Have I told you lately that I love you? I'm wondering if Africa love is a US delicacy?UlricvonCatalyst wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 11:18 pmNo. We can't. Absolutely not.
I remember hearing this on Top Of The Pops when it first came out and that gawd-awful line (which, the internet tells me, is actually*) "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti" absolutely floored me. The sneer has never left my face since.
By the way, the concensus on this song may be exactly the opposite of what you claim, Larry.
* For the record, I heard "Olympus" as "a lepress". I'm not sure which is worse, but I think we can all finally admit that is one of the worst lines ever to (dis)grace a pop lyric.
Was there not a joke flying about during that 80's that Toto caused the Ethiopian famine? One minute they were blessing the rains and the next they stopped.
I read that Africa is the internets favourite song*...I feel this is one of those 'I've met the man in the street (internet) and he's a cunt' moments. To be honest I wonder how favourite it is really, I doubt many of the favouriters actually own it or can get halfway through the song without instagramming the fact it's on. In fact I wonder if it's possible for the internet to buy it without twittergramming it.
This also explains why I avoid talking music with civilians.
Ah OK I've not actually got round to playing due to it being Toto/Weezer which seems to be some sort attempt to get in the Guinness book of terrible world records.mackerelmint wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 2:34 pm
But this is noteworthy, though, because the drumming is so bad. It's like if some famous band covered Van Halen, trying to do it straight up, but the guitarist didn't know the song and they released it anyway. I think that *I* could have done better behind the kit, and that's really saying something.
Btw consider me disappointed that you've not bounced into the car thread to laugh at my new Frenchie (with a minor in Italian). I seem to recall you saying that 'Owning a French car is an act of masochism anywhere.' and yet I've gone the full S&M without the faintest nibble.
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*though apparently yootoob favouriting also had a hand on this coming out on seven inch recently; Fra Lippo Lippi - Stitches and Burns, after garnering 20m plays. Which was interesting because it wasn't an official single, never had a video and it's a good bit after their truly golden period. Still there was only 500 and they didn't exactly sel out fast so, I really wonder about the credibilty of yootoob plays
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