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Toto is considered some of the best musicians of all time. They were the backing band for many of the greatest solo artists of the late 70's and 80's. They played most of the instruments on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album for example. Their catalog is deep
One of theVERY best overall guitarists and his achievement to all genre, to Music is absolutely inbelieveble and criminally underrated! See the guy in France in the mid 90’, super cool and nice, also on stage with buddies. I repeat, this guy deserve more respect and reconnaissance
We actually saw Toto in concert last night! They were so amazing! The same energy as the video, They rocked, entire stadium on their feet singing every word.
You’ve heard these guys jams hundreds of times and you just didnt know it. The guys in Toto were Some of the top session players of the Seventies and Eighties and played on dozens, maybe hundreds of hit albums by top artists. David Paich’s father Marty did arrangents for Elvis and other big stars.
I’m going to sound really old but I’m going to say it. This was back when you actually had to have talent. Actual singing, playing and performing skills. Honed. Practiced. To within an inch of your life. Today you can manipulate things and make music but is it really talent? We had so many talented artists.
David Hungate, after viewing the name on the demo tapes, explained to the group that the Latin words "in toto" translated to "all-encompassing". Because the band members played on so many records and so many musical genres, they adopted the name "Toto" as their own.
First, they're from LA, the San Fernando Valley. Almost all of the band went to school together including the 3 Porcaro brothers. Their name means total, everthing, as in music genres. Hold the line came from, I've got another call, hold the line, from another girl. I couldn't be prouder to say that they were all friends of mine in school. After 50 years, it still blows my mind, a new generation listening to my friends play and digging it. The musicians in Toto have played on albums, including there own, that have sold more then 750 million albums with Thriller at #1.
The band did tell the press it was after the dog from Wizard of Oz but later on David Hungate explained that the Latin words "in toto" translated to "all-encompassing". Because the band members played on so many records and so many musical genres, they adopted the name "Toto" as their own.
@@jimfrederick3907For real. Many "bands" in the current era don't have a single true musician that can play any instrument, or even write music. Then people wonder why the radio is still playing music from 50 years ago.
Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Les Paul, Chuck Berry, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Stan Kenton, Vivaldi, Fritz Kreisler, Paderewski, Bizet, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Verdi, Rubinstein, Haydn ..... Sure. No real musicians before 1960. No real music. 🤣
Some of the greatest musicians, studio and live, ever. They were in their teens and early 20s when they became 1st call session musicians on some of the biggest records ever made for a list of artists that includes Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Chicago, Donna Summer, Don Henley, Cher - and Sonny and Cher...just unbelievable bios for everyone of these guys. And, most of them went to high school together in LA. Lightning in a bottle.
So I'm a 58yr old Canadian..... It wasn't till this video that I noticed how much the lead singer of ToTo looks like and sings in the same style as Canadian great Burton Cummings lead singer for the great band "The Guess Who" {think songs like "These Eyes", "American Woman"}.
Toto is a phenomenal group: Bobby Kimball on lead vocals, Steve Lukather (suspenders) on guitar, Jeff Porcaro on drums, David Hungate on bass(in this video), and Steve Porcaro on keyboards, David Paich on keyboards. Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, and David Paich all share in the lead vocals for Toto. David Hungate told the guys in Toto that Toto in Latin meant all-encompassing, but they went with Toto from Wizard Of Oz in the beginning, but learned of the Latin meaning and went with that. Toto is in my top 5 bands of all time: 1. Kansas, 2. Toto, 3. Foreigner, 4. Journey, 5. Styx. Toto has some great songs like: Hydra, Hold The Line, 99, Rosanna, Africa(good just not in my top 10), I'll Be Over You, Pamela, White Sister, Georgy Porgy, I Won't Hold You Back, and more! Great band!
We had landlines back then, and an expression, we would use sometimes, was “hold the line”- you couldn’t always get hold of someone on a landline back then. No voicemail, no call waiting, no call forwarding. And you couldn’t carry your landline with you. If you weren’t there to answer, or you were on the phone with someone else, you couldn’t get THAT call! So hold the line - stick around and keep the line clear, so they can get hold of you. And if they were working, were delayed, or no where near a working landline or public pay phone, they couldn’t call - they would call when they could, so “Love isn’t always on time”. And if they didn’t have enough money for the public pay phone, they couldn’t call, or the telephone operator would cut them off after they used up the time they paid for. Even the next county could be considered long distance, and cost extra, even if it’s across the street. Sometimes it was phone tag back and forth, but you wouldn’t know they actually called unless you were there to answer the phone. SOOOOOOOOO much nicer and convenient with cell phones!!!!❤ Love TOTO!!!! And the lead singer is a very soulful singer!!!❤❤❤
This song never gets old and fighting for love and sticking it out is most often the hardest but best decision. These were primarily LA Studio Musicians! And that drummer guy went on to some success as did the lead guitarist !
Once the band came together, David Paich began composing what would become the eponymous debut album, Toto. According to popular myth, at the first recording sessions, in order to distinguish their own demo tapes from other bands' in the studio, Jeff Porcaro wrote the word "Toto" on them. In the early 1980s, band members told the press that the band was named after Toto the dog from The Wizard of Oz.[10] After the completion of the first album, the band and record were still unnamed. David Hungate, after viewing the name on the demo tapes, explained to the group that the Latin words "in toto" translated to "all-encompassing". Because the band members played on so many records and so many musical genres, they adopted the name "Toto" as their own
"99" is one of my personal faves by this band. I didn't follow the incarnations of the band after the early '80s, so I can't comment on their albums after that era. But they were very popular almost from the get go. "Hold the Line" was a big hit, for reasons you've just now witnessed. Outstanding musicianship and singing on a love song from a somewhat different perspective. A battle cry.
You've GOT to dig in to their catalogue post-early 80s. Some phenomenal music. Some recommendations: The Seventh One (1988), Tambu (1995), Falling In Between (2006), XIV (2015).
I haven't been listening to this in years. Just realised I still know every line in the song. I got the album as a Christmas present 1978. It is still in my possession, maybe time to play it.
Real musicians and bands would write their own music, play their own instruments, sometimes more than one, and have great singing voices and the whole band would join in on the background singing, plus every song wouldn't sound the same like these days, they had creativity and true Talent!!
One thing dat toto is knowen for is tat in all ther songs you wil ave a part wher they surprise you out of nowher whit the Instrumental. And i love this kind of Artist
I saw Toto and Journey together in concert not long ago. They are still incredible and put on a great show. The two bands are now connected family since the daughter of the Toto keyboard player married the son of one of the guys from Journey. It was a great concert, by the way.
'The origin of the name "Toto" was a cause for debate for quite some time. The band themselves gave differing accounts on different occasions. Initially, rock mythology had it that the name was taken from the word that Porcaro would write on the band's demo tapes to keep them separate from the other bands in the studio. Then the band told the press that they were named after the dog in The Wizard of Oz. Eventually, the "official" story was revealed to be that "Toto" was taken from the Latin words "In Toto," which means "all-encompassing," with the significance of that selection being that the band brought together so many genres and areas of specialization that they could, and did, do anything and everything.' - SongFacts website
***** Part of This Group are Second Generation Musicians. Brothers Jeff and Mike Porcaro's DAD, JOE PORCARO, Known as a Studio DRUMMER and PERCUSSION Educator. My Dad, Trumpet Player BUCK MONARI Knew Him & a Whole circle of Studio Musicians.
We lived in Japan during the 80s. My dad told me a story about how my mom and he were trying to find the venue for Toto. They stopped in shops and asked, "Toto?" One shop owner figured it out and took them to the bathroom. Toto is the brand name for toilets in Japan. Regardless, once they found the concert, I wish I was old enough. I bet it was awesome.
They're an American band. I won't guarantee that every member was born here, because there were a lot of them, but they formed as a band in the US. I'm glad you gave Bobby Kimball some love on the lead vocals. He's often overlooked, but I love his voice.
My favorite song from Hold the Line album, which I had as a freshman in high school on 8 tract Was "Ill Supply the Love" That songs shreds as well. Yes in North Dakota in the 70's freshmen ages 14 and 15 droves pickups with 8 track players to school. Life on gravel was good.
I get a kick out of the comment that Toto was formed by all top session players. Because, while that is true, most of them knew each other and played together as teens. They are like a garage band that separately became great session players and reformed as a super group.
All true, I went to Grant HS with the guys, Jeff, Mike, Steve Porcaro, Lukather, Paich, go figure. 50 years ago Jeff started the whole thing with Steely Dan, those were the days!
"Rosanna" next. These guys are all "professional" studio musicians. Each one is a virtuoso in their own right. They were (and continued to be) hired guns for other bands (writing, playing) and decided to get together and do their own thing. This was the result. They all take turns writing, and singing lead (between three of them). For reference "Human Nature" by MICHAEL JACKSON is a TOTO song. Check the credits. It's them playing it too. And many other contributions on the THRILLER album. This is just one example of many. Check out "Rosanna" RECORD OF THE YEAR grammy for 1983.
this is one of the groups i grew up listening too! so glad u are u like them! i have been listening to all kinds of music from rock and roll, hard rock heavy metal, country, latin, pop music since i was a kid!
They are NOT from Australia, they are from L.A. and and they were top studio musicians for a lot of famous music. They decided to form this band to explore what they could do together.
this is what music was all about in the 70- early 80s there was always 2 people singing the song the harmonies give the story and the song a soul and balances out the sound songs then weren't about the 1 singer. it was about the story sung and played all the great bands then did this
Pimps. As many mentioned, they were the band on the Jackson album Thriller. They also wrote the song Human Nature which is a wonderful song. I love Toto. So badass.
Timeless music has something about it that speaks a universal truth, weather it is the words in the song that resonate a deep sense of truth that we all acknowledge or the feeling the vibration the music gives our bodies - it gets us to a moment of liberation straight through the heart!
Glad to hear you acknowledge God's Rainbow❤. Like most Rock songs it had hidden/double meanings. Hold the line/love isn't always in time also tells guys to prolong a certain activity til your girl smiles😊
They were ridiculously talented and elite first call studio musicians in the LA music scene back in the day. Steve Lukather the lead guitarist is, if I remember correctly, one of the most recorded guitarists of all time with 3,000 plus recordings and many of those with major artists. You just don't see this kind of talent in modern recorded music anymore IMHO.
