ToTo / AFRICA

[Nebraskachic]

Being 15, or 50, it doesnt really matter. Good music is good music.

[rockmenxyz]

Супер е 

[Lagniappe4Ya]

This drummer is just ridiculous. I face-palm on every awesome drum fill.

[19Clink96]

i hear metal, but this song is also great! :)

[TheFunkyFever]

so im I correct in saying that the chorus is sang by a completely different person???? sorry for the ignorance but this is the 1st time i've ever watched this

[slo77y]

man... you can dislike this music, but you cannot ignore the shere musical perfection of this... this is as good as it gets

[noshjee1]

5:30 / is he playing a stool??

[tes041]

scrubs <3

[Aldigodex]

I like the song ! especially the drummer !

[GodBlessDepecheMode]

I like the Drumer and of course the song, too.

.....a long time ago, but still great!

[capsandiego]

Some songs got "it" simply to survive for a lifetime even for centuries... and "there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do..." Thank you, gentlemen, for being a wonderful soundtrack of my youth. Rock on.

[Vonbrott]

@andi: ich bin 22 und höre ihnauch sehr gerne! Legenden kennen nun mal kein Alter!:)

[AndiBO14]

ich bin 15 jahre alt und höre den song immer wieder gerne ^^

[buhbuhraydudley]

ever

[GloriaTorio]

The best sound of the modern classic

[GloriaTorio]

Good music...excellent sound

[cod4lifecuzz]

i masturbat down in africa :)



[blumentopfologie]

@4.50 orgasm

[Johannes4Otten]

lol GTA Vice City was great!

I have it when I listen to some famous songs I'm always reminded of GTA San Andreas^^

[seby128]

Immer wieder schön die lieder zu hören mit denen man aufgewachsen ist. damals war alles noch so unbeschwert... schöne erinnerungen !!

[Kirithias]

wohoooooooooo straubing :)



[Samarripa123]

This is music, compare this live video to any of the other crap singers nowdays...they are nothing

[TheMistic77]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! really amazing this song!!!! live..

[Platschheimer]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[stevenovastar200]

With respect. I prefer the so called 'older' music, but I do like some of the newer stuff as well, although not much of it. I just wish that to be a singer you didn't have to be a model and be able to dance. That really sucks. These guys are awesome studio musicians, like ambrosia and other bands.

[leynerbreak]

cuando estaba adolecente me enamore con este tema, muy arrecho que vivan los 80

[erezg100]

nothing compare to 80 music

[aguskapool10]

Of course he does playback!!you can notice the difference when he goes solo than when he sings the chorus!!

[Shosara]

@aguskapool10 when "he" sings the chorus the whole band EXCEPT HIM sings you moron :P it's not playback.

[dropmarkus05]

Fantastic!

[Luca418]

FANTASTICO!!!!!! Meglio della versione originale!!

[Luca418]

FANTASTICO!!! Migliore della versione originale!!

[RobinsRemixes]

rip jeff............never another !

[clumsychicc]

i'm 14 yrs.old but i much better like it this kind of music :)) BackTracks Rock ON :)) \m/

[Cupra317hp]

perfekt drummin

[AustinBoston44]

this is one of those songs that just absolutely takes you to a time and place.

[NinjaExtraordinaire]

@AustinBoston44 Ive always thought that:)

[Quantumsea]

I love this song that puts images of Africa in my mind as it plays on!! Sweet!! We need more of this music!! Great job Toto!! Thank you for the sounds!! ;-)

[coqmi1]

OLD BAND, YOUNG MUSIC!

[andcarbru]

esto es musica,estos son musicos.tocan igual en vivo un tema que tiene 30 años.ya no hay mas bandas como estas.las bandas actuales en vivo son un desastre.

[bukasch]

yeah !!

[OxMhitu]

<3 Best studio musics, i love the music and i never fall in a style, i need to say that they are the way the music should be :)

[nipika0080]

toto rox 2 d cores core!!!!!!!

thumbz up if u agree!!!

[Maninthechain]

the drummer seems very young :O how old is he?

[74namwob]

@Maninthechain Older than fifty im pretty sure

[Maninthechain]

@74namwob XD

[MultiGTAlover]

@Maninthechain He is 53 yo !! :))

[CaptainPrad]

@Maninthechain Actually, it's Simon Phillips, who was born on February 6, 1957, and who just recently turned 54!

I also thought the drummer was very young when I saw this song live for the first time in my life! (on YouTube of course).

[LiquidMorphin]

Yeahhh I grow up with TOTO my old dady used to listen to them all the time...

And stuff like Pink Floyd Deep Purple and and and....Great Time..Nice Memories

[snickaren71]

I hope they come to Sweden 2011

[songsmith747]

TOTO KICKS ASS PERIOD!

[sexypoetry]

i want to start the pole shift survival group or join the existing one.

let me know if u r interested.

[matinaa93]

awsome!<3

[jgmol1]

Toto rocks! Hey some videos are better than others. This one is Pretty Good.

[bettinaknudsen]

I think that toto is a great band and i love thire muscie

[sarniarocks]

Lukather for President :)

[TheAxes4six]

@JABBOUR245 If you love an artists work, you reward them by buying it, you retard. Why should toto suffer because of your stinginess?

[c1owns]

I LOVE how they still sing with so much passion.

[badhbadhbadh]

love it love it love it

[equinoxdbz]

Coolest. Jam. Ever

[dustyjones80]

i thought the lead singer was kevin from the office...the u.s. version.

[emotio2008]

was für GREAT SONG das gibt heute nicht mehr

[kakyaay]

TOTO en live, Y a rien dire ! Ils sont trop bon !

[blackindian1104]

un morceau de millenaire j'aime de trop

[Enlazador9]

Playbacking this song would be nonsense anyways

[sonical53]

i lost my virginity to this song hahahahahaha,its still gets me UP:p

[OneMoreTime2000]

what do mean AMAZING

[The78Malaka]

this is what i call music

[anarubric]

stunning!

[chopseh]

They totally used auto tune

[mzimaten]

@chopseh If it sounds good--do it!

[MrLucydog6]

12 f... people don t know what really goood music is !

[buddyhyatt1]

as a former touring member of TOTO, you're right. These guys are the best of the best. I was fortunate to become their friend and colleague.

[leitaojo]

grande geração!!!

[dunieldoeniel]

i saw them live .. with 13 :]

[duncanstpt]

It sure looks like they didn't miss many meals while they were in 'Africa'.

[littlefuzzer]

@duncanstpt hey brother..we're getting old..gravity aint to gracious

[m38070]

type ganda

[buyiito]

the best!

[9677simone]

simon phillips at the white house!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LTAprilFools1963]

Simon Phillips looks like a 12 year old boy

[mavrush79]

Absolutely incredible. Wow!!!!!

[mussodemis]

GRANDI FRATELLI PORCARO !!!

[awfulguitarplucker]

ma quella Music MAn ha il piezo?

[rimula01]

Nice song to put the body in motion!!!!Greatets!!!

Elvio-Argentina

[greatball88]

TOTO  rocks!!!!

[orenburg1]

tra 50 anni altri diranno quello che diciamo noi adesso.... bella canzone..!!!!

grazie toto..

[danno131305]

Tracked harmonies, but still great.

[JUW5YK]

sssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuppppppp­ppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrbbbbbbbbbbbbb!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OrchestraGemelli]

SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!

[lillyskunk]

Toto and Africa is my number one. Please pl0x reconsider a tour to north norway. I so wanna see you guys before i die. Bodø again?

[davi1108]

five stars? no way, 1000000000stars

[mgp218]

To my baby...Mr papaupa666..love you!!!

[madbbeck]

brill song brings back some good memories

[powerheli777]

uuaahh ,TOTO for ever!!! very good group!!!

5Stars!!

[fedzatanacio]

good song, good performance, great ..... they can sing well even they are old now.

[TheDaniellaM]

i love song...

[superbaz88]

Paich's podgy fingers do the job A1...

[tickdog3]

i think it was tweaked a little in the studio before they released this live... just my opinion..

[weather01089]

Nope no tweaks on this one it was LIVE baby

[engineman0815]

the chorus sounds like a playback,however,listen....

[yoesteala]

its not playback. the guy that sings high is heard a little far, but when we listen carefully we can realise its not playback. you can even hear him a little later moving away from the classic line of the chorus. they are even doing that beautiful jam at the end. its all live and excellent, even after all those years.

[noorgnimmelf]

i am totally with you takidabossen only weird ppl can think that this music sucks

[thundercatzr]

they can still harmonize really good...not bad for a bunch of old guys..lol..j/k

[takidabossen]

I can tell you all that everyone has there own taste in music, some people likes the same music and some people just don't, but personally i think that only a tonedeath humanbeing can think this music sucks.

[passionstrike]

pretty much, my point!

[geiner66]

they sound good!

[drone2000]

Indeed passionstrike.. hits the nail right on the head... what you are hearing and looking at is session musicians at the top of their game, with over 1,500 albmum covers to their collective credit...

[passionstrike]

Killdanerds: you can suck on the fact that I'm 16 years old from Sweden. There may be opinions but those opinions can't rely on certained facts that are either true or false. Some music has higher quality standards than others, THAT IS THE TRUTH, whether you like it or not. Toto is a band who does'nt put on masks or make-up. They simply provide their show through music and details.

[Dwayne123453]

One of the Greatest songs of all time

[mgperc]

How does it sound so full on the chorus? Maybe some backing vocals on the loop? Or maybe it was autotuned after the fact? Anyone have an opinion?

[KillDaNerds]

This song sucks, try listening to some real music...

[LONSDAL319]

then why check you this vid.

[KillDaNerds]

Hey, I may like the harder music, but that doesn't make me not musically gifted. Everyone has there opinions that either get supported with or against. Therefore that isn't a reason to put me down. This may have been a good song back when they still actually had alot of fans, but for todays music, only 10% of all people listen to old stuff with 90% of people listening to music produced in 2000-present, get it right. I suggest that you move out of you moms house, what are you 40? motherfucker.

[a7xflo]

cmon arent you stupid are you?

[LONSDAL319]

i agree ;-)

[32Anton]

Klasse musik,

[LONSDAL319]

those kind of people makes the real music

[Luca418]

Sempre grandi. Very well, great Toto!

[zenky1945]

QUE DEL PUKTAS !!!!

[ObetKilian]

classic love this song

[Grannyhauenstein]

Did your boyfriend tell you to write that while he stuck his weiner up your ass, you un-intelligent homo? Go turn the bass up in your car and listen to some rap you stoopid mofo!

[geiner66]

this song requires talent go listen to rap

[ChrisConvictW]

cool bass solo

awesome song all together.

can't believe they are that tight live, holy shit

[rasmus00001111]

Bobby Kimball, the man on vocals, is my grandfather and I have 5 of his guitars hanging in my room .. :)

[baseballwiz07]

wow

thats pretty lucky

[upyergarry]

Rasmus00001111: you are a fucking liar - discuss.

[drone2000]

These guys are so tight.... a superb performance..

[jcsandberg]

What great writing!

[ManOffTTC]

I just loveee this song!

[kaisersoze056]

the best ...........

[blasco40]

.... FANTASTICI.

[Zuhnuh]

uia

[gards2]

Very impressive harmonies!!

[hustla1609]

lmao...thats like the most spotlight ive ever seen any bassist get..let alone a whole minute solo..

nice!

[bluesoulady]

wow is all i say really!! stunning!

[jclee35903]

Thanks for sharing this song!! Took me right down memory lane. A lovely time of coming into my age. So very sweet and so very scared. Thanks again!!!

[Spakyle]

I remember this release. Although I was kid at the time listening to thrash, punk and metal, the chorus is so damn catchy, and the musicianship is so tight, and Jeff Porcaro was such a creative, great drummer, this song has a nice pulsating salsa beat with quality percussion and good vocals.

I've seen punk bands cover this song, and ya just want to dance and sing to it.

[Kat3207]

When was this???

[krash718]

i've always loved the textured sound of there voices when they get to the chorus of this song.. a true classic.

[Spudskie]

Ditto!

[xamdlostmemories]

I love this song so much. Seriously. I think I'll never get tired of this song till the rest of my life.

I bless the rainnsss down in Africaaaaaa....

Explendid

[Coopaloope]

this is such a good song

[Glacier2kx]

wow....this is a difficult track due to the harmonies on the vocal parts. It is shocking how tight these guys are. No intonation at all....true musicians.

[Kurtz1974]

Viva l'Africa!!! :-)

[Ayoudell]

Reading through these comments, anyone who thinks this is playback is a complete moron. The vocals have a little effect on them, but they are all 100% LIVE-these guys are real musicians and don't have to fake it lke the sorry ass excuse for musicians that inhabit today's musical wasteland...

[superbaz88]

Couldn't agree more. There really is some kerapp out there. Like S/Dan, these guys are players.

[jamzusa]

@Ayoudell of course it's all live... these kids these days only have fake performers and scam artists to look at for music.. they don't know what real musicians really are... such a shame!

[dasenteney]

@jamzusa As a 16 year old boy, I must fully disagree with your previous statement sir.

[hdb004]

@dasenteney I'm 15 and I also disagree. I still listen to the beatles and other 'old' songs. :p And I don't like the music of Lady Gaga, Jusin Bieber, Rihanna, Selena G., ... (sorry for their fans)

[pinky10blue]

@hdb004 ME TOO...CLASSICS LIKE THIS HAS MORE NICER HARMONY, UNLIKE THOSE NEW SONGS THAT USES A LOT OF SOUND EFFECTS AND MIXERS... EAGLES, SCORPIONS, JOURNEY, TOTO, QUEEN ARE JUST A FEW TO MENTION OF THE CLASSIC BANDS THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC EVEN IN LIVE PERFOMANCES...

[johnrazon]

@hdb004 same here!! im also 15 years old and i dislike lady gaga etc... long live old songs!!

[hdb004]

@johnrazon Long Live Good Music :D

[PsychotronicWar]

@hdb004 : You are in a good path, young Padawan...

[hdb004]

@PsychotronicWar Yaaay ^^

[keithshammer]

@hdb004 good for you

[ccmberra]

@hdb004 beatels is not a song.. just kidding. good for you ;)

[hdb004]

@ccmberra You're right, I wrote it wrong xD

[takaheinTV]

@hdb004 true words!

[TheAxes4six]

@jamzusa The only reason why you think that modern music as a whole is scam is because you're not really looking.

[sheep945]

Drummer looks really young

[gammadriver]

Original drummer died in 1992 I believe

[19lionheart90]

The current drummer was Steve Phillips. Was because it seems that Toto definitely splitted up

[ChVANA]

Simon Phillips, actually ;)

[FrancisHenson]

I think its Simon Philips. ;) not steve. the original drummer was jeff porcaro... sad he passed away tho :(

[judaspriestrock]

These guys are AMAZING live!

[steve51704000]

Simon did his thing...Jeff did his thing. It's all good. Toto gave us more than 30 years of great music. Luke decided to move forward. It's ALL good. Thanks, Toto.

[Jeneral28]

This is live. It's Tony Spinner who adds to the chorus!

[steve51704000]

Thanks for pointing out the fact that this is LIVE. I would have never known. (Deedeedee)

[Pescaeaventura1]

Muito BOM o SHOW, e A MUISICA....

[babybluesnowden]

these guys are amazing live, im impressed, there true professionals, and there are not many drummers who could have replaced jeff, its not just about drums, simon fits in well with the chemistry of the band. great sound, thank you toto for all the years of terrific music

[siddeshone]

they sure have a hold on the crowd