We talked about the Purdie Shuffle on the Babylon Sisters video. Was waiting for this to come up, as Pocaro's drumming here often sited as the the best example outside of Purdie himself.
She was also in the 1984 movie 'Runaway' with Tom Selleck. Not a terribly great movie, but it showed how beautiful she is. Guess I still have a bit of a crush on her ;-)
Toto is like Huey Lewis and the News (and others from that era): They are real musicians who can do just as well without instruments as they can with. No autotune needed!
Toto was a superband not made of superstars but of super studio artists. All of them are true masters of their craft. Steve Lukather, guitar, has been in more than 1,500 records! With all the big artists of the 70s, 8ps, 90s, 00s... Not a bad song. Still, first and foutth albums are, in my modest opinion, the best. I'd suggest: I'll supply the love, Georgy Porgy, Make Believe, I won't hold tou back and Waiting for your love
@@SergioQuinn Yes the album Isolation with Fergie Frederiksen is so god damn underrated! I heard the record company fucked them over big time, should have been a huge hit...
@@pierceelyhibionada342 what do you mean by "what the fuck"? we are talking about Eddie van Halen, one of the greatest guitarists (maybe the greatest), but also one of the most humble people
Also how bad it could be, since that was just the natural line drawn for us. We sure can appreciate it now though. Although I still explore for gems today, the root stuff will never leave.
Fun trivia for those who don't know: One of Toto's most well-known lead vocalists is Joseph Williams, son of John Williams--the mastermind behind the scores for ET, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and on and on!
He was certainly not one of their most well known vocalists. He came AFTER their huge successes and was just filling in like a number of vocalists did after Kimball left.
I dunno about mastermind. I used to think so, but after years of deeper education in classical music I can hear a lot of melodies in well known classical pieces that John Williams used to create his many of his most famous score cues. Same for James Horner, and Jerry Goldsmith to an extent.
This is a solid song. Steve Lukather, an incredible session guitarist, is the primary lead vocalist. On key/chord changes, Bobby Kimball (the mustache) takes over. As many others pointed out, these guys were all studio session musicians. They earned their chops playing for a variety of big time artists in the 70s. Love your reaction. Keep it up.
Any Toto song is AMAZING! I had the pleasure of seeing them live in concert twice, including one of their final performances as Toto, and I feel blessed for it. It wasn't a concert; it was a life experience! A true musical performance of genius! Every member is the very definition of talent!
Iconic drum part from the late Jeff Porcaro. A variant of the half-time "Purdie Shuffle" (which you've heard on Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters"), this one is known to drummers as the "Rosanna Shuffle" (I've also heard "Porcaro Shuffle"). Glad you did this one. We were binge watching your videos yesterday and commenting that this would be a great song for you to cover. :-)
I just LOVE IT when a band has a brass section!!!! Something about those horns when they come crashing in, or crooning low and sexy, just adds so much.
Toto was an in demand group of session musicians who have their hands in so many other artists productions in the 80's and 90's. They literally were an all star band.
Boz Scaggs, Dune Soundtrack, Bob Seger, and TONS of other albums. Human Nature by Michael Jackson is literally the demo Steve Porcaro had on the B-side of a cassette demo he handed to Quincy Jones! Heady times, indeed.
The dancer is Cynthia Rhodes, a professional dancer, singer & actress (now retired). She played Penny in "Dirty Dancing" (surely everyone's seen that) & was also in "Staying Alive" with Travolta, the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever". She was married to singer composer Richard Marx for many years. Very talented lady.💃 And Jamel, if the 80's were the olden times, what does that make all of us who also love the music of the 70's and (gasp!) even the 60's?? I guess the word is "old". Heavy sigh. But we sure grew up with a treasure trove of great music! Wouldn't trade those days for anything.💙
One of my all time favourite songs. Just takes me to a wonderful place. Thanks Toto. And thank you for featuring this song!👍🏻🙂 And can I just point out that artists back then were allowed to be themselves, not model looks, sexy, just talented people next door....who could deliver great music. That’s the way it should be.
I was born in 1948, and even though I've been blessed to have listened to tens of thousands of tremendous tunes in my day, (to say it has been a glorious age for music is an understatement), still, there exist thousands more tunes that were recorded during my lifetime that are, no doubt, equally as incredible as these, and that I'll probably never get to hear. I only wish that I could have heard them all. But, I sure can't complain about what I have been so fortunate to have heard and to have experienced throughout these incredible years. THIS IS MY FAVORITE TUNE FROM TOTO. Thanks, Jamel, for letting us relive some of those wonderful tunes again with you, and in seeing you light up at hearing them, too; some maybe even for your first time. Blessings!
LOVE LOVE LOVE Toto!! I had their cassette and I remember I took it with me when a group of us went skiing...I love how music can bring back such amazing times! Jamal you always hit it out of the park:)
If you read into it, the song was not based on Rosanna Arquette at all. The band started the rumor of it being about her as a joke after so many people assumed it was, which even Arquette played along with. David Paich of Toto wrote the song based on many of the women he had known according to what he said. You may also remember that Saturday Night Live comedian Gilda Radner had made the character "Rosanne Rosannadanna" famous prior to this song. Some thought the song had something to do with her, which it did not. The dancer in the video is actually an actress who appeared in "Dirty Dancing" among others. Her name was Cyndi or something.
And yes, Toto "killed" this. Some people watch this video and think the woman dancing is Rosanna Arquette. The hair and the face are faintly similar, but Arquette has a larger bust than the woman in this video. It was what made me not assume it was Arquette the first time I watched this video way back when.
@@benredmond6636 Actually Steve Porcaro, the keyboard player, was dating Arquette at the time. That is how the assumption and rumor started. The band and Arquette herself thought it was funny to just go along with it. Porcaro did not write the song, David did.
They were and are some of the best session musicians on the planet. Every one of them has played their instruments on so many other artists albums... Check them out, individually, you'll be amazed. Two or three of them have passed on now but I'm sure they're making music, where ever they are. RIP!
J, I'm really enjoying watching your reactions. First I just wanted to say that I can really appreciate when someone has an open mind and is willing to try things outside of their normal comfort zone. It's too easy now-a-days to surround yourself with the familiar and not try new things. I'm not too much older than you are so a lot of these are songs I listened to growing up. My mother was into pop music and my father was into classic rock music so you're right in that sweet spot. Plus a bunch of the other stuff like STP, RATM, & MUSE came out in my late high school years/20's so it also fits right in. Keep up the excellent reactions!
As Steve Lukather has said: "Toto is more just than 3 songs: "Hold the Line", "Rosanna" and "Africa". Toto has been singing and putting out music for over 40 years! Toto XIV is the 13th studio album (though counted as the 14th album overall); react to "Burn" or Any song from that album; vocals sung by Joseph Williams, "Mushanga" - from 1988’s The Seventh One and "Dune" - Dune is an original soundtrack album for the 1984 film Dune and "Good-bye Girl" which is just phenomenal!! You really need to check out more to really experience the band that is Toto!!!
MrGatechfan99 I met Boz around 2000. He played a show at my college. I was working security near his dressing room with my buddy. We were not 21, but snuck into his room and stole a bunch of beers. We were standing alone outside, arms full of beer and Boz walks by. He had on a shirt, boxers and socks holding his shoes with slacks draped over his arm. He backs up, smiles, looks at me and says Hey! The good beer is in that room over there, and walks away. 😎 I didn’t even know what the man looked like. I was just a dumb kid lol
The more I watch your videos the more I smile. Great music, great reactions! Growing up when this music first came out and hearing it again brings back wonderful memories.
Cynthia Rhodes from Dirty Dancing. Dedicated to actress Rosanna Arquette...who was a dancer! Also dig the West Side Story vibe. 😆 I was in LOVE with this girl and that red dress!! HELLO Matrix!!! 😎
I was in Jr. High in the early 80's and the teachers had a band and played this song at the talent show. You just don't forget that! HAHA! I found your videos today (can you tell?) and I want to thank you. I am so excited right along with you as you watch all the stuff I grew up with. You appreciate the talent and emotions that the music came from, even if you have no idea what it is. I LOVE THAT! The more you listen the more you will see that every genre of music not only borrows from every other genre, but it is built from every other genre. Everyone's music is connected somehow and has the ability to speak to just about everyone. Keep doing what you are doing. xoxo
The guitarist Steve Lukather was the guitar player on "Beat It" and countless other hits as well. Jeff Pocaro's drum beat is infamous. Half time shuffle!
@@gslucas21 Yeah, well, in any case, I hate all that "Thriller" stuff. I think M.J. should've stopped making music after the '70s. At least we got some good Weird Al parodies out of those "King Of Pop" years, afterwards.
Eddie Van Halen did the main lick, but Lukather did everything else. He talks about it in a recent (ish) interview, where he describes the entire process of what he did on that track.
Listen to this as an isolated track .... drums ..... keys..... bass ....guitars ..... horns .... vocals ...... F ing unbelievable...... This is pure musical heaven ....🙌🙌
Saw these guys in concert at a casino on the MS Gulf Coast a couple of years ago. Was amazing! Steve Lukather is a guitar god. Was an incredible experience.
I just Love this band! Great reaction, Jamel! What a Love Song! These guys really can tell a story. I can’t wait to hear more! There is, 99, I’ll Be Over You, I Won’t Hold You Back, and Pamela, to name a few. We can’t wait for more reactions.
The guys from Toto were some of the biggest studio musicians back in 70s and 80s. They worked with everyone! Steely Dan, Boz Skaggs, They even wrote and performed most of the music for Michael Jackson's Thriller album and that's just to name a few... Incredibly talented people! 💙
Rosanna Arquette ! Listen to them. THEN... at 808 N. Yakima, Rosanna was in the house, with a child. And then the windows coming down. In Julianne Moore. I walked by in Rosanna in sweat suit. At 808 N. Yakima. Kinda cool. ;-)
Do the Toto songs "Stop Loving You". "Pamela. Straight from The Heart." "I'll Be Over You". "Stranger In Town" "Holyanna" "I won't Hold You Back" You will love them!
99, Hydra, St. George and the Dragon, Mama, Georgy Porgy, Girl Goodbye. Rockmaker, Goodbye Eleanor, Make Believe, Without Your Love, Mushanga, I Will Remember, Chinatown
Ex-drummer here, absolutely bang on, feel like we chew food to that rhythm half the time hahaha Heard a track recently where the drummer had combined the Purdy shuffle with the reggae one-drop, and it blew my mind! How folks are STILL innovating like that on acoustic drums is astounding to me :)
Checking in with best wishes from Nova Scotia, my kids and I really enjoy watching your channel. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Stay home and stay safe everyone.
I have to admit I didn't care for this as a kid when it came out. Listening as an adult now. These guys are fabulous musicians. The vocals... Now I appreciate it.
Every generation has their own soundtrack that they personally feel is the best era. Music industry market research shows that consumers stop following music trends around the age of 24.
@@RSMoreno I stttoooped at "Music industry market research". For most people, sure. I still get a great kick out of finding new trends or bands that mean something to me. New or old, there are still a lot of good music to be discovered.
One of my favourite songs that I listen to cheer me up. Need cheering up today still feeling very low 4months after covid-19 took my mum. Thanks for a great afternoon 💛
Loved that song, I'm glad you enjoyed this one ! Could you please react to "Georgy Porgy " from them also! Let's keep going down the rabbit hole together! We need this kind of music today with all of us being quarantined! Great music from great bands!🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🎶
Just stumbled onto this channel! How fun is this! I'm a 68 year old musician.....so I know pretty much all these songs.....played most. Jamel....You're on to a great thing! keep it up Bro!
Thanks for the content and frequent uploads. It’s good to have this to look forward to. I think I have to stop talking to you during the videos. My wife thinks I’ve lost my mind.
Sunday March 19, 1972 when my wife and I first heard 17 year-old Jeff Porcaro drumming for Sonny & Cher at a concert in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On April 21, 1974 we were thrilled to see him again at our first Steely Dan concert in Toledo, Ohio. Saw him a third time in the late '80s when Toto played Portland's Memorial Coliseum. 20 years of brilliance before he left us way too soon at age 38 in 1992.
Yes and no. Steve Porcaro dated Rosanna Arquette who was still an unknown at the time. She would later say in interviews that the song was about her. David Paich who wrote the song said it was inspired by three girls he knew. He just used the name Rosanna because he felt it fit into the song.
I don't give a damn if it was wrote for Roseanne Barr. It's a banger! (JK...The chick in the video is 🔥. She was in Dirty Dancing too. More trivia...if you look hard you'll see Patrick Swayze...this was his first appearance in anything)
You are definitely one of the best reaction channels I've seen thank you for all of the content. I've been watching you for a couple months and your content and choice of music never falters. Thank you for all of the great content keep it up!
Somebody: What's your favourite Toto song? Me: Yes Great song, thanks for the react. Fun to listen along with you. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia. Stay safe!
I didn't say it was a bad thing, but it does make me think more about Yes than Toto though. It's not exactly the desired intention of the joke I don't think, that is what I meant. Unless that is what you intended?
Music is like a time machine to me. I've grown up with all these songs that are being requested by your subs & patrons from the 1960's on and I've bought my share of records, tapes and discs but it has been YEARS since I've actively listened or sought out any of these songs. It's odd, in a way, to have been influenced so much by Music in general and yet not recall so many of the individual songs in any conscious sense, until I hear them, again, here. It's like when a fragrance takes you back to a place. A taste takes you back to a special meal with friends and/or family. A song, for me, sparks a recall of the person I was and what I was doing - back when that song was playing on the radio. Of course, now people can make their own playlists. I wonder if that means the people of today aren't as "shaped" and united by the common experiences we all had back in the day?
I watched Toto live in Denmark in the summer of last year. The arena exploded when the opening chords of this song hit... And Africa was their last song of the night.
I got this from Wikipedia …. The song was written by David Paich, who has said that the song is based on numerous girls he had known. As a joke, the band members initially played along with the common assumption that the song was based on Rosanna Arquette, who was dating Toto keyboard player Steve Porcaro at the time and coincidentally had the same name.Arquette herself played along with the joke, commenting in an interview that the song was about "my showing up at 4 a.m., bringing them juice and beer at their sessions.
A great artist most music reactors neglect is peter gabriel his music videos are incredible and the songs are awesome sledgehammer, steam, big time, shock the monkey, digging in the dirt.
Agreed! His early stuff with Genesis was epic as well. My fave band of all time! I've seen lots of reactions to their early stuff that doesn't infringe on coppywrite
History of the song.........The lead singer was with roseanna Arquette for the longest. She broke up with him. He is still in love with her til this day.
Has a song ever started so cool with Pacaro’s drum groove? Every sound check I do starts with that groove, never fails to turn heads and make people move they hips!
This takes me back to the very first days of MTV and I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, shared a bedroom with my younger brother and we would sing Rosanna well after bedtime driving my parents crazy. Those were the days, lol.
Jeff Porcarro’s shuffle in the verses is simply sublime. Brilliant!
One of the best beats ever.
We talked about the Purdie Shuffle on the Babylon Sisters video. Was waiting for this to come up, as Pocaro's drumming here often sited as the the best example outside of Purdie himself.
You aint lyin, and the bass line is sick too. fantastic musicians
One of the most technical drum parts ever
Harley Mann thanks for putting that up. It was awesome! Such a technical song.
"I never knew that you were looking for more than I could ever be"
That line always hits hard
Agree! It actually hurts a bit to hear it!
The dancer is Cynthia Rhodes, who was in Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, and Staying Alive. She used to be married to Richard Marx.
And Patrick Swayze is in the video, as well (uncredited dancer) ;)
@@bridgetsclama Oh, thank you, I didn't know that! Will have to look closer at it. :-)
I know he's lined up at the fence when she's running her fingers across the links lol
@@bridgetsclama 😀
She was also in the 1984 movie 'Runaway' with Tom Selleck. Not a terribly great movie, but it showed how beautiful she is. Guess I still have a bit of a crush on her ;-)
Toto is like Huey Lewis and the News (and others from that era): They are real musicians who can do just as well without instruments as they can with. No autotune needed!
Toto was a superband not made of superstars but of super studio artists. All of them are true masters of their craft. Steve Lukather, guitar, has been in more than 1,500 records! With all the big artists of the 70s, 8ps, 90s, 00s... Not a bad song. Still, first and foutth albums are, in my modest opinion, the best. I'd suggest: I'll supply the love, Georgy Porgy, Make Believe, I won't hold tou back and Waiting for your love
Alberto Garcia-Gonzalez wait a minute 😂 Isolation and the seventh one are great albums too.
@@SergioQuinn didn't say they weren't. Just not my favorites!
I'm reading Steve Lukather's book right now. It's amazing how many great stories he has working with the top artists of the day.
Don’t forget Jeff Porcaro!!
@@SergioQuinn Yes the album Isolation with Fergie Frederiksen is so god damn underrated! I heard the record company fucked them over big time, should have been a huge hit...
Eddie van Halen also was asked in an interview what it was like being the best guitarist and he said "I dont know , you better ask Steve Lukather" !!!
Always read those Comments about EVH saying ask Alex Lifeson, ask Tony Iommi like what the Fuck.
@@pierceelyhibionada342 what do you mean by "what the fuck"? we are talking about Eddie van Halen, one of the greatest guitarists (maybe the greatest), but also one of the most humble people
@@joaquinlezcano2372 No I Mean those Comments telling "I Don't Know, You Better Ask, Tony Iommi, Steve Lukather, Alex Lifeson" like what?!
@@pierceelyhibionada342 except Toni Iommy, I'm pretty sure half of them are fake. But even if they weren't... It wouldn't be surprising
They're best friends. That's what you say.
Thanks to whoever is requesting Toto and Thank you Jamel for reacting to Toto. They are my all time favorite band!
Ditto
Besides Queen, maybe.
Toto is my favorite band of all time.. everyone of them incredibly talented.. thanks for sharing.
We weren't always happy. Should have been, because we had no idea how good we had it.
My man...I must wholeheartedly agree with you...........
Also how bad it could be, since that was just the natural line drawn for us. We sure can appreciate it now though. Although I still explore for gems today, the root stuff will never leave.
That is the truth.
And we don't realize how good we have it now.
I know I sound old saying this but music was better back then
That's Patrick Swayze at 6:09. The lady in red (Cynthia Rhodes) and him starred in Dirty Dancing around five years later. .
Bill B. She is also Richard Marx’ ex-wife
@@KathySandru Yes, I forgot about that. =)
she was also in Flashdance
Holy sh!t, i never noticed that before
@@jefffiore7869 I never saw that one believe it or not. I remember her in Runaway with Gene Simmons and Tom Selleck.
Fun trivia for those who don't know: One of Toto's most well-known lead vocalists is Joseph Williams, son of John Williams--the mastermind behind the scores for ET, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and on and on!
I love John Williams!
He was certainly not one of their most well known vocalists. He came AFTER their huge successes and was just filling in like a number of vocalists did after Kimball left.
I dunno about mastermind.
I used to think so, but after years of deeper education in classical music I can hear a lot of melodies in well known classical pieces that John Williams used to create his many of his most famous score cues.
Same for James Horner, and Jerry Goldsmith to an extent.
Do Level 42 "Something About You" great bass line
LOVE THAT SONG! and Lesson in love.
Running in the Family is catchy as heck too! Love Games, now there's some mean bass lines from Mark King right there.
Mark King bass solos are sublime
Great song!
Oh yes, I love that song too
This is a solid song. Steve Lukather, an incredible session guitarist, is the primary lead vocalist. On key/chord changes, Bobby Kimball (the mustache) takes over. As many others pointed out, these guys were all studio session musicians. They earned their chops playing for a variety of big time artists in the 70s. Love your reaction. Keep it up.
"99" is another one of their songs I'd recommend.
Funny thing about 99 is that Steve Lukather hated it lol
@@mjsmith1965 And he was the singer, which makes it even funnier.
Also recommended: Georgy Porgy
I just gave you the 99th like. Fate? 😁
Absolutely!! One of their very best!!
Any Toto song is AMAZING! I had the pleasure of seeing them live in concert twice, including one of their final performances as Toto, and I feel blessed for it. It wasn't a concert; it was a life experience! A true musical performance of genius! Every member is the very definition of talent!
Toto - "I'll Supply the Love" & "Georgie Porgie" !!! GREAT MUSIC!!
Iconic drum part from the late Jeff Porcaro. A variant of the half-time "Purdie Shuffle" (which you've heard on Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters"), this one is known to drummers as the "Rosanna Shuffle" (I've also heard "Porcaro Shuffle"). Glad you did this one. We were binge watching your videos yesterday and commenting that this would be a great song for you to cover. :-)
I just LOVE IT when a band has a brass section!!!! Something about those horns when they come crashing in, or crooning low and sexy, just adds so much.
Olde Dominion They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band!
@@MattBargain Well, it's still what I call rock 'n roll ;)
Toto was an in demand group of session musicians who have their hands in so many other artists productions in the 80's and 90's. They literally were an all star band.
Boz Scaggs, Dune Soundtrack, Bob Seger, and TONS of other albums. Human Nature by Michael Jackson is literally the demo Steve Porcaro had on the B-side of a cassette demo he handed to Quincy Jones! Heady times, indeed.
The dancer is Cynthia Rhodes, a professional dancer, singer & actress (now retired). She played Penny in "Dirty Dancing" (surely everyone's seen that) & was also in "Staying Alive" with Travolta, the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever". She was married to singer composer Richard Marx for many years. Very talented lady.💃
And Jamel, if the 80's were the olden times, what does that make all of us who also love the music of the 70's and (gasp!) even the 60's?? I guess the word is "old". Heavy sigh. But we sure grew up with a treasure trove of great music! Wouldn't trade those days for anything.💙
Did you notice that Patrick Swayze is in this video as well. :)
Jamel's look when she did that high kick up to her head was just as priceless as this song!
"Helloooo!!"
One of my all time favourite songs. Just takes me to a wonderful place. Thanks Toto. And thank you for featuring this song!👍🏻🙂
And can I just point out that artists back then were allowed to be themselves, not model looks, sexy, just talented people next door....who could deliver great music. That’s the way it should be.
I was born in 1948, and even though I've been blessed to have listened to tens of thousands of tremendous tunes in my day, (to say it has been a glorious age for music is an understatement), still, there exist thousands more tunes that were recorded during my lifetime that are, no doubt, equally as incredible as these, and that I'll probably never get to hear. I only wish that I could have heard them all. But, I sure can't complain about what I have been so fortunate to have heard and to have experienced throughout these incredible years. THIS IS MY FAVORITE TUNE FROM TOTO. Thanks, Jamel, for letting us relive some of those wonderful tunes again with you, and in seeing you light up at hearing them, too; some maybe even for your first time. Blessings!
"back in the olden days everybody used to be smilin...now, people just do it for the camera" this quote is very profound, good job
If you took a picture of me in the 80’s, I was ear to ear smiles…no matter what, I don’t care if I only had 2 cents in my pocket, life was good.
YES!!! I'm glad you covered arguably one of the best recorded songs of the 80's, maybe the best recording. Thank you for this!
GOD, I really really miss the 80's.
Music nowadays just isn't the same. 😢
LOVE LOVE LOVE Toto!! I had their cassette and I remember I took it with me when a group of us went skiing...I love how music can bring back such amazing times! Jamal you always hit it out of the park:)
This song is about actress Rosanna Arquette... Toto killing it
If you read into it, the song was not based on Rosanna Arquette at all. The band started the rumor of it being about her as a joke after so many people assumed it was, which even Arquette played along with. David Paich of Toto wrote the song based on many of the women he had known according to what he said. You may also remember that Saturday Night Live comedian Gilda Radner had made the character "Rosanne Rosannadanna" famous prior to this song. Some thought the song had something to do with her, which it did not. The dancer in the video is actually an actress who appeared in "Dirty Dancing" among others. Her name was Cyndi or something.
@@wannabetowasabe I may have been misinformed. I heard David was dating Rosanna Arquette at the time
And yes, Toto "killed" this. Some people watch this video and think the woman dancing is Rosanna Arquette. The hair and the face are faintly similar, but Arquette has a larger bust than the woman in this video. It was what made me not assume it was Arquette the first time I watched this video way back when.
@@benredmond6636 Actually Steve Porcaro, the keyboard player, was dating Arquette at the time. That is how the assumption and rumor started. The band and Arquette herself thought it was funny to just go along with it. Porcaro did not write the song, David did.
@@wannabetowasabe and Patrick Swayze was one of the gang members
They were and are some of the best session musicians on the planet. Every one of them has played their instruments on so many other artists albums... Check them out, individually, you'll be amazed. Two or three of them have passed on now but I'm sure they're making music, where ever they are. RIP!
J, I'm really enjoying watching your reactions. First I just wanted to say that I can really appreciate when someone has an open mind and is willing to try things outside of their normal comfort zone. It's too easy now-a-days to surround yourself with the familiar and not try new things.
I'm not too much older than you are so a lot of these are songs I listened to growing up. My mother was into pop music and my father was into classic rock music so you're right in that sweet spot. Plus a bunch of the other stuff like STP, RATM, & MUSE came out in my late high school years/20's so it also fits right in. Keep up the excellent reactions!
As Steve Lukather has said: "Toto is more just than 3 songs: "Hold the Line", "Rosanna" and "Africa". Toto has been singing and putting out music for over 40 years! Toto XIV is the 13th studio album (though counted as the 14th album overall); react to "Burn" or Any song from that album; vocals sung by Joseph Williams, "Mushanga" - from 1988’s The Seventh One and "Dune" -
Dune is an original soundtrack album for the 1984 film Dune and "Good-bye Girl" which is just phenomenal!! You really need to check out more to really experience the band that is Toto!!!
"Hold The Line" isn't from
the fourth album.
Don't forget Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees" album. Toto was the studio band behind that classic.
Porcaros father actually played on the Silk Degrees album
Paich wrote Lido Shuffle
MrGatechfan99 I met Boz around 2000. He played a show at my college. I was working security near his dressing room with my buddy. We were not 21, but snuck into his room and stole a bunch of beers. We were standing alone outside, arms full of beer and Boz walks by. He had on a shirt, boxers and socks holding his shoes with slacks draped over his arm. He backs up, smiles, looks at me and says Hey! The good beer is in that room over there, and walks away. 😎 I didn’t even know what the man looked like. I was just a dumb kid lol
I love the bass vocals, minor part as it is. It's something that's grossly overlooked in modern music, but they just sound so smoooooth.
That David Paich. He wrote this and plays piano on this.
The more I watch your videos the more I smile. Great music, great reactions! Growing up when this music first came out and hearing it again brings back wonderful memories.
Cynthia Rhodes from Dirty Dancing.
Dedicated to actress Rosanna Arquette...who was a dancer!
Also dig the West Side Story vibe. 😆
I was in LOVE with this girl and that red dress!!
HELLO Matrix!!! 😎
Me too, with the gurl in red.
She was also in Staying Alive and Flashdance.
@@watch2112 Many movies, PLUS she was in a music group in late 80's called Animotion... dancer, singer, actress
Patrick Swayze is also in this video
I was in Jr. High in the early 80's and the teachers had a band and played this song at the talent show. You just don't forget that! HAHA! I found your videos today (can you tell?) and I want to thank you. I am so excited right along with you as you watch all the stuff I grew up with. You appreciate the talent and emotions that the music came from, even if you have no idea what it is. I LOVE THAT! The more you listen the more you will see that every genre of music not only borrows from every other genre, but it is built from every other genre. Everyone's music is connected somehow and has the ability to speak to just about everyone. Keep doing what you are doing. xoxo
The guitarist Steve Lukather was the guitar player on "Beat It" and countless other hits as well. Jeff Pocaro's drum beat is infamous. Half time shuffle!
I think that's Eddie Van Halen
on "Beat it".
@@laustcawz2089 EVH played the solo. Luke did just about everything else.
@@gslucas21
Yeah, well, in any case,
I hate all that "Thriller" stuff.
I think M.J. should've stopped
making music after the '70s.
At least we got some good
Weird Al parodies out of those
"King Of Pop" years, afterwards.
Quirt Manly The guitar solo is Eddie Van Halen.
Eddie Van Halen did the main lick, but Lukather did everything else. He talks about it in a recent (ish) interview, where he describes the entire process of what he did on that track.
Listen to this as an isolated track .... drums ..... keys..... bass ....guitars ..... horns .... vocals ...... F ing unbelievable...... This is pure musical heaven ....🙌🙌
"Georgy Porgy" next please.
This!!!!
Just put it on one of my playlists last night!!!
Agree
Dude, I love your reaction videos. Your smile and enthusiasm is contagious!
Saw these guys in concert at a casino on the MS Gulf Coast a couple of years ago. Was amazing! Steve Lukather is a guitar god. Was an incredible experience.
There is just so much GOING ON in this song, so many styles and little flairs that it baffles me. Love love LOVE it.
I love Steve’s voice on this track and the contrast between him and Bobby. Beautiful.
Man Jamal, watching you rock out to these tunes makes me smile from ear to ear. Keep on rockin’!
Bobby Kimball’s voice is amazing - one of the best vocalists ever IMO. 👌
I just Love this band! Great reaction, Jamel! What a Love Song! These guys really can tell a story. I can’t wait to hear more! There is, 99, I’ll Be Over You, I Won’t Hold You Back, and Pamela, to name a few. We can’t wait for more reactions.
Always liked "I'll Supply the Love" off of the first album.. great song!
The guys from Toto were some of the biggest studio musicians back in 70s and 80s. They worked with everyone! Steely Dan, Boz Skaggs, They even wrote and performed most of the music for Michael Jackson's Thriller album and that's just to name a few... Incredibly talented people! 💙
Well, now you have to do “Hold the Line” wooooh wooooh woooh 😂🤣😂. Thanks for the throw backs. 😎
Rosanna Arquette ! Listen to them.
THEN... at 808 N. Yakima, Rosanna was in the house, with a child.
And then the windows coming down. In Julianne Moore.
I walked by in Rosanna in sweat suit. At 808 N. Yakima. Kinda cool. ;-)
Do the Toto songs "Stop Loving You". "Pamela. Straight from The Heart." "I'll Be Over You". "Stranger In Town" "Holyanna" "I won't Hold You Back" You will love them!
I won't hold back is by Survivor.
Allison Jae there’s a song by Toto with the same name.
Allison Jae ruclips.net/video/rQysrhYnWHg/видео.html
@@allisonjae3152 "I Won't Hold YOU Back" from Toto IV (same album "Rosanna" and "Africa" are from.)
99, Hydra, St. George and the Dragon, Mama, Georgy Porgy, Girl Goodbye. Rockmaker, Goodbye Eleanor, Make Believe, Without Your Love, Mushanga, I Will Remember, Chinatown
Drummer Jeff Porcaro's Rosanna Shuffle is world famous. He combined Purdy, Bonham to invent his own shuffle. Something all drummers attain to master.
Ex-drummer here, absolutely bang on, feel like we chew food to that rhythm half the time hahaha
Heard a track recently where the drummer had combined the Purdy shuffle with the reggae one-drop, and it blew my mind! How folks are STILL innovating like that on acoustic drums is astounding to me :)
Checking in with best wishes from Nova Scotia, my kids and I really enjoy watching your channel. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Stay home and stay safe everyone.
Hey Jamel, react to Toto - I'll Suply the love
But, don't forget to THE POLICE
Toto is AWESOME! Just fun, feel good music. "I'll Supply the Love" and "99" are worth checking out.
Yes to The Police! Preach brother!
I love that you know so many different genres! Enjoy watching your reactions!
I have to admit I didn't care for this as a kid when it came out. Listening as an adult now. These guys are fabulous musicians. The vocals... Now I appreciate it.
The rosanna shuffle. Legendary!! The groove every drummer wants to learn.
Now imagine growing with this band, among others, as a soundtrack. Damn, we had it good.
LOL the 80s mostly sucked musically.
Every generation has their own soundtrack that they personally feel is the best era.
Music industry market research shows that consumers stop following music trends around the age of 24.
@@mcgaugh57 Not really. if you follow general trends, yes. But there is always good music being made. Now, its just harder to find.
@@RSMoreno I stttoooped at "Music industry market research".
For most people, sure. I still get a great kick out of finding new trends or bands that mean something to me. New or old, there are still a lot of good music to be discovered.
@ON YOUR ASS C'mon men, it is just HIS opinion. Imagine if everyone was called "ON YOUR ASS", pretty dull right?
One of my favourite songs that I listen to cheer me up. Need cheering up today still feeling very low 4months after covid-19 took my mum. Thanks for a great afternoon 💛
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Loved that song, I'm glad you enjoyed this one ! Could you please react to "Georgy Porgy " from them also! Let's keep going down the rabbit hole together! We need this kind of music today with all of us being quarantined! Great music from great bands!🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🎶
Just stumbled onto this channel! How fun is this! I'm a 68 year old musician.....so I know pretty much all these songs.....played most. Jamel....You're on to a great thing! keep it up Bro!
Thanks for the content and frequent uploads. It’s good to have this to look forward to. I think I have to stop talking to you during the videos. My wife thinks I’ve lost my mind.
Great choice! There is SO MUCH great music out there and this musical journey that you're on is awesome, as well as inspiring. Thank you!
"I'll be over you" by Toto(featuring Michael McDonald).
YES.
Sunday March 19, 1972 when my wife and I first heard 17 year-old Jeff Porcaro drumming for Sonny & Cher at a concert in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On April 21, 1974 we were thrilled to see him again at our first Steely Dan concert in Toledo, Ohio. Saw him a third time in the late '80s when Toto played Portland's Memorial Coliseum. 20 years of brilliance before he left us way too soon at age 38 in 1992.
This is one of two hit songs inspired by actress Rosanna Arquette. The other is In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel.
Yes and no. Steve Porcaro dated Rosanna Arquette who was still an unknown at the time. She would later say in interviews that the song was about her. David Paich who wrote the song said it was inspired by three girls he knew. He just used the name Rosanna because he felt it fit into the song.
I didn't know that about In Your Eyes! :-O
2 of the greatest songs ever written.
@@rockhero2274 So still yes, not a yes and no.
I don't give a damn if it was wrote for Roseanne Barr. It's a banger! (JK...The chick in the video is 🔥. She was in Dirty Dancing too. More trivia...if you look hard you'll see Patrick Swayze...this was his first appearance in anything)
Thank you for all the time you put into these videos. Its bloody 4am and I'm still watching them. You are getting to listen to so much great music
Next up from Toto : ‘ Pamela ‘ and ‘Georgy Porgy’. Oh , and checkout ‘99’ also
Yeah 99 is another of my favorites
I heard that Toto was a group of studio musicians who decided to make an album. I think it's true because every musician is stellar.
"I won't hold you back " is a reaaly great song by them you should check out.
You are definitely one of the best reaction channels I've seen thank you for all of the content. I've been watching you for a couple months and your content and choice of music never falters. Thank you for all of the great content keep it up!
Falling In Between - Toto
Impressive almost metal song by them later on
Love it! One of my favorite songs from the 80's.
Deberias probar E.L.O. "telephone line", "confusion", "i'm alive", "last train to london" ...
don't forget Do Ya and Livin Thing
Their best song Mr. Blue Sky
No Showdown? Blasphemous!
@@matthintz9468 👍muy buena tambien twilight, diary of horace wimp, etc, falta espacio para tantas buenas de elo
Some of the best musicians EVER! I never get tired of this song
Somebody: What's your favourite Toto song?
Me: Yes
Great song, thanks for the react. Fun to listen along with you. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia. Stay safe!
See what you did? Now I want him to review some YES songs.
That doesn't work because of the band "Yes". All I can think of is the band yes now.
@@madmex2k That would be fantastic too!
@@DeathBYDesign666 That's not really a bad thing, my friend! Might go listen to some Yes now myself :)
I didn't say it was a bad thing, but it does make me think more about Yes than Toto though. It's not exactly the desired intention of the joke I don't think, that is what I meant. Unless that is what you intended?
Music is like a time machine to me. I've grown up with all these songs that are being requested by your subs & patrons from the 1960's on and I've bought my share of records, tapes and discs but it has been YEARS since I've actively listened or sought out any of these songs. It's odd, in a way, to have been influenced so much by Music in general and yet not recall so many of the individual songs in any conscious sense, until I hear them, again, here. It's like when a fragrance takes you back to a place. A taste takes you back to a special meal with friends and/or family. A song, for me, sparks a recall of the person I was and what I was doing - back when that song was playing on the radio.
Of course, now people can make their own playlists. I wonder if that means the people of today aren't as "shaped" and united by the common experiences we all had back in the day?
When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way from your first cigarette to your last dyin' day.
Alice Cooper Gutter Cats vs Jets off of School's Out
Listening to your reactions helps me pass the time in a good way.
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right
bread napkin yes please!
Whoa, I was today years old when I learned who sang Couldn't Get it Right.
Awesommme song! More cowbell...😂
lumariadp I was a teen when it came out. Still an amazing song. ❤️
Tremendous track.
Man...this music just lifts the spirits!!....much needed during these turbulent times....thanks for sharing, bruh!!
Jamel, I think your gonna like "Georgy Porgy" from them as well. Just a gut feeling.
So glad you did this one. Jeff Porcaro was such an amazing talent, as well as the rest of the band.
Hey Man I'm a Big Toto Fan Still holds up :)
I watched Toto live in Denmark in the summer of last year.
The arena exploded when the opening chords of this song hit...
And Africa was their last song of the night.
How about trying "Lonesome Loser" by, Little River Band or "Love Will Find a Way" by Pablo Cruise. you will not be disappointed.
Thanks. Haven't heard this in a long time. Love Toto. Happy Easter Jamal. Stay healthy and safe.
Jamel, the drummer in Toto was on steely dan albums when he was 18 years old! He also played drums on the Michael McDonald track "I keep Forgettin'"
Jeff Porcaro ... RIP brother Jeff!! Nothing but love for that man! Absolutely INCREDIBLE drummer!
Jeff Porcaro - drummer
@@edwardforster8905 Exactly, a legend indeed and music has changed since his passing.
Love u Jamal. Yes that’s why we were all so happy!!! Great music 🎶 we still are. Peace ✌🏼 young one. Love to watch your appreciation learning. 🙏🏼
Patrick swayze was a back up dancer in this video
Wow. News to me!!!
I've heard this song a thousand times and thought it was just some 80s pop shit. I never realized how talented they really are.
Written about Rosanna Arquette, the Peter Gabriel song "In Your Eyes" was supposedly written about her.
I got this from Wikipedia …. The song was written by David Paich, who has said that the song is based on numerous girls he had known. As a joke, the band members initially played along with the common assumption that the song was based on Rosanna Arquette, who was dating Toto keyboard player Steve Porcaro at the time and coincidentally had the same name.Arquette herself played along with the joke, commenting in an interview that the song was about "my showing up at 4 a.m., bringing them juice and beer at their sessions.
They have the best drummer in my opinion. Every beat he does has a purpose and very smooth transitions... So good...
A great artist most music reactors neglect is peter gabriel his music videos are incredible and the songs are awesome sledgehammer, steam, big time, shock the monkey, digging in the dirt.
I'll say. The only reason "reactors" are ignoring Peter Gabriel is dread of Copyright Strikes!
@@ronforeman2556 ok
Agreed! His early stuff with Genesis was epic as well. My fave band of all time! I've seen lots of reactions to their early stuff that doesn't infringe on coppywrite
Dude, you are one sharp guy. You catch things in songs that I have listened to my whole life, and never clued in on. Westside story. Good catch
History of the song.........The lead singer was with roseanna Arquette for the longest. She broke up with him. He is still in love with her til this day.
Peter Gabriel sung "In Your Eyes" for Rosanna too!
She was with him when the song was written. Then the song became a hit and as soon as the song fell off the billboard charts she dumped him.
She was dating the keyboardist, Steve Porcaro. She was not dating the lead singer
cynergy Indeed. Bobby Kimbal was only dating “blow” by that point in time, according to Lukather.
cynergy exactly.
Has a song ever started so cool with Pacaro’s drum groove? Every sound check I do starts with that groove, never fails to turn heads and make people move they hips!
Lead singer Joseph Williams is the son of John Williams - famous composer - Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jaws, etc.
Another awesome reaction. Love Toto. Thank you 💕
This video also has an early appearance by Patrick Swayze (blink and you miss him).
I almost said that guy looked like him😳
6:09
This takes me back to the very first days of MTV and I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, shared a bedroom with my younger brother and we would sing Rosanna well after bedtime driving my parents crazy. Those were the days, lol.