Posted on 01/11/2023 2:52:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Minecraft user has reportedly recreated Toto's hit song "Africa" on the gaming platform.
Minecraft is a 3D video game in which players can build various structures across different settings. Users can also work with "note blocks" that emit a sound when manipulated.
A Minecraft creator called "Stacinator" has used those elements to create Toto's "Africa" in 3D format, a process that took them three months. "Honestly, I started at the same place, and little parts of concepts just eventually started clicking after tons of practice and failing," Stacinator explained on Reddit.
You can watch a video of the creation below.
“This project for me was a culmination of a bunch of different ideas that I at one point thought were all beyond my capabilities so I’m really proud of what I’ve learned," Stacinator noted, urging fellow Minecraft users not to give up on the game. "I really encourage you to keep at it! You may surprise yourself with what you can do. I know I did.”
"Africa," which was released in 1982, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's since become a set list staple and has been covered by many artists.
"The lyrics are ridiculous, but I think the fact is they're not political, they're not a love song. It's just a silly little song that has a groove and makes people happy and a real catchy melody," guitarist Steve Lukather said of the song in 2021, noting that he and the rest of the band didn't anticipate "Africa" becoming a hit at the time they released it. "Nobody is more surprised as we are."
Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw
I don’t often hate songs, but when I do they’re named Africa and by Toad-O.
Ha... Our son met his future bride in Africa on a mission trip and there are many many things in the song that relate directly to them, their relationship and how they met. Prior to them getting married, we had an idea of everyone at the wedding getting up to sing this to them... everyone got video links and the words to the song well ahead of time so that they could brush up on it. Then we pulled it off toward the end of the reception... everyone sang their blessed hearts out and it was astonishingly good. The happy couple were blown away by it all and the video of it is the highlight of the wedding reel.
Fun to watch. Thanks.
I have always thought that version was better than the original. I like it and hated it by Toto.
I can’t understate how impressive this is. As an avid Minecraft player for over 10 years, this is a lifetime of work. Bravo to the creator.
I love the original by Toto. Maybe because it’s nostalgic.
The sound and the lyrics captured the mood of the times.
Adding:
And that Minecraft creation is very well done.
For pros, if they are pros, they are surprisingly poor at blending and the dynamics are oddly flat, but thanks for the post. My daughter’s teacher nixed “Africa” as a song for the big 6th grade singing show because it “could be perceived as racist or cultural appropriation.”
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