schtick is to do more or less exact replicas, or at least as close as he can get with a two person band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLrC7e3vSv8
No - saw them in London of all places two years ago. Was there on business and was checking out shows during my time there. They happened to be playing at a mid-sized club so I had to check it out. Place was packed - they definitely have a rabid global audience.
I have only heard Toto (which would be Toto I) and it's pretty good. Hold the Line is a great song.
The Belle Album is probably his best, but it came after his heyday and is a little different.
Some of my best childhood memories are wrapped up in this album. As a kid in the mid-70's, my parents, sister, and I would sit around the living room every Sunday afternoon/evening, playing games, eating, talking, and my Dad would be playing this album on his 8-track. Great songwriting, fantastic lyrics, and such a wonderful voice.
Here's what I listen to all the time - especially outside during summer. Great stream - Soma FM - 7 inch soul
Still love Panama. I wasn't a big fan of the trading of some guitar for keyboards but this was a fun album and great party music.
I think 1984 is another example from a band where their most popular album wasn't their best work. I would put 1984 about midway through their discography, still, great album though and God knows I wore out at least two tapes back then, a lot of great catchy songs with Drop Dead Legs, Top Jimmy, House of Pain and Hot For Teacher being my favorites. God almighty man, I remember like yesterday sitting in English class in 10th grade and everyone talking about VH videos - "OMG did you see that new Van Halen video Hot For Teacher?"
