TOTO - Africa | REVIEW 

Merry Christmas!

Who ever doesn't love this song don't deserve ears this is just fantastic

Personnel David Paich - lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, piano Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals, percussion Steve Lukather - electric guitar, backing vocals Steve Porcaro - synthesizers David Hungate - bass guitar Jeff Porcaro - drums, cowbell, gong, additional percussion Guest musicians Lenny Castro - congas, shakers, additional percussion Timothy B. Schmit - 12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals Joe Porcaro - percussion, marimba Jim Horn - recorders

GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING Killamanjaro would not be that mountain that rises like Olympus. Killamanjaro is in the far North of Africa and nowhere near the Serenghetti.

React to Toto's song "Rosanna". You will not be sorry! It's fire!! 🔥🔥🔥

It’s keyboard synthesizer doubled up with marimba (wooden xylophone).

You guys are such a pleasure to watch. I relive happy memories from the 80s and 90s watching you guys loving this music. thanks.

PENTATONIX!! Are Christmas ❤️

‘’Africa’ takes me back to 15 or 16, and I knew, just knew, that in the upcoming years my whole life was going to change for the better, and that I was on the verge of becoming an adult. I knew that my world was about to become bigger and more expansive. And it did👍. Love this song

Music can be so f'ing hypnotic and Africa is quintessential hypnosis. Just joined your channel. You got a good gig going.

Even if it's a great song and their only no.1 hit my favorite is still "Hold The Line" followed by "Georgy Porgy" then "Africa" "Rosanna" "I'll Supply The Love" and "Girl Goodbye".

So interesting that David Paich sings the verses but Bobby Kimball leads the chorus with Steve Lukather singing back up, just straight fire. Steve and Bobby sound so amazing together. I was watching some show on YT that had Bobby Kimball's long time manager/friend who is creating a documentary about him. Apparently Bobby has some sort of frontal lobe dementia unfortunately and is not doing well. The documentary will contain interviews with Toto members of course but also his good friend Mickey Thomas. I guess Bobby and Mickey used to be in a band together. Can you even imagine that? The documentary is supposed to be calls Kite on a String...that is how his mother described Bobby. I hope he is not suffering. All variations of dementia just sucks big time. Hard thing to watch someone you love go through it. For his sake, I hope it is not long. God Bless him for the amazing music he has made.

A totally off the wall suggestion. Have you tried 2 songs that the Beatles said were the best songs ever written? Both by The Beach Boys. God Only Knows and Good Vibrations. Not surf songs at all. Both just genius.

Guys, you are really fun to watch and I appreciate your reactions. The three of you make videos that are much better informed and in depth than some of the “skim the surface” reactions on here. Keep up the good work!

you blokes should have 100-thousand by now. Great stuff.

I went to South Africa in 2012. I arrived pre dawn, and a friend came to pick me up. We drove from the airport to Pretoria. It was one of those morning's where the conditions turned the sun into a neon pink ball. We drove through this 'valley' that had been cut into the land, while thousands of black workers trudged along the side of the roads, workers in the back of what you guys call pick up trucks (they call them bakkies), and my friend pops this into the CD player. It was sensory overload, I tell people it felt other worldish. An amazing experience.

Turned 20 in 1984 and they were one of my favorite bands. Super talented people. Try Rosanna official video. Richard Marx's wife Cynthia Rhodes dances. Super amazing dancer. She had parts in Flash Dance and Dirty Dancing. Great song about Rosanna Arquette.

I've never heard of boiled custard.

Great song, exceptional musicians, I saw them do this song live twice, no fall off from the album performance.

You amigos are my new crew! Binnnnnnnging!

Kick ass song. One of the best ever.

One of my favorites of all time ❤❤❤❤

Please react to: Hold The Line - TOTO Rosanna - TOTO

damn. those xmas jumpers

I’ll Supply The Love is a great rocker.

Just love Jeff on drums

I saw a live version of this and THAT sound is an ORGAN!

The rippling keys (possibly synthesized) replicate the sound of the 'finger piano' -- a typical west African instrument based on a gourd, and the sound of the shaker is almost identical to the bead-wrapped gourds typical of west African percussion.That's one of the reasons the song 'sounds like Africa' -- it's the underlying hints that give it the power to evoke the continent for people who've spent time there. Also: west Africa has a dry season and a rainy season. At the end of the long dry season, everyone certainly does bless the rains when they begin.

Another track you gotta hear is Angel Dont Cry off the album Isolation. Toto brought in a new frontman Fergie Frederiksen (RIP). Another great voice of course. Think he may have only done that one album. The film clip is worth watching.

You need to watch Steve Porcaro on keys in a concert they did in Japan. He’s a wild man!🔥😂

The song is magnificent. The video makes it even better. The xylophone sound is coming from a keyboard.

There are a large number of live versions of this song performed by Toto on the Internet. It's better to watch them. I would recommend the concert in Amsterdam.

I thought the song was cool

Watch the official music video of Africa then you can see it's just keyboards

That strong voice in the chorus and high voice is their original lead singer Bobby Kimball!

The legendary (and quite heavy!) Yamaha CS-80 providing that warmth.

Fours years ago my hubby and I flew over the Serengeti in a hot air balloon following herds of wildebeest. Put it on your bucket lists. This song captures the experience. Magical

Don’t quote me, but I believe one effect after the last chorus is a gong. Update…I was right! I copied this from Wikipedia. Personnel David Paich - lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, piano Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals Steve Lukather - electric guitar, backing vocals Steve Porcaro - synthesizers David Hungate - bass guitar Jeff Porcaro - drums, cowbell, gong, additional percussion Guest musicians: Lenny Castro - congas, shakers, additional percussion Timothy B. Schmit - 12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals Joe Porcaro - percussion, marimba Jim Horn - recorders

Ryan is a Vikings fan. I'm with you. Suffered though 4 Super Bowl losses in my childhood. Still painful to this day. Rock on!

Love those blinking lights!!

A xylophone

I am new to y'all's channel but I LOVE this song! I was about 6 years old when my teenage brother was playing this...the first time I ever heard it. So funny story one day it comes on the radio and I'm singing it in my brothers room and I thought in the chorus it said I bless the reindeer down in Africa....lol to which my brother turn around and promptly scolds me...it's RAINS not reindeer dingle berry...LOL. Thanks for reacting to this song brought back funny and cool memories from my childhood. ❤️

From South Africa: this song was big here. The instrument that sounds like a marimba is too smooth. Try listening to Mango Groove, Johnny Clegg and Paul Simon's work with Ladysmith Black Mambasa

I don't know what that circumflex ad was about, but I couldn't take my eyes of it. Whatever the product is, I'll buy it: here, TAKE MY MONEY.

Excellent harmonies.

One of the best session drummers ever, u must do Wheezers version

This is one of my favorite reactions you guys have done outside of Year of the Cat. So much fun.

Absolutely love this track, having visited Africa, oh yes !

You need to watch Perpetuum Jazzile’s version of this on RU-vid. It’s immense!

Have they reacted to Rosanna yet?

I C O N I C

¡Que hermosa canción !!

You can tell that you guys are good friends and have fun! Toto's second biggest hit is "Rosanna," from the same album, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was inspired by actress Rosanna Arquette ("Desperately Seeking Susan" with Madonna, "After Hours" and "Pulp Fiction"). Rosanna Arquette is the older sister of Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette (for "Boyhood" ... and "True Romance" and TV's "CSI: Cyber") and David Arquette ("Scream" franchise).

Can you do another Toto song please 🙏

You need to react to Home Free "Do you hear what I hear? It will blow your minds...

Merry Christmas! Could you please react to Ballroom Blitz by Sweet ? They have other hits also . Thank you 🙏🏻

Top notch session musicians. Stella Dan used them a lot and Thriller was all them with Michael Jackson.

➕🔘➕🔘 is amazing.

watch the live version. It is an organ.

If you want a good Christmas song, Tom Petty's Christmas all over the world.

Absolutely 💯 my favorite by toto.and I Absolutely think u guys are fantastic

Merry Christmas and Who Dey from a 513 fella. Thanks for the good content and insight.

Nice reaction video. Hope you will tackle Rosanna by Toto. Insane drumming, guitar, vocals.

Please review/reaction to Toto Georgy Porgy very smooth song

Just found your channel.. like what i am seeing your reactions are nice and a fresh outlook. I love to sing this song. one of my fav too sing at karaoke night.

If you weren't gellin before listening to Africa, you definitely will be afterwards.

Merry Christmas from San Diego to all of you!👍♥️🎄

There's a theory that the singer is a werewolf looking for a cure

Rosanna would be great with head phones.

I can always count on the dudes from the 502 to pick me up when I'm having a down mood~ I totally dig this reaction and comments guys! 🍫"Give me the Coco as I listen to Toto"~ 😆 I needed that one Ty! Hey Ryan & Nick 😉 🍬🍭

Can't go wrong with this song! Sounds just as good now that it did back then!Again - love the light-up sweaters. Need a Bears one! I have a great NFL Bears knit hat.

SKOL Vikings!

It´s a Fairlight

Love Toto. Great song!

The guy singing in the verses is not the same one as the high voice in the chorus.

How about a classic song from 77? Starz. Cherry Baby

the chorus 1 of the greatest ever its sounds so lonely its like he's pleading with all his heart

How good are the wonderful Bobby Kimball's vocals, the strongest chorus mid-line ever and the keyboard (sorry I can't tell you which but watch the video and you will see more) Peace out, guys and thanks for the reaction ✌️

Hey, one of my favorite songs. If not my #1 in rock/ pop genre. Can listen to it all the time, but I like like other songs too. So I mix it up. New here, just been listening a few month now. You guys are fun to watch. Later

Oh my god!!! As someone who spent years in studios it is so fun watching you folks react to these songs and enjoy all of the different instruments and patches that come up in songs and enjoy them so much. I've tried to explain this to people and I get blank stares ! Thank you! Love your channel

This song was freshman year of high school for me. I feel blessed to have my childhood in the 1970s and my teens/high school/young adulthood in the 1980s. We had gigantic hits constantly on the airwaves dozens at a time. And I didn't take any of it for granted -- it was almost too much to be honest!

Loving the sweaters, guys!!😍

Great sweaters!

Un hit

David Paich sings during verses and his vocals are a little worse than Lukather's and way worse than Kimball's but it's not what it's all about. It's the soul and the versatility of this band. I loved this track since I played GTA Vice City back in the day, many years ago. Powerful anthem, beautiful track and timeless classic. You should check out videos where people show the harmonies done on the chorus - it makes you appreciate and respect the song ever more! ;)

Great song!

It's keys.