Rainbow Rosa
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Apr 12, 2023 14:21:09 GMT -5
I like the fact that it’s a love song to a continent none of them had been to Whereas some of us might suggest that's what's wrong with the terrible song Africa by the terrible band Toto in the first place. Counterpoint: "I bless the snows in Antarctica" would be an incredible lyric.
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Post by billy on Apr 26, 2023 16:21:32 GMT -5
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Post by repulsionist on Apr 26, 2023 16:55:43 GMT -5
Last night, around 6:30PM NZT, I heard the susurrations of toms and vibraphones welling up in a shower of joyous rhapsody. That rhapsody, you ask? It was the tune of Toto's "Africa" being played un-ironically on the Auckland vanguard of radio: 95b FM. I did laugh. Perhaps it was more like a Cletus Spuckler "Huyuck!"
So, much to Prole's dismay and disdain, the old master pop song that's so good it hurts, even kills, its listeners with maudlin goofery is still being played by yoof with some sincerity.
To be quite honest, the song "Africa" is played quite often on the Oldies/Jack-type stations in NZ of which there are 3-4: The Breeze, Coast, Magic, Gold. Don't worry though, there's still far more likely the chance that Elton John, Billy Joel, or someone else you might see on a farewell tour these days has a tune played each hour on these sorts of radio outlets. Toto is left for a once-a-day input into playlists. At least that's what I've noticed.
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Post by Celebith on Apr 27, 2023 11:52:20 GMT -5
Africa was on the radio during a recent drive to work, and I 'regaled' my wife with the tale of this entire thread, so irregardless of anything else, it's nice that whenever wild dogs cry out in the night, they remind me of the TIF.
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Post by Prole Hole on Apr 28, 2023 12:09:37 GMT -5
Africa was on the radio during a recent drive to work, and I 'regaled' my wife with the tale of this entire thread, so irregardless of anything else, it's nice that whenever wild dogs cry out in the night, they remind me of the TIF. I can only hope that your wife was as repelled as any decent, normal human being should be.
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Post by billy on Aug 30, 2023 14:03:50 GMT -5
NEWS
Toto's "Africa": Science's take on the "best" song ever A combination of scientific analysis and stylistic gut-checking suggests that Toto's classic No. 1 hit might be the best song ever made
NATE HERTWECK | GRAMMYS / JUL 19, 2017 - 08:49 PM For as long as we've had toes to tap, society's great minds have tried to explain the inner workings of music, searching for what makes it "good."
The results of this search range from the most basic reductions like minor-key-sad/major-key-happy to sophisticated brain wave data analysis and dopamine measurements — all aimed at decoding how a composer's decisions impact the quality of a song.
So when Gizmodo asked a small group of neuroscientist and music enthusiasts for their take on science's role in determining what makes a song "good," the answers touched on every aspect of music interpretation from the most analytical to the most visceral.
"We can measure how people respond to a song in a bunch of ways, including brain scans," neuroscientist and Director of the Science Gallery at King’s College London Daniel Glaser explains. "Actually measuring foot tapping or the smile muscles is probably just as good as more 'scientific methods.'"
In the end, perhaps the most convincing argument is the impromptu tweetstorm that prompted Gizmodo's investigation to confirm that, indeed, GRAMMY-winning band Toto's "Africa" is the best song ever made. Just ask a scientist:
"Science says 'Africa' is the best song ever made," jokes David Poeppel, professor of psychology and neural science at New York University, after concurring with the sentiment on Twitter and pointing to Toto's respected musical credentials.
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Rainbow Rosa
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Sept 2, 2023 14:01:05 GMT -5
Prole, what is your opinion on Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Ducas Komnenos Gagliardi de Curtis of Byzantium, His Imperial Highness, Palatine Count, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, Exarch of Ravenna, Duke of Macedonia and Illyria, Prince of Constantinople, Cilicia, Thessaly, Pontus, Moldavia, Dardania, Peloponnesus, Count of Cyprus and Epirus, Count and Duke of Drivasto and Durazzo?
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Post by billy on Nov 14, 2023 15:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 21, 2023 8:00:07 GMT -5
Hasn't that continent suffered at the hands of white people enough?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Nov 21, 2023 21:02:26 GMT -5
Hasn't that continent suffered at the hands of white people enough? The Off button has a special place in the basement of the British Museum.
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