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Toto - Africa (Official HD Video)

submitted by iSnark to GenerationX_Radio 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 02:18:03 ago (+5/-0)     (www.youtube.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY

So, Most of the 80's was an alcohol-induced blur for me...

Then I got my shit together, met a great gal, and started a family. My daughter, a carbon copy of her Mother, was always challenging me, but, she was smart, freakishly smart. She would push my buttons, but, she always knew where the line of no return was, and she would make it a habit of getting as close to that line as possible before I turned into angry Homer Simpson. This made for HOURS of free entertainment for then wifie...

One evening, we're cruising along the highway, and this song comes on the radio, and of course, I sing along with it. So there I go, singing "I MISS the rains down in Africa", now, this song had ONLY been out for more than 30+ years, So for more than 30 years, I've been jamming to this song. My daughter, calls me out in the car, and says, "Daddy, the song is "I Bless the rains down in Africa". Well that started a discussion, where I said, "Look, I've been singing this song, forever, I think I know what the words are. So we get home, log on to the computer, and I find out, that, I've been singing it wrong since the beginning... The little Smart-ass, has never let me live that down...

Music: The soundtrack to our lives...


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[ - ] BoozyB 0 points 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 08:34:24 ago (+0/-0)

I'll just leave this here.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgL3puDfuRg&pp=ygUSRGF4IGtyaXN0ZW4gYWZyaWNh

Love it or hate it, I don't care.

[ - ] iSnark [op] 0 points 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 08:47:15 ago (+0/-0)

Thanks for posting this, You can very clearly hear in this version "Bless the Rains"...

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 07:45:15 ago (+0/-0)

What is it with this song? I remember Michael Savage going off about it on his show. After listening to his rant years ago, I can no longer listen to this song because it is so stupid.

[ - ] BloodyComet 1 point 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 10:33:16 ago (+1/-0)

A bunch of guilty White boys decided to make a song about how wonderful Africa is, despite never being there themselves. This is one of the greatest "fraud songs" in history. It sucks, too, it's objectively bad music and I don't care what anyone says.

OP is a nigger lover. Keep blessing the African rains, fag, and keep letting your daughter control you.

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 21:58:15 ago (+0/-0)

Eh, it's not objectively bad just because the songwriting process and lyrics were cucked. It's a bog standard rock ballad in structure with above average atmosphere; it's pleasing enough to listen to if you ignore the stupid lyrics.

[ - ] iSnark [op] 0 points 5 monthsNov 26, 2024 08:46:18 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah, It was with this song, The lyrics are "I Bless the Rains Down in Africa", which makes NO sense to me... I don't hear it very often, but it's just kind of a funny story... What did Savage take issue with, Do you remember?