Posted on 02/01/2018 6:08:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
You can still hear it blasting out of classic rock and golden oldies stations all over the world, and against all odds, Toto’s “Africa” has become a millennial anthem 35 years later.
The rousing rocker is enjoying a second life thanks in part to the internet, and web users have embraced the song as a guilty pleasure. One Twitter account called “Africa by Toto Bot” tweets lyrics from the song every three hours. There is a website devoted to playing the song on a continual loop, and there are countless covers and affectionate reinterpretations on YouTube, including an 8-bit version that makes it sound like a classic Nintendo game.
The tune even got some love during Grammy Week in New York. DJ Z-Trip mixed a portion of “Africa” with tracks from Drake and Rihanna into his DJ set at a Spotify party honoring the Best New Artist nominees.
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Sunset People--Donna Summer (1979)
Listening to this you can almost imagine being in Africa.
It's quintessential yacht rock crapola.
I thought that was “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel.
I just looked it up.
Supposedly, both of those songs were inspired by her.
Africa and their other hit Roseanna are the only stuff I’ve heard by them. And I get Roseanna confused with Roxanne half the time, lol.
Agreed. I was a young fella when this song first hit the airwaves, and I still enjoy listening to the song and watching the video.
Like it!
I am officially declaring myself this man’s #1 groupie.
That’s almost the plot to Blood Diamond.
That’s almost the plot to Blood Diamond.
“Sunset People—Donna Summer (1979)”
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Donna Summer was amazing and this song would be so much better if the disco beat were taken out of the mix.
But it’s pretty cool how songs we remember make up soundtrack of our lives.
lol
So creative it almost brought tears to my eyes.
The lyrics are pony, but the music is pretty good.
I mean "I know that I must do what's right As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti" - really? So awkward. Like those early Genesis lyrics where they tried to stuff an entire paragraph into what should have been an 8 note melody.
Well, it is a nice little tune.
I had to look at the YouTube link because I was thinking that I had remembered the wrong song. Yeah, even this old lady would put it in the easy listening category.
Artistry in the music of that era the likes of which is almost never seen anymore. Maybe we took it too much for granted.
Not a bad song...it beats rap...but it is so bland imho...if i want to hear song bout relating to other geographies and cultures....”tie me kangaroo down” or Men at Works...down under song is more enjoyable to me...or Lightfoots ALBERTA BOUND or MOUNTAINS AND MARYANN are better imho
So why the surprise?
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