1982, 14 years old, mom is making dinner, this song on the radio, playing outside until the street lights come on, the whole future in front of us. I kinda feel like crying right now, mom is 84 and not for this earth much longer, dad and so many have gone, all those memories and people and times so long ago, all gone though they seemed like they would last forever, but right here right now alive in my heart with this song
I hear you - I envy you for still having your mum! Cherish the memories, we are blessed to have them...in time they will make you happy...and strong. Take care.
It can feel that way. 80’s were special. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
My mother first heard this song in 1980 when I played the album on my stereo. She came in dancing and proclaimed it her favorite. She listened to it later in life almost every day streaming it until the day she died. To honor my mother's memory, I play this song before I play anything other when I listen to music. Love you mom.
Lost my mom too it’s those random moments that imprint the most lol my mom liked bagpipe music and daisies listen and buy all the time miss her very much
My Uncle, David Hungate, is the actual bassist you hear in the recording. When he left Toto after recording TOTO IV, Mike Porcaro took over until a few years before his death in 2015. David actually sold one of his basses to Mike. David was Mike's favorite bass player! After decades of session work with hundreds of artist, David is pretty much retired now living quietly in Tennessee. We chat about once a week and visit about once a year. He is my bass mentor and teacher. :)
@@davidfuchs9636 David still fools around here and there. His Son is a a great drummer and is in a nice band. I think here and there he does some "JAMMIN" with them. D is pretty happy with retired life! :)
Very good to hear this tale of two bass players.. made me feel melancholy about Mike Porcaro and said some prayers for his family and loved ones, .. Steve Lukather .. Toto bandmates. It must still really ache to have him pass so young. Big hole where he was here.
Reminds me when they had comedian Deon Cole (the most recent Old Spice guy) on Conan commenting on BLM protests. Someone at a protest had a sign that said, “Africa is Toto’s greatest song.” Cole responded, “Africa is their best song? Idk about that? You ever heard Rosanna? It’s the jam.”
Toto’s music will always take me back to my childhood. It reminds me of being home on Saturday afternoons as an 80s kid helping my Mom clean the entire house while Toto, Billy Joel, and Michael Jackson played on the old Sansui receiver. God I miss them days! I love you, Mom!!
Man this song has it all. Slow acapella like sections, upbeat funk, searing guitar solo, magic synthesizer shit from space, horns, and a greasers dance fight.
This song is an absolute masterpiece - a flawless pop symphony. These guys were the cream of the crop - original members such as Steve Lukather, David Paich, and Jeff Porcaro were some of the most sought-after session musicians of their day before they formed a band. IMO, Rosanna was the best American pop song to be released since "Good Vibrations" came out in 1966.
Steve Porcaro was dating Roseanna Arquette at the time David Paich composed the tune. He didn´t have a title for the song and one day went to some place where Steve and Rosseanne were and ,well, the rest is history. Paich himself tells the history in some interview I saw here on the tube. By the way, the girl in red is Cynthia Rhodes, Penny in 1987's Dirty Dancing. Also Patrick Swayze appeared in the video as one of the group of male dancers who back up Cynthia. He is the one wearing a red jacket.@@djstyxxsuriname
Fascinating song...multi-genre hopping with pop, classical rock, motown style pre-chorus, horns, jazz prog outro. Fantastic production and curve ball of second verse with the key change. Sublime.
Are you insinuating that enhancing vocals and other things on computer doesn't take much talent? Because it certainly does. I'm learning music production now and making something that doesn't sound awful in FL studio is a lot harder than you'd think, someone like Skrillex is just as talented as any musician with an instrument imo. A DAW (Studio program) is an instrument to someone like him.
When I was in 4th grade my dad bought this record and played for my mom & I 😊 .... my name is ROSANNA he told me it's your song. Till this day when I hear it I think that's my song ❤ reminds me of my dad so excited bringing it home for me. I even told my kid listen that's my song ❤ I still love it. Thank hou Toto for creating it. And making a great memory for a little girl n her daddy.
And you have a beautiful name. Toto is one of my very favorite groups. When I was a kid in the 70s, I’d be out roller skating and Toto was being played loud.
you kids are spoiled now. we had no hd, or digital sound back then. this is what EVERYTHING looked and sounded like when I was a kid and teen. you are lucky these still exist at all!
+dedpxl speaking if vinyl I just got this album at a thrift store for ten cents! fucking score! got a bunch of other stuff to! rush, The Eagals, kiss, Molly Hatchet, led Zeppelin, it was a total score!
I don't think a digital remaster is too much to ask for. If you check out the video for Africa by Toto it's clearly been digitally remastered to meet modern-day standards. I think it's awesome that people my age (I was born in the mid-90s) would even be willing to listen to music from the 80s and back, and I don't think it's selfish or spoiled to ask for this awesome music in higher quality so that it becomes that much more awesome.
Albert Douglas Holy shit, relax. I never asked for anything from you. The reason I brought up that I'm young is because the original comment was talking about kids complaining about audio quality on old songs, not because I wanted to brag about how I listen to old music or because I thought I was doing someone a favor .
+Stereotypical Mexican Ludicolo Yeah, alberts reply was a bit harsh..but since I said it first, yes, I do think a digital remaster is too much to ask for, purely because though you have good taste in music, I think it's best enjoyed in the original formats it was filmed and recorded in. remember too that MTv was just invented in late 1981, not everybody had cable, and it was a pay channel besides. I really like finding them on the internet so many years later just the way I left them. if nothing else, try to see it as a history lesson of what I had back then versus what you have now.
When you wake in the morning , and this song is singing in your head ,then that's the sign of a true classic . And there aren't many like that these days !!!
Still the most sonically perfect record ever produced. EVER. 100 decibels of dynamics shifting back and forth. You can hear every Porcaro tom fill, every Hungate bass note, every seering Lukather gash, every horn punch, every little percussion fill, synth part or keyboard pushbeat. As a recording engineer, it still brings tears to my eyes. Buy some fucking speakers and turn it up!
Cranking it on my HS8s as we speak :). It is good. The mix and production is one thing, but the pure talent and creativity to actually come up with this stuff is out of this world. The clever arrangement is typical toto and very ahead of its time. And songs like this has been a breath of fresh air in all the decades since it was released. And it still holds up today like it was recorded yesterday. Might just be me getting old tho. :D hahaha.
Jeff Porcaro is still the gold standard…. The Rosanna shuffle is a legendary groove that any drummer must learn if they intend to take themselves seriously
This band, this song is timeless.. a super group where all members were studio musicians. Perfect vocals, horns, amazing guitarist , and let's not forget the most iconic drum groove of all time..
um, no. I respect their impeccable musicianship but most of their catalog is cheesy af. Want proof? Listen to a "best of Toto" right now - not in the background, I mean with your undivided attention - and try to get past the 5th song. It's cheesy now, it was cheesy then, I just didn't know any better when I was a kid.
@@paulmayerpiano It's always pop after all. It's meant to be that way. If you look past the lyrics and the mood of the song, you'll realise that every member of the band is extremely talented. Rick Beato underlines exactly this in his "What Makes This Song Great" episode about this very tune, by playing each track individually and describing the function of each artistic element (chords, scales, rhythm...) in a clear way, even to people not familiar with music theory.
Band Members: Steve Lukather Guitar Vocals: Bobby Kimball Vocals: David Pich Piano Backup Singer: Steve Procoro Keyboards Backup Singer: David Hungate Bass Backup Singer:
I have heart failure and now suspected lung cancer. I`ve played drums on and off for 37 years, I`m going to learn the rosanna shuffle before i shuffle off of this mortal coil.!
Oh wow Rosanna by Toto, truly a masterpiece by one of the greatest super groups of the 80s. This song brings back so many memories of being a teenager in high school, I'm 52 now and everytime I listen to this song, along with Africa, I'll be over you, and hold you back shoots me back to a simpler time and camping on the beach with my family listening to Toto. Thank you guys for the memories. God bless you 🙏
@@StephanYourdam I wish I was. I'm the high school class of 2024😢I really wish I could have grown up in the 80s, I can't believe how terrible todays music is, everything was so much better back then😕
I was 21 when II moved away from an abusive home in 1981 and scored a full time job in March of 82 that lasted me 13 years. This song to me screams of freedom.
Denny II One of my all time favorite songs and I’ve been intently listening to music for 45 of my 50 years! This song truly showcases Toto’s musicianship collectively and individually. What virtuosity, energy, and passion!
@@spartankongcountry6799 I'm old enough to actually admire a beautiful lady, without thinking about getting in her pants. I still am a man, but the music and the girl go hand in hand, no disrespect to anyone!!
That drum sound, the bass line, Luke who is on fire, one for one amazing musicians. When I'm down I visit their songs and I feel better, right away. One of the greatest bands.
Truly a magnificent song. As far as the video goes, Cynthia Rhodes is breathtakingly beautiful and moves like a wild cat while there's a brief cameo of the late Patrick Swayze as a dancer
One of the most iconic drum shuffle grooves of all time. A combo of Purdy, Bonham and Bo Diddly. Jeff Porcaro, even after his passing, is in the top 5 of percussion meistros.
DISCLAIMER: This music video features actors on a closed set. Toto advises that no one attempt to dance seductively through dark alleys while being followed by gangs.
+andrednz ye man its all about sound..sure it could be better but try itunes or any record song and put it on your library..its always pretty cool to have an originial song like a bob marley in live couldnt be better as its get ! You are right about Vevo..its not about originality but quality i know
1982...a very special time! I was 18 and ready to take on the world 24/7. Music was just unreal. Live concerts were the place be. So many great bands were pumping out timeless hits!
i think imma start a band and try to make the 80e go back, 0.000000001 thats its gonna work BUT IF WE ALL DO IT, IT WILL WORK FUCK YEA LETS DOO IT, START LEARNING LESSONS ON INSTRUMENTS.... LETS FUCKING DO IT
@@Freigheist yes plus the huge bonus of 100's of millions of dollars coming to them. You've only gotta blame the public for being sheep for buying there crap.
No they do have some fantastic music. There's much more to Toto than "the usual 3". And they are killer live - check out their recent European tour on youtube.
Not only is this song a masterwork of pop songwriting, performed by the highest calibre musicians one could ever hope to find, but the music video is a piece of art as well.
songs like this make you appreciate the swing beat in rhythm sections the bass and the drums and how the whole band comes together as a collective all the big songs have it
I've known this song for all my life and never gave it another thought, even though I might have hummed it along when it was on the radio, and suddenly recently when I heard this song again, I realised how brilliant it actually is!
+Kelley Pike "'Rosanna' was about a high school love, one of my first loves, but I just tagged another Rosanna's name on there because she was going at the time with Steve Porcaro, my best friend. He had just met her and was looking to title a song with her name, and it just fit perfectly for that song right there. So it's got her name on it, but it's really about another high school sweetheart, which is how songs happen sometimes."
I would like to go and stay there but with the experience of today ( without any cel, nor computer, WhatsApp, ect, for those things made relationships impersonal).Wait for me!
My father passed away in 2021 and this was his favorite band and mine too, God bless the good memories listening to Toto with my old man. I miss you a lot dad
What a great song, I worked opening a fast food restaurant a little black girl run the front register was named Rose Everyone was sleepy eyed and all of sudden my boss started singing this song over the loud speaker to her , soon the whole restaurant was singing to this cute little black girl , what a great time in 1983 at BoJangles in Florence South Carolina Thanks toto
Imagine growing up at the beginning of the golden era of music videos and this comes on your television. I would hum this jam while riding my bike, going to see my guys, and fell in love with this groovy tune. Sometimes I get down and want to go back to the 80's, see my family members who have gone on to the next life, have the innocence of youth, and rock out to jams like this all day long.
Well how bout that it's never too late to find good music and if you actually think about it you didn't really have to look far you just had to start looking in the 80s section forget about the modern crap some of it's OK most just sound the same.
Their many types of songs and their type of music serve as a benchmark for other bands around the world. I happen to be from Indonesia and there is a band here similar to Toto, his name is Dewa19
Toto, you are amongst my earliest music memories. I can still see me standing in the lounge, age 7, hearing Africa on Top of the Pops, because it was No.1 again, and feeling something calling me to a world far beyond my little town. I'll never grow tired of your music. I only have 3 questions: 1 How do you write a song like this? 2.Could this be the greatest middle 8 section of all time? 3. Why don't I possess a Toto album?
Absolutely agree I loved/love Toto. Africa dominated the charts but Rosanna and Hold The Line are brilliant. I never had their album but now I'm musically matured 🤓 Toto are great 👍
Stephen Marcus Toto absolutely DID do live concerts. Still do. (Minus a few original members). There's a whole bevy of clips to chose from right here on RUclips. Check it out and enjoy! They really were/are a great band!
Funny thing is that I loved this song growing up and now I love it even more. The little things that Bobby Kimball does in between the main lyrics really enrich the song. For example, when he says " I never knew that losing you would ever hurt so bad". It's not the lyric itself,it's the way he sings and expresses it that is incredibly moving! This band hit it out of the park with this song!
The woman in the video is Cynthia Rhodes i believe. She was also in Dirty Dancing and Staying Alive with Travolta. She was a professional dancer and an icon back in the day
We have been blessed with some amazing vocalists for Toto over the years, but I have to take a pretty strong stand in saying that I think Bobby Kimball is the GOAT for this band.
why do u feel the need to say what color you are, u like the music. the music is great, and ur probably not the only one. love the music man, doesn't matter ur color..
@@fighter811goju7 The same could be said to you. Why do you have to ask him "why do you feel the need to say what color you are" My question is WHY would that matter to you in any way shape or form?" You didn't ask Stephane Boivin why did he feel the need to say that he is white.
@@eddieharman3650 hence the "why do you need to say what color you are" comment, which speaks for the general public should be enough if u knew how to read the context. I forgot there are the couple of people that want to make more out of something than there really is. but if it makes you feel any better Stephane Bolvin doesn't matter what color you are man, sit back and enjoy
You don’t need to be a solid musician to recognize that this song is just the best: never aged and you can play it 100 times and always will find something new.
Hey Toto lovers it was Steve that died while spray in his garden and the chemicals n the coke he had done killed him!!!!so sad it crushed me n my friends we didn't believe it at first😩😩they still Rock,!!?!
Great song.
They wrote 3 truly great songs: this, Africa and Hold The Line. Most bands can't manage more than one if they're lucky.
fax!
Bands playing behind wire fences was HUGE in the 80's
They were safe from beer cans thrown at them...
The mullet and porn-stache was super popular back then too.
Trying to look "street," eh? LOL Even in the 80s, white people were trying to be black.
So were ladies in red...
So can you name them please for those who is from 2000's?
Africa is a great song and all, but Rosanna is on a whole nother level of music that songs rarely reach.
Song of that year 💪
So agree..eclipses even Eagles.....
Rosanna and Hold The Line are the best Toto songs in my opinion
A whole
‘Nuther
@@JamesThomas-kx5sjtienes mi caja razón apoyo eso fue lo mejor y seguirá siéndolo
1982, 14 years old, mom is making dinner, this song on the radio, playing outside until the street lights come on, the whole future in front of us. I kinda feel like crying right now, mom is 84 and not for this earth much longer, dad and so many have gone, all those memories and people and times so long ago, all gone though they seemed like they would last forever, but right here right now alive in my heart with this song
Preto nezabudni na Krásu spomienok.
I hear you - I envy you for still having your mum! Cherish the memories, we are blessed to have them...in time they will make you happy...and strong. Take care.
Thanks for sharing the memory. I can relate. Much love to you, man.
I was born in 1982
And my parents are not alive anymore. I know the feeling
It can feel that way. 80’s were special.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
My mother first heard this song in 1980 when I played the album on my stereo. She came in dancing and proclaimed it her favorite. She listened to it later in life almost every day streaming it until the day she died. To honor my mother's memory, I play this song before I play anything other when I listen to music. Love you mom.
Oh man, I am sorry :(
Beautiful tribute .. your mother and you have great taste. May she be dancing in heaven and thinking of the precious moments ..My peace be with you.
Was released in 1982, but very touching story nonetheless. Losing a parent is tough, and honoring them every day is how we keep their memory alive.
Lost my mom too it’s those random moments that imprint the most lol my mom liked bagpipe music and daisies listen and buy all the time miss her very much
@@angelawilliams7955 I want Amazing Grace on bagpipes played at my funeral. Sends chills around my body thinking of that version.
My Uncle, David Hungate, is the actual bassist you hear in the recording. When he left Toto after recording TOTO IV, Mike Porcaro took over until a few years before his death in 2015. David actually sold one of his basses to Mike. David was Mike's favorite bass player! After decades of session work with hundreds of artist, David is pretty much retired now living quietly in Tennessee. We chat about once a week and visit about once a year. He is my bass mentor and teacher. :)
It's too bad he's not still performing. I love to watch older guys still rocking on stage.
@@davidfuchs9636 David still fools around here and there. His Son is a a great drummer and is in a nice band. I think here and there he does some "JAMMIN" with them. D is pretty happy with retired life! :)
Very good to hear this tale of two bass players.. made me feel melancholy about Mike Porcaro and said some prayers for his family and loved ones, .. Steve Lukather .. Toto bandmates. It must still really ache to have him pass so young. Big hole where he was here.
What's your cousin's band name? Yoir Uncle sounds like a super cool guy.
@@elisesheindlin5038 Past II Present - A TOTO Tribute Band. :)
What an amazing group of musicians. “Africa” is iconic but “Rosanna” is a killer chart.
Reminds me when they had comedian Deon Cole (the most recent Old Spice guy) on Conan commenting on BLM protests. Someone at a protest had a sign that said, “Africa is Toto’s greatest song.”
Cole responded, “Africa is their best song? Idk about that? You ever heard Rosanna? It’s the jam.”
Tow the line,is a chart stopper. Love it
Check out hold the line
Buy the party line…Rosanna is the best.
@@josephsuarez9594 Too many awesome songs to discount: "Georgy Porgy," "99," "Hydra," and the list goes on.
The production quality from this band is 110% it is when we knew how to product superb records.
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The Porcaro shuffle is legendary. The master at work!
He gives credit also to Bonham's "Fool In The Rain" shuffle (which is at a slower tempo).
@@catkeys6911 Nice. And the Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Shuffle
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Absolutely ❤
Sensational. Very hard to play as smoothly as this. Especially the hats … 🎉
Toto’s music will always take me back to my childhood. It reminds me of being home on Saturday afternoons as an 80s kid helping my Mom clean the entire house while Toto, Billy Joel, and Michael Jackson played on the old Sansui receiver. God I miss them days! I love you, Mom!!
Lovely memories.
Awww so true. Nothing like growing up in 80 /90.
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Right on man. Right on!
Yup and the Top 40 Count Down by Casey Kasem
Man this song has it all. Slow acapella like sections, upbeat funk, searing guitar solo, magic synthesizer shit from space, horns, and a greasers dance fight.
Opportunity for air-guitar, air-keyboards AND air-vocals!
This rossana girl is TOXIC why is he sad lol
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U571 ..written as a love song for a beautiful actress ...then I think it went wrong.....know reason....just love tune ...got few albums.
Don’t forget the Burton Cummings impersonator.
The drumming and vocals are on a different planet. A masterpiece.
Steve lutaker and the other man(i cannot remember his name)were 👌 when they sung in sames songs to me
I'm thankful my daughter listen to this song when she is in her room, I often only hear the drum intro tho
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It's January 2024, how many legends are still rocking to this? 🤘
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This song is an absolute masterpiece - a flawless pop symphony. These guys were the cream of the crop - original members such as Steve Lukather, David Paich, and Jeff Porcaro were some of the most sought-after session musicians of their day before they formed a band. IMO, Rosanna was the best American pop song to be released since "Good Vibrations" came out in 1966.
Exactamente, es una obra maestra. Impecable.
I believe this song is about Roseanna Arquette, the actress.
Steve Porcaro was dating Roseanna Arquette at the time David Paich composed the tune. He didn´t have a title for the song and one day went to some place where Steve and Rosseanne were and ,well, the rest is history. Paich himself tells the history in some interview I saw here on the tube.
By the way, the girl in red is Cynthia Rhodes, Penny in 1987's Dirty Dancing. Also Patrick Swayze appeared in the video as one of the group of male dancers who back up Cynthia. He is the one wearing a red jacket.@@djstyxxsuriname
She was actually dating Steve Porcaro at the time. @@PSICODOZO
@@laurasweet326 yeah your right. Don't know why I wrote Lukather when my mind was thinking Porcaro lol. Thanks for correcting me.
We were so lucky to have this kind of music.
Absolutely ...Was listening to Rosanna on the radio this morning.. and got chills when it came to the instrumental part. Truly mind-blowing..
Yup.
Younger generations are envious of us being in a beautiful world much different from this now
@@lorddiosliving I'm from the 2000s and I'm really envious of you
Really? Were We?
Everyone in toto is so talented. Great vocals, great instruments
They were studio musicians. They were featured as song writers and instrumentalist on a TON of pop albums in the 80s.
Esta canción la grave en un cassete10 veces seguidas , no me cansa, es una obra de arte.
indeed, these guys cooked.. RIP Jeff Porcaro..
Skilled. Forget about talent.
Real musicians. Epic.
Fascinating song...multi-genre hopping with pop, classical rock, motown style pre-chorus, horns, jazz prog outro. Fantastic production and curve ball of second verse with the key change. Sublime.
Sublime is accurate tho
The ones that get it, get it 😎
0% nudity
0% computer vocal enchancing
0% vulgarity
100% talent!!
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I HEARD that!!!
If it's not vulgar it's not good
Ah, simpler times, right?
Are you insinuating that enhancing vocals and other things on computer doesn't take much talent? Because it certainly does. I'm learning music production now and making something that doesn't sound awful in FL studio is a lot harder than you'd think, someone like Skrillex is just as talented as any musician with an instrument imo. A DAW (Studio program) is an instrument to someone like him.
When I was in 4th grade my dad bought this record and played for my mom & I 😊 .... my name is ROSANNA he told me it's your song.
Till this day when I hear it I think that's my song ❤ reminds me of my dad so excited bringing it home for me. I even told my kid listen that's my song ❤ I still love it.
Thank hou Toto for creating it. And making a great memory for a little girl n her daddy.
And you have a beautiful name. Toto is one of my very favorite groups. When I was a kid in the 70s, I’d be out roller skating and Toto was being played loud.
you kids are spoiled now. we had no hd, or digital sound back then. this is what EVERYTHING looked and sounded like when I was a kid and teen. you are lucky these still exist at all!
+dedpxl speaking if vinyl I just got this album at a thrift store for ten cents! fucking score! got a bunch of other stuff to! rush, The Eagals, kiss, Molly Hatchet, led Zeppelin, it was a total score!
I don't think a digital remaster is too much to ask for. If you check out the video for Africa by Toto it's clearly been digitally remastered to meet modern-day standards. I think it's awesome that people my age (I was born in the mid-90s) would even be willing to listen to music from the 80s and back, and I don't think it's selfish or spoiled to ask for this awesome music in higher quality so that it becomes that much more awesome.
Albert Douglas Holy shit, relax. I never asked for anything from you.
The reason I brought up that I'm young is because the original comment was talking about kids complaining about audio quality on old songs, not because I wanted to brag about how I listen to old music or because I thought I was doing someone a favor .
+Stereotypical Mexican Ludicolo Yeah, alberts reply was a bit harsh..but since I said it first, yes, I do think a digital remaster is too much to ask for, purely because though you have good taste in music, I think it's best enjoyed in the original formats it was filmed and recorded in. remember too that MTv was just invented in late 1981, not everybody had cable, and it was a pay channel besides. I really like finding them on the internet so many years later just the way I left them. if nothing else, try to see it as a history lesson of what I had back then versus what you have now.
i feel bad for you
One of the single most perfect rock songs of all time 💃
When you wake in the morning , and this song is singing in your head ,then that's the sign of a true classic .
And there aren't many like that these days !!!
So true
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It's up their with Steve Perry/Journey. Gotta give Arnel his props stepping in
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Still the most sonically perfect record ever produced. EVER. 100 decibels of dynamics shifting back and forth. You can hear every Porcaro tom fill, every Hungate bass note, every seering Lukather gash, every horn punch, every little percussion fill, synth part or keyboard pushbeat. As a recording engineer, it still brings tears to my eyes. Buy some fucking speakers and turn it up!
❤❤❤fully agree, a timeless classic,
One gorgeous wall of sound!❤❤❤❤
Ok the maxx😅😅😅
Cranking it on my HS8s as we speak :). It is good. The mix and production is one thing, but the pure talent and creativity to actually come up with this stuff is out of this world. The clever arrangement is typical toto and very ahead of its time. And songs like this has been a breath of fresh air in all the decades since it was released. And it still holds up today like it was recorded yesterday. Might just be me getting old tho. :D hahaha.
What’s your top 10 sonically perfect songs!?
Who else was watching and listening to this on MTV in 1982 and is still watching and listening to this on RUclips in 2024!
Me 2 years old. Lol
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The good old days.🥹
Jeff Porcaro is still the gold standard…. The Rosanna shuffle is a legendary groove that any drummer must learn if they intend to take themselves seriously
My hubby is s drummer , and Jeff is a hero!!!
Gold? Honey, he’s the PLATINUM standard!
Couldn't agree more
So true, so true. Drummer here who's been on it for some good weeks now
This band, this song is timeless.. a super group where all members were studio musicians. Perfect vocals, horns, amazing guitarist , and let's not forget the most iconic drum groove of all time..
Your are SO right that we can overlook the gawdawful video. :)
I never knew that was their background, it’s prob why the Dune soundtrack is amazing to listen to.
plonkers
Heck Jeff made more money as a session musician drummer than he ever did with this band.
@@garyc39 plonker
Toto's music has aged like a fine wine. What a great group of musicians!
Well said! Such incredible musicianship.
um, no. I respect their impeccable musicianship but most of their catalog is cheesy af. Want proof? Listen to a "best of Toto" right now - not in the background, I mean with your undivided attention - and try to get past the 5th song. It's cheesy now, it was cheesy then, I just didn't know any better when I was a kid.
The video sure didn't though >>
Great group : -)
@@paulmayerpiano It's always pop after all. It's meant to be that way. If you look past the lyrics and the mood of the song, you'll realise that every member of the band is extremely talented. Rick Beato underlines exactly this in his "What Makes This Song Great" episode about this very tune, by playing each track individually and describing the function of each artistic element (chords, scales, rhythm...) in a clear way, even to people not familiar with music theory.
Band Members: Steve Lukather Guitar Vocals: Bobby Kimball Vocals: David Pich Piano Backup Singer: Steve Procoro Keyboards Backup Singer: David Hungate Bass Backup Singer:
Oh for got one Jeff Procoro Drums:
I have heart failure and now suspected lung cancer. I`ve played drums on and off for 37 years, I`m going to learn the rosanna shuffle before i shuffle off of this mortal coil.!
I hope you do, live life to the fullest as long as you possibly can!
I hope you do, and live life to the fullest! And maybe you should change your RUclips name!
@bud wieser Badass. Wishing you the best!
Safe journey mate
You go Dude!
My parents named me after this beautiful song.
My name is "meet you all the way"
Lol!
lol
Had me in the first half ngl
Bwaaahaa
LMAOOOOOOO
Oh wow Rosanna by Toto, truly a masterpiece by one of the greatest super groups of the 80s. This song brings back so many memories of being a teenager in high school, I'm 52 now and everytime I listen to this song, along with Africa, I'll be over you, and hold you back shoots me back to a simpler time and camping on the beach with my family listening to Toto. Thank you guys for the memories. God bless you 🙏
hold the line was an awesome song too
@@bogus696996 yes it was my brother
im 66 and love this song
Wat about ''stop loving you'' ? to me, thats the perfect rock song.
Who's still listening to this masterpiece in 2024!?🤚
As a gen X, I love traveling back from time to time. Things were just different back then.
@@zsrmx1 Yes, music was so much better than todays rubbish
me
High school class of 72 checking in
@@StephanYourdam I wish I was. I'm the high school class of 2024😢I really wish I could have grown up in the 80s, I can't believe how terrible todays music is, everything was so much better back then😕
For me TOTO is a sound of freedom. One of the most original bands on this planet
Ireland , heading for Communism!
I was 21 when II moved away from an abusive home in 1981 and scored a full time job in March of 82 that lasted me 13 years. This song to me screams of freedom.
Sounds like they listened to alot of Steely Dan to me
When you get a group of supremely talented musicians together you end up with one of the greatest songs ever recorded.....a masterpiece.
Denny II One of my all time favorite songs and I’ve been intently listening to music for 45 of my 50 years! This song truly showcases Toto’s musicianship collectively and individually. What virtuosity, energy, and passion!
How many of you guys can actually watch a stunning beautiful and enjoy her beauty with out thinking with your little head?
@@tommypauly3249 What was the point of your comment?
@@spartankongcountry6799 I'm old enough to actually admire a beautiful lady, without thinking about getting in her pants. I still am a man, but the music and the girl go hand in hand, no disrespect to anyone!!
@@tommypauly3249 You're the only one who brought her up. The comments are full of people appreciating the song and not the woman
That drum beats though hard af.
I attempted the shuffle ones on my drums got foot cramps...
yeah bruh
try kick slide on da hh..it's how i do it.
@Anjroo Bail Or Bonzo (RIP)
It's the Rosanna shuffle.
pueden pasar 10 mil años y esta música seguirá vigente, por siempre los ¨80s lo mejor de la musica
That drum sound, the bass line, Luke who is on fire, one for one amazing musicians. When I'm down I visit their songs and I feel better, right away. One of the greatest bands.
Artists of the highest order
plonker
@@charlescamilleri7078 nonce
Luke trying to be Gene Simmons lmao
The piano is also great!
Truly a magnificent song. As far as the video goes, Cynthia Rhodes is breathtakingly beautiful and moves like a wild cat while there's a brief cameo of the late Patrick Swayze as a dancer
Agree on Cynthia. Terrific dancer and even more beautiful woman. Wish she would have stayed in the business a little longer.
wish she HAD stayed, ffs, learn English@@Don-n6o
They were both in Dirty Dancing as well ❤
I recognized Cynthia today after sharing a video on IG. She's the best dancer ever. I've loved her forever. I have to look for Patrick now! Ty😊
LOL, there is NO Patrick Swayze in this video 😂
One of the most iconic drum shuffle grooves of all time. A combo of Purdy, Bonham and Bo Diddly. Jeff Porcaro, even after his passing, is in the top 5 of percussion meistros.
The best battery of all time ever
Respect
The "Rosana" half time shuffle. A classic groove.
Is it really Jeff in this clip?
That beat is too slick for me 🔥
I love the gear shift change from one vocalist to another. They did the same with "Africa". It worked well.
DISCLAIMER: This music video features actors on a closed set. Toto advises that no one attempt to dance seductively through dark alleys while being followed by gangs.
Lol! 😂
🤣
Oh, don't worry 'bout dat! I wouldn't dream of it!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You funny!
Jack Singer too late #MeAlso
My god. Shifts from melancholy to soaring ballad to rocking, with shades of doo wap and a wonderful synth solo. Really epic!!!!!!
Well said!
Never really though of it like that but f#ck you're absolutely right!
@stellarshapes All hail Jeff Porcaro and his half time shuffle!
Ha!
Purdie shuffle ftw
Toto is timeless. One of the best live music experiences I've had, these guys don't miss a note
De acuerdo !! I agree !!
@@Billy2190:50 😊😊😊
Toto Is greatness!!!;
@@Billy219I feel something is off on those dates. 1877-1954? So he was born and died before this song came out and yet is somehow singing it?
@@BPC1980😂😂😂
Who's listening to this lovely❤ song 🎵 in 2025 ?
Toto till i die.
Talent like this is hard to come by these days.
Rosanna got a lot of play on MTV and those K -Tel tape commercials in the 1980s!
I'll be seeing them this summer!
Who's listening to this in 1967 😂
I think the sound is not muffled enough.
+andrednz ooo ... sarcasm
It's part of the experience of the video
+andrednz ye man its all about sound..sure it could be better but try itunes or any record song and put it on your library..its always pretty cool to have an originial song like a bob marley in live couldnt be better as its get ! You are right about Vevo..its not about originality but quality i know
Just try to think that your given oral whilst listening to this song, works for me.
+andrednz HAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!
Toto is overshadowed by “Africa” way too much. Most people don’t look at their other hits.
Silence boomer
@@Cheety-lr9uu wtf
@@IanMalcolm-rw5pn and Africa has 544 Million Views!
Cheety 53510 Why r u here snowflake millenial
Ian Malcolm Africa has almost 600M. That’s a huge difference. They’re overshadowed.
One of the most underrated guitarists in music, period.
LOVE Rick Beato’s analysis of Luthaker’s guitar solo in this song. Check it out ruclips.net/video/QLoh8zHjGUI/видео.html
Old Luke so consistently kicking ass
Sounds legit! 👍
That fucking outro solo alone 🔥
Underrated comment tbh
Still better than 99% of modern music
1982...a very special time! I was 18 and ready to take on the world 24/7. Music was just unreal. Live concerts were the place be. So many great bands were pumping out timeless hits!
How old are u now
@@Tuckyboy do math
don't make us jealous pls
i think imma start a band and try to make the 80e go back, 0.000000001 thats its gonna work BUT IF WE ALL DO IT, IT WILL WORK FUCK YEA LETS DOO IT, START LEARNING LESSONS ON INSTRUMENTS.... LETS FUCKING DO IT
@@elliottmaet2566 m8, chill out. Also ill bring the drums.
back when musicians were musicians, not models.
You said it brother
And he spoke the truth.
Back when musicians actually knew how to make good music.
@@00F sad but true. today you have apps that create melodies for you and auto tune if your voice sucks. just typing that makes me wanna vomit.
@@Freigheist yes plus the huge bonus of 100's of millions of dollars coming to them. You've only gotta blame the public for being sheep for buying there crap.
every single member of this band is so talented
all session musos, they were basically perfect at what they did.
Yes, just like Uhiah Heep
Ikr!! Ain't that the whole truth, & nothin' but the truth! So, help me musical gods!💖💯👋🏾
So true...in those days you had to be.
In what way?
ain’t no party like a tek night party
This is absurd I feel like tek knight with fur
👉🧿👈💩👋💯👑🧜♀️🐉🥸🪶💜👀🤣🪬❤️🩹
Cynthia Rhodes is just flat out gorgeous in this video.
It's no doubt that this helped her land roles in Flashdance and Staying Alive a year later.
@@rocthepanther75 her and Patrick Swayze are both here in the video.
Cynthia and Patrick Swayze are both in Dirty Dancing also…
Always wondered about that.
@@shirlthegirl631she shoulda been opposite Patrick. In dirty dancing.
Damn, TOTO has some addictive songs.
Tru
I usually lose interest if I kept on listening to a single band. I was SO WRONG.
The drummer is absolutely killing it with that sick shuffle beat
In a song packed with leads and stand out performances this song starts and ends with the beat and J.P. #Legend R.I.P
The late great Jeff Porcaro doing his twist on the famous Purdie Shuffle
Man he passed away way to early!!
Man hen past w@@007ndc
It's a joke among drum teachers. Every student wants to play Rosanna. Nobody can play Rosanna like Jeff, even the best in the world.
I love how smooth the vocals are! This is a classic!!
Toto had some really, really good songs.
No they do have some fantastic music. There's much more to Toto than "the usual 3". And they are killer live - check out their recent European tour on youtube.
totally agree
J Rush nah it doesn't, it just doesn't sound like the 80's anymore.
Have
Yeah, maybe three
Toto: Makes the intro beat to Rosanna
P**nhub: WRITE THAT DOWN
Oh my
Silver lmao I noticed that 😂
@Not today buddy! restrung
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
OMG, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED!!!!!
Not only is this song a masterwork of pop songwriting, performed by the highest calibre musicians one could ever hope to find, but the music video is a piece of art as well.
Absolutely, this is the whole package!
It may have the hooks of pop... but it's by far superior to anything we call pop... especially today.
Who else doesn’t care what year it is?
I'm with you 1000% percent.
songs like this make you appreciate the swing beat in rhythm sections the bass and the drums and how the whole band comes together as a collective all the big songs have it
Patrick swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in this together pre-Dirty dancing ❤️❤️❤️
I've known this song for all my life and never gave it another thought, even though I might have hummed it along when it was on the radio, and suddenly recently when I heard this song again, I realised how brilliant it actually is!
its because todays music is so bad .. back in the day .. this was "just another (good) song" but compared with todays music its a masterpiece!
You took the words out of my mouth
That's me exactly
I had a similar experience with "Africa"
OMG! I did that exact same thing!! I'm literally binging on this song.. after 30 years of not really paying attention to it!! WTH!!
If I had a time machine the 70s or 80s would be my first destination.
Patrick Swayze is one of the background dancers...and "Rosanna" is Penny from Dirty Dancing...damn!
And she was Tina Tech in Flashdance and in John Travolta's sequel to Saturday Night Fever called Staying Alive
+jrmetmoi Cynthia Rhodes is highly underrated! She definitely never got the credit she deserves. "Staying Alive" is one of my faves of all time.
Cool love that movie
+Kelley Pike "'Rosanna' was about a high school love, one of my first loves, but I just tagged another Rosanna's name on there because she was going at the time with Steve Porcaro, my best friend. He had just met her and was looking to title a song with her name, and it just fit perfectly for that song right there. So it's got her name on it, but it's really about another high school sweetheart, which is how songs happen sometimes."
+Denis468 Rosanna Arquette was dating Steve Pocaro
The best song Toto ever recorded!
Africa is better
The 80s were just the best of times. I wanna go back.
No doubt man!!!
Things were a lot easier back then huh!! 👍
Ohiyo Trippole Just be grateful u experienced such a brilliant time
@Joe Smith I began the journey of life in the late 70s, so can't be too bad!
Promise to take me with you
I would like to go and stay there but with the experience of today ( without any cel, nor computer, WhatsApp, ect, for those things made relationships impersonal).Wait for me!
Perfect blend of styles, instruments, vocals, dynamics and legs.
Not a bad pair of legs on the dancer either.
Frog legs
My father passed away in 2021 and this was his favorite band and mine too, God bless the good memories listening to Toto with my old man. I miss you a lot dad
Lo siento mucho amigo por tu perdida
sorry for your loss, Your dad had amazing taste in music amigo.
I know that he still listen that music in heaven, May God bless you.
哀悼の意を表します。元気出せ！😤
awesome.. jesus
What a great song, I worked opening a fast food restaurant a little black girl run the front register was named Rose Everyone was sleepy eyed and all of sudden my boss started singing this song over the loud speaker to her , soon the whole restaurant was singing to this cute little black girl , what a great time in 1983 at BoJangles in Florence South Carolina Thanks toto
She probably just thought you were all racist
I made a phone call to Rosanna in Africa, but she told me to hold the line.
Really? C'mon, man... that was so cheesy...
@@joemazeroll2371 That’s how I roll.
@@joemazeroll2371 hold my beer... I won't hold back and I can come up with at lest..... 99 good ones
Groaaan... lmao!
nice
I am proud to be called Rosanna when I listen to this song... Thanks Toto!
Your last name is Wong though
@@blainealexander5091 lmao
Rosanna Wong Hi! Mycket name is Rosanna too 😆
But your the Wong Rosanna
SurlyRider2019 hahahaha
Imagine growing up at the beginning of the golden era of music videos and this comes on your television. I would hum this jam while riding my bike, going to see my guys, and fell in love with this groovy tune. Sometimes I get down and want to go back to the 80's, see my family members who have gone on to the next life, have the innocence of youth, and rock out to jams like this all day long.
One of the most beautiful ladies in this video 🤗🤗🤗🙏
Apparently Patrick Swayze is a back up dancer in this ? 40 years later i’m just finding this out
Yep. I was today's years old when I found out myself 😂
Not the dancer in red, right?
@@ianhowarth2656 The Dancer in red was Cynthia Rhodes
This is SUPERB arrangement. One of my ALL TIME favorite bands... one of my very favorite songs. Unlimited talents. LOVE IT!
I was a kid when this was released. I didn't realize how much good music Toto created until a few years ago.
Well how bout that it's never too late to find good music and if you actually think about it you didn't really have to look far you just had to start looking in the 80s section forget about the modern crap some of it's OK most just sound the same.
.patrick swayze at 4:24 ..back up dancer in rival gang
I wish music had another decade like the 80s
It is indisputable that it is one of the best groups in all history..
After seeing some live performances from 2019, I agree. These guys are incredible musicians. Lukather is one of the most underrated guitarists around.
Maybe I'm completely wrong, but in 80s there were several bands composed of top notch studio musicians. No stars, just masters.
You said it bro 👏🤘
@@sinisaberic8427 Gerry Rafferty comes to mind
Yes
The musicianship still blows me away, decades later!
Thise drums blow many away, everyday
Very true
This Is A Music Masterpiece In Every Single Way.
I only just discovered it at 39 and couldn’t agree more
Their many types of songs and their type of music serve as a benchmark for other bands around the world. I happen to be from Indonesia and there is a band here similar to Toto, his name is Dewa19
Who's listening it in 2025 ?😅
12:23 AM Sunday, January 5th! 💚
@tmhbf incredible!!!💚
12:39 AM Tuesday, January 7th - El Salvador 🇸🇻
It’s so iconic
😂
Toto, you are amongst my earliest music memories. I can still see me standing in the lounge, age 7, hearing Africa on Top of the Pops, because it was No.1 again, and feeling something calling me to a world far beyond my little town. I'll never grow tired of your music.
I only have 3 questions:
1 How do you write a song like this?
2.Could this be the greatest middle 8 section of all time?
3. Why don't I possess a Toto album?
a big Puzzle of our Life .... still charging...
Absolutely agree I loved/love Toto. Africa dominated the charts but Rosanna and Hold The Line are brilliant.
I never had their album but now I'm musically matured 🤓 Toto are great 👍
Ikr, I do not own a Toto album either! Maybe they have a Greatest Hits we can ease ourselves in with?
Hi Jenny, guess you this side of the pond as well (TotPs) glad you like Toto. Part of the soundtrack of my life. Stay safe girl
Some people just don't realize how many dark alleyways we had in the 80's
everytime I walk down one I think wow a dark alley way hope nothing bad happens to me here...
😂🤙
So much room for activities!
With people dancing in them no less
It was a dark time with very dark alleyways
Toto's music is timeless
ye, especially the drum intro
This song is special to me, because it was the last thing playing on my stereo when I shut it off to leave for the Air Force.
0:00 - 0:03 I remembered almost the same legend intro
😏I don't know
maybe rock and roll?
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
lmao
This will be rick roll 2.0 PH edition one day. Mark my words :D
One of those rare gold certified hit singles that you never tire of........
Stephen Marcus Love 'Hold The Line' and 'Africa' - thanks Stephen you know so much about music - really appreciate your input ~ Lorraine :))))
fenixmaker Ditto!!
fenixmaker Your english is great !
Agree, I never get tired of listening to awesome songs like this. Sounds very good like Highly Strung of Spandau Ballet
Stephen Marcus Toto absolutely DID do live concerts. Still do. (Minus a few original members).
There's a whole bevy of clips to chose from right here on RUclips. Check it out and enjoy! They really were/are a great band!
Such an eclectic style of song. Never sounds old. Timeless.
Yah, electricity.
A perfect song. It has everything. ❤️
The Boys got me here 🫡😅
🫡
Zendaya🍆🫡
Don't he look like Pedro Pascal 0:38
@@The-only-Superman-that-matters😂👑
@@The-only-Superman-that-mattersdef!!! Worst case like a brother to PP 😂
How cool is it when you haven't heard a song in years but as soon as it is played you know all the lyrics?! This song is timeless.
Funny thing is that I loved this song growing up and now I love it even more. The little things that Bobby Kimball does in between the main lyrics really enrich the song. For example, when he says " I never knew that losing you would ever hurt so bad". It's not the lyric itself,it's the way he sings and expresses it that is incredibly moving! This band hit it out of the park with this song!
Yes yes yes!
The way he had the feelings come alive, made the song sound like exaltation and desperation all at once.
Phenomenal.
The woman in the video is Cynthia Rhodes i believe. She was also in Dirty Dancing and Staying Alive with Travolta. She was a professional dancer and an icon back in the day
Mike Craven she’s really amazing.
Mike, you are correct, thank you. I believe she was also married to Richard Marx but they recently divorced
@@dougpeters1625 Was she Baby? Baby married Marx?
@@SnowMonkeyCantSing No. Baby is Jennifer Grey. This is Penny in the video; the one who had the first dance partnership with Patrick Swayze
She was also in Flashdance.
We have been blessed with some amazing vocalists for Toto over the years, but I have to take a pretty strong stand in saying that I think Bobby Kimball is the GOAT for this band.
I there is any doubt, watch the video for "Hold the Line" on RUclips. Absolutely amazing vocals.
I'm a 28 year old black man and I have NO idea how I ended up here but I KEEP coming back✊🏿
Ok
why do u feel the need to say what color you are, u like the music. the music is great, and ur probably not the only one. love the music man, doesn't matter ur color..
@@fighter811goju7 The same could be said to you. Why do you have to ask him "why do you feel the need to say what color you are" My question is WHY would that matter to you in any way shape or form?" You didn't ask Stephane Boivin why did he feel the need to say that he is white.
What do you mean "Black" . I am white, Finnish and yet more African than you.
@@eddieharman3650 hence the "why do you need to say what color you are" comment, which speaks for the general public should be enough if u knew how to read the context. I forgot there are the couple of people that want to make more out of something than there really is. but if it makes you feel any better Stephane Bolvin doesn't matter what color you are man, sit back and enjoy
You don’t need to be a solid musician to recognize that this song is just the best: never aged and you can play it 100 times and always will find something new.
B
MECATO
Bobby Kimball is one of the most underrated singers in rock... give the guy his credit, and not just for "Africa".
Yeah. You got greats like goodbye elenore hold the line and this
Can't stand that song - this is definitely their best song.
you'd keep your kids away from him though eh lol
Jens Clarberg I don’t hate Africa but I think that Hold The Line and this are definitely Kimball’s best performances.
David Paich sang Africa.
The official song that every player of Nikke: Goddess of Victory plays when trying to pull for Rosanna.
Impressionante não existe nada melhor do que as canções dos anos 70 a 80 e 90, para mim são esplêndidas e não me canso de ouvi-las.
Eu também estou preso entre 79 a 98 , detesto qualquer música de hoje .
My neighbors like this song, whether they want to or not
You are my kind of neighbor 🥰
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha
You the Man LoL
I know what you mean
Jeff Porcaro...one of the best drummers to ever sit behind a kit! Peace Jeff
,,,70 80 90
The shuffle in this song is ridiculous!
@@jstazza9296 True, mate. Here he is explaining how he put together this beat. Legend!
ruclips.net/video/NMI81yIlT0Q/видео.html
Hey Toto lovers it was Steve that died while spray in his garden and the chemicals n the coke he had done killed him!!!!so sad it crushed me n my friends we didn't believe it at first😩😩they still Rock,!!?!
Jeff Porcaro Amazing , THE BEST DRUMERS IN HISTORY OF ESTUDY
Still blows my mind that legendary composer John Williams' son can sing soo good
He sings it NOW but he didn't sing it then.