Steve Almond and Toto

[rciesi1]

He looks and talks just like Will Ferrell! If only Will was a cynical critic and not an artist.

[dstreetmax]

Smug dunce. Nice t-shirt.

[RedsInTheBed]

So unfunny. Try writing a pop song, dude.

Tryhard, wannabe intellectual.

[nathanfairbairn]

Bad call having the song play in the background throughout. Too distracting. Should've faded out as he started talking.

[Drud14]

My creative persuasion teacher showed my class this. I liked the song, and it made a Toto fan out of me. Also, I did some research and found that Kilimanjaro does in fact rise above the Serengeti.

[Loopster88]

Was this supposed to be humourous and who are the sycophants laughing in the audience at this crap?

[mesamermaid]

Just finished reading "Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life" and LOVED IT!!! Got a kick out what I did watch of this video (just keeps cutting out so I gave up watching it). Not sure I'm quit a "DF" but I have been a self proclaimed Music Junkie for years. To find out if you might be a "DF" or WTF a "DF" is for that matter - READ THE BOOK!!!

[MrBillDL]

Who is this boring idiot? Someone sent me the link but I wish I hadn't come here. It was painful to listen to. If someone wants to humorously "deconstruct" a song, poem, book, or whatever, then he/she should ensure that he/she can do so without having to read every line from notes, and should be able to do so with more fluency than Forrest Gump trying to read a Linux manual out loud.

[emmie4]

solitary company...!!

[jjws]

that was good but having the song playing in the background the entire time was really annoying.

[bewarefallingobjects]

genius and hilarious :D

[Marcus99nd]

This was good. But I took "she" as a personification of Africa, not the singer's/speaker's love interest. That changes things.

[TheAntonGully]

I bet that seemed funny in his head, before he said it. After he said it, not so much. I actually felt embarrassed for him.

[magichristo]

What a douchebag.

[nineinchtaint]

Boring and not amusing.

[kgschneider]

“It is the love child of imperialism and Muzak.” Coffee... right out the nose! Beautiful.

[pixinguinha]

Dude -- you are so boring. It was so difficult listening to you go on and on about nothing. I found myself listening to the brilliant groove of this song. You come off sounding jealous of musicians that actually have talent. Sometimes lyrics don't need to be profound -- they just accompany good music.

[zugzombie]

"frightened by this thing that I have become"...the whole point of the song and the point you missed...in such a hurry to sound so smart...so powerful..trying so hard to colonize this idea that is your interpretation of this song...you have missed the point...

[cozzecaro]

You have no idea about what you talking about buddy.

Obviously this guy is not smart enough to read thru this song.

[offpatsmile]

"the love child of imperialism and muzak..."

but you can de construct a thousand other pop songs in a similar manner

but i will also, happily,

....bless her boobs down in Africa...

[jendziura]

Thank you, Steve. "Benevolence begins and ends in my imagination." Perfect.

[poonum18]

I went to one of his readings at my school and he is quite hilarious and very intelligent, everyone was laughing hysterically.

[rickydo22]

It's RAINS IN AFRICA ASSHOLE! Not to many laughs in the crowd. Try Again