Africa (acoustic Toto cover) - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall

[milimbar]

Yep, found this from another video of yours. Awesome duo.

[JJM1853]

Holy shiites! This is the third vid I've seen so far and I'm already a Massé / Hall fan. You are awesome musicians. G_d bless you two.

[Noacat]

...I'm going to have to make some kind of pilgrimage to Utah.There is no choice.

[MsKennoy]

i am watching every song you play. my heart with you..i wish im a milyader so i can invite you to perfom in my country..and exclusively!.. you are amazing...

[lilreddevil600]

I never realized how much vocal range you need to do this song. Great job.

[metallicamastg]

OMFG was that awesome !

[keybdwizrd]

You guys are great. I am a keyboardist and I would KILL to get together with you and play someday. Impressive performances!

[TomoLfc08]

Did not expect that! Amazing vocals!

[MrVolleymac]

Awesome! Great voice

[poprocksugar]

One of my Favorite songs of all time and you covered it so effortlessly!

[Embearmu]

Wow!

[lps59]

Awesome!!

[sterichindrance]

Jesus man take it easy with that voice... Beautiful.

[Tycho114]

Very nice work guys. Wow.

[TheFrustratedAtheist]

i have watched this clip countless times, your voice is the shit. you are my hero and a role model for all gingers. you should team up with louis c.k.

[dwage]

Nice job boys.

[imadamo]

I have to watch this video at least 3 or 4 times, every time I come here!!! It's like Lay's chips, you can't have just one! lol

[KICKINGJBONE]

wow wow wow just amazing, im speechless 

[AwoogaTam]

AMAZING I can listen to this everyday

[jmwhite333]

this gave everyone in the room chills... how beautiful and simply perfect this is

[twj1996]

They should be charging about a thousand dollars for those pizzas with this level of singing and composition thrown in.

[pappawookee]

Holy crap guys!!!!!!! I've just started an acoustic harmony style thing to play bars/cafes etc and you guys have just shown me the bench mark we need to meet...................that was freakin awesome!!!!!

[thearomanaroman]

thank you for all......thanks for Italy.....for ever!!

[ereims1]

I think I've listened to this video every week for the past 3 months and shown every single person I know. Yall really sound amazing.

[SagaStoneman]

amazing job guys!

[loosepizzle88]

very very nice

[xXxcrimsonmoonxXx]

That harmony in the chorus is just exquisite.

Such a beautifully put together version of a classic song - subscribed.

[JuliaKrummel]

This is more than amazing! The vocals are absolutely beautiful, I had goosebumps all over my body!

[DieNarbe]

Oh, GREAT. the second voice as well, mates, that was some good shit!

[squirtlewa]

zomg that's just fn sick...

<-- a new fan

[rafaelg45]

Wow you mean he is a singing lawyer?

[meccamaz]

Thoroughly impressed with your magnificence and humility combined. I have played it over and over and agree....... "did Toto cover this???" LOL Keep up the great work. Thankyou.

[MrUsernamenonvalido]

goosebumps... wow

[tcpeb]

and why arent you famous? I'd rather to hear you on the radio than the crap they have on these days. And thats coming from a young adult!

[AvHielkema]

Didn't know that God could play guitar....

[seanikbrolik2]

This. Is. Amazing.

[peterpetersbng]

maybe someone will phoning you up . for a new job. i mean a new job in a famous band

[inikitaphoto]

@peterpetersbng I dont think so, he'll always be a district attorney with golden voice

[Flavum]

Jaw-dropping performance, guys - just superb in every way. Hearing three people clapping in a pizzeria is a crime.

[hallman321]

Damn

[drklenk]

NEVER heard such a PERFECT and ABSOLUTELY amazing voice...have you ever tried reading out stories for children? Must be amazing, dude...but keep on singing :)

[HYBRIDCOMBATIVES]

didn't TOTO cover this song of yours?

[buckrogers1985]

AMAZING cover



[saaamcollins]

Wow, absolutely perfect!! Better than the original

[rancel21342]

Absolutely amazing. I did not expect to be so impressed by this. I stumbled across a video of you covering scarlet begonias about a month ago and favorited it. Just found this by accident looking at tunes to cover. Guess I'm gonna have to subscribe.

[cccaaakkk]

This Is Better than the Original!!! Serious :)

[garbear8000]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM­MMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

[TheTendeAndGioShow]

wow



[MustangRon1]

great job

[thedog357]

no words can say it!!!  u def did that sooung justice!!!

[jhughes662]

Absolutely amazing!!! Well done to you both, fantastic acoustic cover! Gonna check out the rest of your stuff now x

[musicmasterliam]

EPIC RUSH SHIRT!

[nathanelithomas01]

Mike, I'm a performer in Las Vegas full time. There are a lot of really good musicians here. I'm in a couple of acoustic duos myself. I've seen and heard a lot of great talent in this town but this has got to be the most impressive thing I've seen in a long time as far as duos go. Incredible job guys. Keep it up.

[thehansolo791]

RUSH!!!!

[EddieVanAidan]

You guys should go on American Idol or something, breeze through to the final and walk away, to make people realise you don't need fame or money to be respected. Damn fine performance! Mucho respect from the UK.

[81andyr]

You guys are amazing very talented and i always find your musical arrangements very interesting sympathetic to the original with your own touch which is important for an artist. What I dont get is idiots who feel they should use good energy to give negative comments you guys are awesome keep it coming

[RAULMANRIQUEZ5]

uhhh... im impressed,for real, good job guys

[Almaterius]

Better than the original, hands down. Both of you really have great talent and I'm really glad that you share this talent with us! You've got a new subscriber for life here <3

[rosiespole]

Simply astonishingly good... shivers down my spine listening to this

[MrSlotracer]

You guys are fabulous!! Great singing... Bobby would be impressed.

[danwaldren81]

Best video i have ever seen on youtube.

[bassmanjoe]

19 people are jealous.....:-) Crowd sucks too!!

[daviobigd1]

Fantastic !

[ch5683]

Mike, your voice is amazing. As a singer, this is one of the most difficult songs on Earth to sing. You make it seem effortless. No slide into falsetto.....That's amazing....If you're ever in Louisiana I would love to hear this. Thanks for this post. You guy's subtlety is beautiful.

[MrProveyron]

@ch5683 don't forget the 2nd singer, he did a great job as well...

[JepseQc]

one word: SHIVERS! 

[Lervenify]

its unfair that there are people with voices like this

[EdPosey]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!! You made my day guys....

[bergenick]

I am speechless. How can someone dislike this?

Seeing and hearing this gave me a very important lesson : even when you are as perfect as these guys at a craft, some people will find a reason to criticize you. From now on, I will enjoy playing music no matter what others say.

[jmcgunegle]

Wow.....Fantastic!



[1996Gordon5]

brilliant, just awesome!



[YouToldACaitlin]

i adore this <3

[ookie007]

Super Solid cover, bro

[sonoyo]

Wow! Amazing, congrats and admiration from Argentina. It's like BMIConsulting said "It's a bit surreal to me that two guys just sit down in a pizza shop and bust out like this." Now a few words in spanish: chicos son geniales, es impresionante vuestra calidad artística, no es un cover es una interpretación que han hecho de un bello tema dejándolo aún más hermoso. Esto se llama talento.

[alittlebitmusic]

I LOVE THIS VERSION! :D

SOOOOOO GOOD!

[straightupwv]

WOW! I'm going to move to Utah just so I can carry your guitar cases.

[Doetify]

I hope you guys understand how inspiring you really are. Thank you for uploading!

[rosiespole]

I love you guys!!!!!!

[seancaseo84]

Vocals are incredible

[gvr1970]

Brilliant - can't say anymore than that really. Gonna watch it again now!

[SweetAngel525]

Amazing :))) great job :))

[Btaz23]

This is phenomenal. Holy shit.. What amazing range/harmonies!! Great job guys

[precbass]

Beautiful guys.Your voices combine really well.Jeff,you didn't play the little twiddly bass bit at the end.Tut tut! Just kidding.Really good.

[anniebrocolieO2]

You're so great guys ! I really like your voices and this pizza shop is really lucky to have you ! ;)

[Xcab7]

Thank you! You have exactly the same music taste as me, plus you sing the songs as good, if not better than the originals! I had started getting a little tired of the originals of the songs you sing, but because of you I have now started to like my music again. Thank you! very cool that you exist, had not thought there was someone like you) I have been greatly impressed!

[racingAU]

Superb :)

[ardkeenan]

Just working away here and got linked this, I want to say its awesome but that word has lost everything but the letters that combine to form it so I will say this made me smile...........A LOT ......and then more when ye were chuckling at the end. Thanks.

[DrSantiagoHolyday]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

[03devittj]

I don't know what to say.... this is stunning. One of the best performances and covers I have seen on youtube. The harmonies were spot on and the guy on the right has an absolutley outstanding voice. The only thing that lets the video down is the crowd! I would have gone wild if I were there! haha Very well done guys, amazing amazing job.

[JoshGarris1]

Idk what some of these people are talking about, you guys sound Great! Awesome Job!

[jeffvandusseldorp]

Spectacular

[MonthsBecomingYears]

Absolutely amazing. Great performances are driven by passion and you guys put everything you had into this. Just wonderful. I'll echo the request for chords, though I could never be a fraction as good as this.

[TheCazzaw79]

Amazing version of one of my all time favourites. I cant stop listening to it. It just gets better and better all the way through. Wish you could teach my husband to play and sing like that!!!

[Mzerothehero]

Wow! I wasn't expecting it to be so good. I love it. Great job!

[GUSTAV0MEDEIR0S]

Wow!! Fantastic job guys!!! Greetings from Brazil!

[TheDraculaFitness]

Can't even find words how good this was!

[bradsarcade]

No no no. They're not miming at all. (you misspelled miming by the way) I do acoustic covers at home for fun and have a horrible time getting the sound right with the video camera's microphone. I record my audio into a portable studio and sync it up with the video. I'm sure they do the same thing. If not, you'd hear all sorts of horrible background noise. Keep 'em coming Mike and Jeff. They sounds amazing.

[erkz91]

Always when i hear this song i start thinking of Chuck when jeffster preformed toto - africa xD

I might be crazy or blind but I think that mike look like jeff in chuck =D

so, about the song.. its amazing, better than the orginal imo! you guys are making my life so much better. thank you!

[erkz91]

Always when i hear this song i start thinking of Chuck when jeffster preformed toto - africa xD

I might be crazy or blind but I think that mike look like jeff in chuck =D

so, about the song.. its amazing, better than the orginal imo! you guys is making my life so much better. thank you!

[cdray1968]

Excellent, excellent job!!!!

[AAlexM]

Amazing cover you guys!! Perfect harmonies on the chorus, gotta' love it!!!

[Spinmusicuk]

Quite simply excellent cover, the vocals are supreme. Did you multitrack this?

[TheFalcon6136]

Fuck. *blinks, remembers to start breathing again*

[MrCormster]

Not even Toto can do this as well as these guys...Just brilliant! Wish I could hit those notes or even sing half as good...

[siggi5153]

simply fantastic!

[stutodd79]

great cover guys, mad vocal skills!

[MrRockaPalla]

really a great cover!

[serafin1982]

Best Version of this song I have ever heard

[bangalasin]

that range... that power... oh my fucking noodles.

[Cheapthrillsuk]

amazing cover man! any chance I could get the tabs from you? I'd love to cover your version with my band :)

[AGreatAmericanNovel]

Amazing job. You only get about half the support sitting down and it sounded great.

[dan1981football]

3 words ... A...MAZ...ING...!!!!

[angusyoungrocker9999]

truly awesome vocals right there

[TheFrustratedAtheist]

nice stuff. you guys harmonize really well.

[adrenalin221]

I love this song and i love Toto... and this is a great cover of it.... just surprised to hear an american making a cover of it cause i know Toto wasnt that big in the states mainly in asia and europe.... most americans ive spoken to never even heard of them ..... but keep doing what ur doing ur really good!!!

[brodie4148]

LOVE it, great harmony.  Very impressed! Keep it up :)

[ES33567]

awesome stuff!! i would pay to see u guys in concert.. if only Singapore had talents like that! haha



[cw10]

Bad ass!!!

[carlosherbane]

That was beautiful

[Kuhristenuh]

I LOVE THIS SONG, this is even better!<3

[gitarrenkid]

gott. ihr seid ja spitze :D !!!!!

[namreg944]

wow, i cant believe you are gettin all that sound just from just an acoustic and a bass, thats BADASS!!!

[sonsin1991]

you're awsome!!!! what a voice! all your cover sounds very very good!!

[simonizer35]

Stunning. I don't believe I have ever seen anyone 'commit' vocally in a small venue the way you do Mike.  Outstanding!

[cage113]

that was amazing you got tabs for this???

[artjewelz]

You guys are AMAZING. Im a musician myself and was blown away by this especially the CHORUS.....Wow.  Amazing vocal range and great job of taking a complex layered song and doing such a great job with just a bass and guitar. Im subscribing to you guys! Keep em coming...yall are inspiring.

[trotwk]

If there is God He surely got voice of MIke and Guitar skills of Igor Presnyakov.

[saltwatertherapy]

some of the best covers on youtube from you guys!

[OzarkHarp11]

If you don't mind me asking what are the chords for guitar? I tried looking on Youtube for a video of someone playing it on guitar but in the same key as the original song/video. All the covers are in another key or don't use a capo like you are using. It would be greatly appreciated.

[BdonYoo]

Protest the Hero liked this :)

[serafin1982]

Great Cover, awesome job in the chorus!



[DerekBeatle]

amazing voice

[hcpgyn]

Men, that´s cool... It make me wanna get a plane and fly from Brazil to Utah just to hear you singing. Nice work. For sure I´ll add Pia Pizza to the list of places I must visit before I die.

[PolyphonicSoul]

You guys did an AMAZING job,

[jleb310ce]

Great cover... Powerful voices....even better T-Shirt! haha

Cheers guys! 

[TungstenoProductions]

19 guys/girls out there deserves SOPA.

[procedurestaketime]

Great cover! Never managed to go high enough for the chorus haha

[Rich915]

Kudos to you guys...Great cover on a great Toto tune...!

[DizzzyMJ]

Wow, what a cover! blew me away! great job!

[ronangelox]

Wow! you guys just gained another fan :)

[SuperShamrick]

Wow. Epic.

[Joah77]

Wow, you two did an excellent job covering this song. I couldn't believe it when I first heard it, how great the vocals were, especially.

[80paura16ciao]

grandiosa cover...voce fantastica....bravissimi..l'ho ascoltata tantissime volte...è bellissima.

[80paura16ciao]

grandiosa cover...voce fantastica....bravissssimi

[SpiderGuard13]

very good upper register and awesome harmony!

[pteradactylhippo]

ONE WORD!..... HOLY SHIT! you two are fucking incredible.

[Marceloo0402]

Hellyeah this man can sing!

[oppositejoey]

Amazingg man love this cover keep it up!

[koolaidrich]

This is absolutely amazing!!

[MegaCagalitroso]

There are 100,000 covers on Youtube, 99,000 suck, 10,000 are OK, yours are on the top 100, great work!

[masterfries]

EARGASM! This cover is righteous! 

[MellowChords]

you bring music to a new level of coolness

[sonotroppowow]

What is the chords??

[Geotubest]

HI, What model Martin do you have? Just curious. Thanks.

[KrmzunTyde]

I joined you tube just so I could comment on you guy's music. I am absolutely blown away. If I'm ever in your area I'm coming to hear you guys. The only versions of songs that I've heard that I love more than the original. Really love that you guys cover a lot of older songs. It's not really possible to explain how awesome you guys are. And also, after "Cat's in the Cradle", you guys didn't get props for that.

[polytwobeers]

So Glad I found you guys! It's soo good that people don't believe it's real lol... I know its real! Real Talent!!! Thanks guys

[Koyatrap]

Love it, you guys are great. Not a single mistake and we can feel the passion you are putting in it. And this goes to all the covers i heard from you, nice job.

[angusyoungrocker9999]

This is brilliant. Awesome harmonies ;)

[kave213vids]

seriously, this is the most beautiful song ive heard in a long time. this is pretty gay but my eyes were watery

[seangerrymusic]

Great rendition!!!! I really loved this cover!!!!! Sharing it on Facebook!!!!

[dave6127]

Mike ,

hat a load of downer comments on your recording ,ignore the tits on comments abouts drums and stuff.

I play in due in the UK and know how hard it is to come with anything like a decent sound,you find the ones who criticise most probably havent done anything.Maybe a get together in the UK or Utah never know ,carry on good stuff

Dave

[Rickstar605]

uuuuuuummm, WOW .. I saw your video for the boston song & was blown away!! now i know this is live & it's amazing!! you guys are both great but, the lead vocals are top notch!! i've been singing & playing for a long time & i recognize great talent when i hear & see it ..

[destandian67]

Damn 3:43 how the hell do you sing like that with a guitar...°_° awesome

[karlgolden]

Love your voice man!!!

[essexlad301]

You guys really are amazing! i watch / listen to this a good few times a week, your other covers are also excellent, Great work, I prefer this to the original now.

all the best

Carl - UK

[dirtymikenthaboyz]

best cover of this song i've ever heard!!! Seriously

[jozeph78]

It's a real shame the top uploader comments are having to defend this epic rendition of a beautiful song. Well played guys. Played for my wife and kid who also loved it.

[ThreeBearSoup]

Glad I stumbled across your channel. Your covers are fantastic (esp. Day in the Life). One problem though...that damn Yankees hat. GO JAYS!

[BirdCageRecords]

really a great job on this song brother! Acoustic is allot harder than most people think....great take on the song and stripped down this way I think gives it more soul....keep jamming bro! looking forward to seeing more covers!

[AcidVienna]

Absolutely awsome - the best Africa cover I've ever heard (and I've heard a lot ;-) Next time I come to Utah I wanna see you guys live besides having a pizza pie :-) Keep on rockin'! Best wishes and all the best for 2012 straight and directly from Vienna (Austria).

[raddybaddy81]

I am completely addicted to your covers. Can't stop listening. Great work!

[Niggagger]

Watched half of it, then remebered to switch to 1080p...

*BOOM*

Stereo ergasm :D

[tonedr]

so good!! Loved it guys...keep on!

dale

KY

[giegi]

Guys, d'u believe me if I say that I prefer this version intead of Toto's one?

[brunokeanodavies]

Excellent Guys!!!