I simply want to thank you @Pub Choir for taking my mind off all the shit of my day for 5 minutes. This video repreents humanity as i would like it to be
This is amazing to see. No egos , No animosity towards each other....Just 1000's of people forgetting their worries and enjoying themselves as one. I imagine every single person walked away with nothing but love for one another in their hearts. Astrid Jorgensen should be awarded Australian of the year for bringing so many people together.
I always thought it was “ I felt the rain in Africa” until I watched this. I have felt the rain in Africa and it profoundly affected me 50yrs ago when I work in Zambia for 5 glorious years. Here in Australia September 2024
Cool!...um, actually, I'm ignorant of what that actually means! How does one bless rain??? I LOVE this song! Would be wonderful to understand it better 🎶🎶🎶🎶
When Toto first released this I missed my school bus because I was mesmerized watching the video on morning TV. Best single ever? It has got to be up there...
a pub a drink or two a lot of enthusiasm a bucket load of fun catchy easy song that we probably all know and then add in someone willing to put in the effort for the hard work end result people having a good time
@@mrtony1985 I absolutely understand, what you are talking about. I would have been awked in the beginning... but seeing everyone around me singing, would lead me to sing along, too. 😅
Brings up so many deep inner feelings and memories of Rhodesian childhood... Africa is beautiful but can be brutal too... The Indigeny are amazing though.... All the different tribes are fascinating... Unity of crowd here is spectacular...
A good friend of mine sent me the link to this video, and told me it was a "gift". And, hours later, I must've listened to the song a dozen times, and each time, I've been crying. This is amazing. Thank you.
Thanks you to our brothers and sisters in Australia. listening to you singing our song warms my heart. We love you. South Africans and Australians have always been closely linked. My Aussie friends are some of my best! Love you!
It's electrifying! These talented, fun loving people have turned concert going upside down!!! Absolutely brilliant! So healing in these treacherous times. God bless these people. 🙏
This is so, so very good. I love this so much. "Africa" is my all-time favorite song to this day since I first heard in back in the early 80's. I wore out the cassette tape it was on listening to it on my Walkman. Just look at the joy on these peoples' faces as they sing! I feel this in my heart.
To every single person who participated in this amazingly joyous Toto sing-out, THANK YOU SO MUCH. It is absolutely heart-warming and if it wasn't for my ears the smile would go right around my head!! You've put a lightness in my step, I feel like I'm maintaining an altitude of 1 inch when I walk! I'm a floatin' thanks to you!! Bless you all.
I really wondered if I was exaggerated in thinking that world peace could begin like this....I'm not the only one. Sending you a virtual hug from Italy.🤗
My wife and I have been following Pub Choir since their inception. We were so thrilled to hear they were coming to the United States and in particular, to San Diego! We will be heading there tonight at the House of Blues 🎉🎶🎵 🎤🎙️🎉!!!
I can see the joys and thrills on everyone's faces. You all were so fortunate to be a part of this uplifting and extraordinary event. One of my all time favorite songs! 🥰
This fills my heart with so much joy! I keep replaying it, over and over, and singing along. It's one of the more amazing things I've seen in a very long time. I've shared it with many people and will continue to do so. I wish I could participate in something like this.
The Brotherhood of Man in action. Everyone so joyfully, wondrously connected in laughter and song. Woes and worries don’t exist. Halls are filled. Hearts are too. Astrid assembles her gifted musicians and team and weaves her magic to the thousands. Her charismatic presence casts a bright light over us all. A thousand thank you’s to her and all her masterful musos. This was utterly, thrillingly unforgettable. So many voices raised in harmonious bliss. See for yourself - guarantee you won’t ever forget it. Blessed to have been amongst the excited, happy throng at Caloundra. PubChoir will be enriching lives the world over. Astrid is a NATIONAL TREASURE ✨🩷✨
Picaro, Paich and Toto deserve the Nobel prize for writing the words and music to the happiest song mankind has ever known. As evidenced by the 18,000 who joyously belted it out with love and sincerity .
Truly bloody amazing. The participants are all to be thanked hugely but the organizers are total heroes. Well done to you all for creating something so emotionally wonderful. Kudos to you all.
What a fabulous job you guys did mixing 18000 voices and scores of instruments!! In awe of the talent in SO many areas and places! Townsville chorister here, please come again, Astrid and all!
I sang and clapped my heart out in Adelaide, South Australia to this song with Pub Choir. Astrid is so funny and brings us altogether beautifully. Thank you Toto for a wonderful song to sing to.
I was at the first Melbourne gig as part of the tour. It was one of the best nights of my entire life!!! Thank you so much for putting on an incredible show. It felt amazing to be part of something so magical ❤❤
3:50 What an amazing and awesome performance of one of my all time favourite songs. Blew me away. Reduced me to tears. I'm from the UK but consider myself very fortunate to have lived for many years in West Africa and yes I have been blessed by the rains in Africa.
The Brisbane gig on 28 June was one of the best nights of my life. Went with my twin sister for our birthday and lo! I am in the video!!!! for a second. Thank you to Astrid and the team. You made a beautiful safe environment where everyone could feel welcome and included. I particularly valued, and needed, the prompts to connect to other audience members to make sure everyone was coping with the volume of people and sound. Here's to a future where this happens at every pub, every weekend. Music is our birthright.
As someone from Africa I can truly say this song speaks to my heart and hits me in the feels every time I hear it❤ Well done pub choir, this was fabulously done😊
there is a rumour Toto were a bit off with "as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serenegti" you cannot see Kilimanjaro from Serengeti afaik ?
This is the first time hearing this song and I'm at work. This...just touched me and left me in visible tears. Funny enough, my parents knew the original artist and song since they grew up in the 80s. Hearing this just uplifted my mood and a good number of customers decided to stick around to sing to the song. This is just... I can't stop listening to this. Just amazing job to you all ❤
I love this song! Worth chasing up the Angels Choir (I think) appeared on AGT doing all the sound affects that go with the song (rain, thunder and lightning - amazing). It’s here on RUclips. The massed voices here are great- so much enjoyment! ❤❤
Wow, it sounds even better here than it did singing it on the night - but it was an amazing experience as always! Thank you Astrid and all the team for all that you do!
@@hoyageorge, I always thought it was “I felt the rain down in Africa” and that still works for me because I have been blessed to feel the rain down in Africa, a long almost 50yrs ago but still as fresh in my mind today.
Here I am, almost a year later, and this song is still my favorite. I can't help but sing along and even get teary-eyed when I see the community working together, even while far apart! Awesome!
Goodness me! How on earth did they manage to organise all that?! Always loved this song - and this global 'audience participation' version, with everyone just being there ; thoroughly enjoying themselves and smiling - was very uplifting.
Thank you for creating this platform, this arrangement, this choir, this vision. Thank you, @Toto and @DavidPaich for creating this magnificent, soul nurturing song.
Toto would be proud 😢 such a nice testament to their incredible hit. I'm 59, another die hard fan of theirs....so in love with Toto, nice to see their song appreciated by young people who can catch a glimpse of what the glorious 80s were like! 💪💪💪💪💪 long live the genre 😜
Seriously... When many people come together for one single cause, magic does happen..... This is case in point, there was an energy during this song that transcended above the song itself, just amazing this touched my soul!
You've done it again Pub Choir Team. It was so much fun to be a part of. Great arrangement, Astrid. Thanks for bringing the joy. The rest of the world is going to love you. Safe travels. 💛
I simply want to thank you @Pub Choir for taking my mind off all the shit of my day for 5 minutes. This video repreents humanity as i would like it to be
💙💙💙🌍🌎🙏🍒🌈✌️🎼🎵🌻⚕️🕊️🌅♾️♒😇😚🔯☸️☯️🕉️💟✝️☦️🛐🥰🥰🥰
This is amazing to see. No egos , No animosity towards each other....Just 1000's of people forgetting their worries and enjoying themselves as one. I imagine every single person walked away with nothing but love for one another in their hearts. Astrid Jorgensen should be awarded Australian of the year for bringing so many people together.
Totally agree, she is amazing
@@christinewalker-t5z ....i would soooooo do this..What an amazing display of joy!
I couldnt have said it better..I just discovered this video a few days ago and have worn it out!!!!
It brings a lump in my throat watching so much unity 🏴☮️😁👍🎸🏴
Call it stupidity
That’s what music does to people. Isn’t it wonderful!
Gracie
Food for the soul ❤
People who are singing together normally don´t wage war against each other.
Being inside Joy
@@NeulichimKanal You are so right! 💘
In a time when I am regularly losing faith in mankind this is such a beautiful symbol of humanity. Thank you so much, Australia and Toto!
EXACTLY!
I always thought it was “ I felt the rain in Africa” until I watched this. I have felt the rain in Africa and it profoundly affected me 50yrs ago when I work in Zambia for 5 glorious years. Here in Australia September 2024
I had a profound emotional reaction to this. Blew me away.
This is the 52nd time I listen to this masterpiece today.....
I would love to be there crying and singing this incredibly emotional song
Same.
Me too! ☀☀
That’s the Emotion I have whenever I hear “This” song ♥️🎶 these guys just take it to the next level !!
I'm a immigrant from South Africa. I'm very lucky to say I actually blessed the rains down in Africa
Cool!...um, actually, I'm ignorant of what that actually means! How does one bless rain???
I LOVE this song! Would be wonderful to understand it better 🎶🎶🎶🎶
I am in South Africa and love my Australian family and friends...thanks for doing our song...
This is a hymn of hope. Voices of humanity.
I am one of these 18,000. So proud and humbled. A profoundly joyous experience. Thank you Astrid and the whole team 🥰
Humanity has a hope ;)
It was amazing!!!! Truly made my day.
And me crying 😭❤
How do you know your parts?
Thank you friend for sharing yourself and your musical talent. Blessings 🎉❤
I cried hearing all these fine people singing a great song together
This song is so special to me to hear it sung by ordinary folk, memories of my 5 yrs working in Zambia so so long ago. ☺️
Same here, my friend.
Me too!
This is what humans can do when we are on the same page. Happy days
I hate crowds, but I would have been part of this gladly
Climbed Kili last year, 60 years after my dad did it. Exhausted as we were, it was rough, we sang this at the top. So wonderful!
Thanks for sharing. It must have been amazing.
Climb Ayers Rock, it's great.. oh wait, a certain minority says no.
Fabulous night in Cairns singing this amazing song. Well done everyone all 18k of us!!!!
Having experienced the rains in Africa, this has given me goosebumps and memories flooding back, Thankyou.
The magic of music. The most important force in the human universe
When Toto first released this I missed my school bus because I was mesmerized watching the video on morning TV. Best single ever? It has got to be up there...
This IS PHENOMENAL! My highest regards to everyone who had a hand in making this.
Real humans, real joy, real pleasure. So perfect.
I'm just fascinated with how you were able to layer the vocals with such large groups. This is amazing!
a pub
a drink or two
a lot of enthusiasm
a bucket load of fun
catchy easy song that we probably all know
and then add in someone willing to put in the effort for the hard work
end result people having a good time
I'm impressed they got 100 men or more to sing together
@@mrtony1985 drink does that to people lol
@@mrtony1985 I absolutely understand, what you are talking about. I would have been awked in the beginning... but seeing everyone around me singing, would lead me to sing along, too. 😅
@@born8541 I respectfully disagree. I would've been frightened of this thing that I've become had I joined in.
Brings up so many deep inner feelings and memories of Rhodesian childhood... Africa is beautiful but can be brutal too... The Indigeny are amazing though.... All the different tribes are fascinating...
Unity of crowd here is spectacular...
A good friend of mine sent me the link to this video, and told me it was a "gift". And, hours later, I must've listened to the song a dozen times, and each time, I've been crying. This is amazing. Thank you.
@PubChoir has Toto seen this yet?!? I think this is something worth them to see, amazing!
I sincerely hope they have.
Thanks you to our brothers and sisters in Australia. listening to you singing our song warms my heart. We love you. South Africans and Australians have always been closely linked. My Aussie friends are some of my best! Love you!
It's electrifying! These talented, fun loving people have turned concert going upside down!!! Absolutely brilliant! So healing in these treacherous times. God bless these people. 🙏
What a great night. Thanks Astrid and everyone else involved.
In an African desert this is playing right now, endlessly. How cool is that.
Hardly a week goes by without me playing this. I bless the rains down in Africa!
This is so, so very good. I love this so much. "Africa" is my all-time favorite song to this day since I first heard in back in the early 80's. I wore out the cassette tape it was on listening to it on my Walkman. Just look at the joy on these peoples' faces as they sing! I feel this in my heart.
Goose Bumps Forever!
To every single person who participated in this amazingly joyous Toto sing-out, THANK YOU SO MUCH. It is absolutely heart-warming and if it wasn't for my ears the smile would go right around my head!! You've put a lightness in my step, I feel like I'm maintaining an altitude of 1 inch when I walk! I'm a floatin' thanks to you!! Bless you all.
Bellissima interpretazione ❤
This I shared because we Need a World of LOVE not Hate! Tingling over this...The World has to Come together and it seems Music is the Way!
I really wondered if I was exaggerated in thinking that world peace could begin like this....I'm not the only one. Sending you a virtual hug from Italy.🤗
Thank goodness no matter what colour or religion we can come together with music
and where do you have hate in the world currently?
Africa despite what the world has to say, you are simply the best. After all how many other songs are there from other continents. My home.
In tears. Beautiful people, souls, hearts making this happen. 150,000 views? No, this should go viral worldwide. The joy it brings. X
brought tears to my eyes as well great song
Thank You TOTO!
Pub choir videos always put tears in my eyes!
U guy´s bring HOPE to the world. Thank U! From Germany with love, Olaf
It was a great honour to play on stage as a part of this epic arrangement
Thank you and looking forward to next time!
Is it weird that I'm crying?
Not at all!
Those tears are precious; they come from your heart. 🥹
i was crying to
No, not at all 😢😢😢 in the world now, they have us so divided, and this just shows, we aren’t, and we are so much alike, but…
I’m not the only one!
My wife and I have been following Pub Choir since their inception. We were so thrilled to hear they were coming to the United States and in particular, to San Diego! We will be heading there tonight at the House of Blues 🎉🎶🎵 🎤🎙️🎉!!!
tell us how it went . good or bad .
I love the layering between male and female vocals. I think the ladies won though!
So humbled to be part of this. Thank you Astrid.
Heartwarming, lovely to see people together instead of anger and bitterness.
TEARS in my eyes from seeing and hearing this and SO jealous I was not in one of those places where I could join in. WOW! THANK YOU!
Same I was in tears
So happy to have been a part of this! Such a release of happy endorphins too, doing this with good friends.
I was one of the thousands!! Such a great feeling to be part of something like this.
you lucky person
I think the same!! Who lucky!!!
I can see the joys and thrills on everyone's faces. You all were so fortunate to be a part of this uplifting and extraordinary event. One of my all time favorite songs! 🥰
How amazing that would have been!!👍🇨🇦
There is something special about this song and this version is just amazing.
Yes I agree
Sending appreciation from South Africa!!
How lovely ❤️ it was amazing to be a part of this ❤️❤️❤️
This fills my heart with so much joy! I keep replaying it, over and over, and singing along. It's one of the more amazing things I've seen in a very long time. I've shared it with many people and will continue to do so. I wish I could participate in something like this.
Every single person in the world loves this song.
そのとおり！！
The Brotherhood of Man in action. Everyone so joyfully, wondrously connected in laughter and song. Woes and worries don’t exist. Halls are filled. Hearts are too.
Astrid assembles her gifted musicians and team and weaves her magic to the thousands. Her charismatic presence casts a bright light over us all. A thousand thank you’s to her and all her masterful musos.
This was utterly, thrillingly unforgettable. So many voices raised in harmonious bliss. See for yourself - guarantee you won’t ever forget it.
Blessed to have been amongst the excited, happy throng at Caloundra.
PubChoir will be enriching lives the world over.
Astrid is a NATIONAL TREASURE ✨🩷✨
Picaro, Paich and Toto deserve the Nobel prize for writing the words and music to the happiest song mankind has ever known. As evidenced by the 18,000 who joyously belted it out with love and sincerity .
I loved this. It was so beautiful to see how happy everyone was to be part of it. Thank you to you all ❤
Truly bloody amazing. The participants are all to be thanked hugely but the organizers are total heroes. Well done to you all for creating something so emotionally wonderful. Kudos to you all.
These are some of the happiest faces I've seen in my life
I was there and it was GLORIOUS
I have this song on 45 single love this song always sing along to it.
I totally crush this video. On repeat. We need more people to be this happy.
What a fabulous job you guys did mixing 18000 voices and scores of instruments!! In awe of the talent in SO many areas and places! Townsville chorister here, please come again, Astrid and all!
I sang and clapped my heart out in Adelaide, South Australia to this song with Pub Choir. Astrid is so funny and brings us altogether beautifully. Thank you Toto for a wonderful song to sing to.
I was at the first Melbourne gig as part of the tour. It was one of the best nights of my entire life!!! Thank you so much for putting on an incredible show. It felt amazing to be part of something so magical ❤❤
3:50 What an amazing and awesome performance of one of my all time favourite songs. Blew me away. Reduced me to tears. I'm from the UK but consider myself very fortunate to have lived for many years in West Africa and yes I have been blessed by the rains in Africa.
To put it correctly, this IS world class. The synchronized audience clapping was the most awesome, because everybody with hand could be there for that
This pub choir Astrid is off the hook. Totally awesome being Australian even better.
This song has more lives than even Thriller.
The Brisbane gig on 28 June was one of the best nights of my life. Went with my twin sister for our birthday and lo! I am in the video!!!! for a second. Thank you to Astrid and the team. You made a beautiful safe environment where everyone could feel welcome and included. I particularly valued, and needed, the prompts to connect to other audience members to make sure everyone was coping with the volume of people and sound. Here's to a future where this happens at every pub, every weekend. Music is our birthright.
The most beautiful video on the net !
As someone from Africa I can truly say this song speaks to my heart and hits me in the feels every time I hear it❤
Well done pub choir, this was fabulously done😊
Speaks to my soul
there is a rumour Toto were a bit off with "as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serenegti"
you cannot see Kilimanjaro from Serengeti afaik ?
@@rivenoakyes, it’s over 300 km from Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti. I suppose “rises above Tsavo” doesn’t scan as well! 😅
When they say "I bless the rains down in Africa l get touched"😢
What joy you create for so many people!
This is the first time hearing this song and I'm at work. This...just touched me and left me in visible tears. Funny enough, my parents knew the original artist and song since they grew up in the 80s. Hearing this just uplifted my mood and a good number of customers decided to stick around to sing to the song. This is just... I can't stop listening to this. Just amazing job to you all ❤
I love this song! Worth chasing up the Angels Choir (I think) appeared on AGT doing all the sound affects that go with the song (rain, thunder and lightning - amazing). It’s here on RUclips.
The massed voices here are great- so much enjoyment! ❤❤
you should listen to the version of leo morachiolli as well, it's awesome
i feel the same, you should listen to the version of Perpetuum Jazzile as well
Left me in tears, too.
I saw that live in 1984 in Medford Oregon. Toto a great sound!
Just an unbelievable, unforgettable experience. Thank you to Astrid and all the team for putting this together. One of the best nights of my life!
To see and hear joy is the best thing and to all taking part - they would add feeling joy as well!
One of the most uplifting performances I've ever seen. Wonderful.
We need to all be doing this OFTEN. Makes me proud to be human!
This is what a positive attitude and positive thinking can achieve and its WONDERFUL.
It's amazing what humanity can do when we are united and standing together
The sheer happiness in everyone's face and voice is a joy to watch!
Wow, it sounds even better here than it did singing it on the night - but it was an amazing experience as always! Thank you Astrid and all the team for all that you do!
I think it was really lovely , uplifting and super to hear folks singing together and obviously enjoying it x lucky people to be part of it. Xx
Who'd a thunk Toto's Africa could sound so good? 😊 I learned lyrics that I'd misheard for 41 years ... 😅
It is, after all, one of the most recognizable and beloved songs of the '80s, so I'm not too surprised.
@@hoyageorge, I always thought it was “I felt the rain down in Africa” and that still works for me because I have been blessed to feel the rain down in Africa, a long almost 50yrs ago but still as fresh in my mind today.
Here I am, almost a year later, and this song is still my favorite. I can't help but sing along and even get teary-eyed when I see the community working together, even while far apart! Awesome!
thank you all the 18,000 for this
just brilliant....🥰🥰🥰 look at everyone's faces, so full of joy !
Just found back my faith in humanity
Goodness me! How on earth did they manage to organise all that?! Always loved this song - and this global 'audience participation' version, with everyone just being there ; thoroughly enjoying themselves and smiling - was very uplifting.
AMAZING.... 18.000 singing in perfect harmony. So much fun!! I can't stop my feet and singing with the 18.000 people.
Love this ❤🇳🇱
a chorus full of harmonies. The sounding of musical instruments is very detailed. Fantastic.
Oh Wow!!!! What a great Sound and so enjoyable and so much fun. Fantaaastic!!!!👏🎶 Well done all. PubChoir another winner 🏆. Well sung all!!!!!!❤
Love this , i had a smile on my face from ear to ear , thank you .
Thank you for creating this platform, this arrangement, this choir, this vision. Thank you, @Toto and @DavidPaich for creating this magnificent, soul nurturing song.
Toto would be proud 😢 such a nice testament to their incredible hit. I'm 59, another die hard fan of theirs....so in love with Toto, nice to see their song appreciated by young people who can catch a glimpse of what the glorious 80s were like! 💪💪💪💪💪 long live the genre 😜
Love it! Thanks for making me smile. It takes a lot these days!
THIS IS BEYOND GORGEOUS!! Plus the effort of every single person. That lady's adlibs tooooooooo... such perfection!!
Seriously... When many people come together for one single cause, magic does happen..... This is case in point, there was an energy during this song that transcended above the song itself, just amazing this touched my soul!
there should be a button granting a thousand likes for moments like these. I was an 80s kid .. this definitely made my heart smile ❤️
You've done it again Pub Choir Team. It was so much fun to be a part of. Great arrangement, Astrid. Thanks for bringing the joy. The rest of the world is going to love you. Safe travels. 💛
All-time favorite Toto song. I was privileged to photograph them in the 1970s. Those photographs are some of the most precious things I own.
It’s great the Australian Pub Choir could make such a version of this brilliant Toto hit. It make me proud to be an Aussie ❤ Thank you all
i get the chills from this....i 've been at a concert of them...in Rotterdam....cost me my eardrums......but never ever will forget this concert....
Having so many sharing music with other like minds just radiates joy. Well done! The world needs more of this.
Fantastic video! Well done! Loved being a part of it! Thank you for the experience!♥🎶♥🎶