RUSSIAN Reacts to TOTO “Africa” | FIRST time MUSIC reaction
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Don't go looking for the explanation for everything. This song is mainly a love letter to Africa; a vignette. Just evaluate it for what it is.
spot on! there are songs that the maker leaves the interpreter (the listener) to interpret some of the most powerful songs that have ever been written are such as these....
This is one of the timeless songs of my generation. I was 28 yrs old when it came out. I used to work out in the gym, and it came over the sound system often. I loved it then, 40 years have passed and I still love it. The great musicianship and the incredible vocals of TOTO are what make it a great song. I always assumed it was a tribute to Africa, but I never gave it a lot of thought. The music is what makes it great. It is good to get wrapped up in the way the music makes you feel, sometimes not so good to dissect the lyrics. Just go with flow as we say here in the US.
The irony is the fact that even some of the band members thought the song was silly. They, of course, didn't feel that way when the song became a smash hit, and one of the songs most identified with TOTO.
"I've been to Africa, it's such a nice country" just says everything....
OUR girl corrupted by America 😂
I've seen, Russian people enjoy going to Africa, one thing is for the beaches, because during winter in Russia it's still nice and warm in Africa.
it says English as a second language
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@@dillonr6265 Usually our Africa experience starts and ends with Egypt
Toto is describing the discovery of African culture which is fostering a desire. The man in the video is falling in love with the culture of Africa, and he is expressing his need to go and experience the beauty of that continent.
“Africa” is a song recorded by the American rock band Toto. The lyrics of “Africa” capture the quandary of a guy who must choose between his two loves - the continent of Africa and girl he finds therein.
Perfectly put, that's exactly right..... literally.
I was privileged to take my wife on a month long trip to Kenya and S. Africa in 2017. I made it a point to play this song while relaxing in our lodge at Amboseli Nat’l Park after a long day of photo Safaris. The lyrics seem to come more to life when you’re actually there. It was a brilliant experience!
I've visited 7 African countries; and the beauty is everywhere.
I miss the early 80’s so much. I was around 13 or 14 when this came out and it takes me back to my first date or the skating rink.
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I used to think Africa was a metaphor for a woman. Years later I learned that the guy that wrote the song was literally singing about his love for Africa.
Maybe this will help you understand it better: Toto keyboard player David Paich wrote the song and explained in the liner notes of Toto's Best Ballads compilation: "At the beginning of the '80s I watched a late night documentary on TV about all the terrible death and suffering of the people in Africa. It both moved and appalled me and the pictures just wouldn't leave my head. I tried to imagine how I'd feel if I was there and what I'd do." From Songfacts
Also from songfacts......“Africa” is a song recorded by the American rock band Toto. The lyrics of “Africa” capture the quandary of a guy who must choose between his two loves - the continent of Africa and girl he finds therein.
WOW I didn’t know that!Thanks for the fact mate
I love this song and coming from south Africa myself it's so beautiful to me I love my Africa it's a magical place.
i love watching you and your reactions, you are so lovely.
TOTO “Africa”... I have never really understood the song but I love the music. Sometimes songs are meant to be flexible & about what you want it to be or connects to you...
Africa is a continent not a country but anyways, Love from Egypt, Africa ❤
WORD!
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OH!!! toto FOREVER..
The song is about a Christian missionary. His fiance' is flying in to ask him to come back to England to get married but he has found his meaning in life by spreading the gospel and preaching the WORD in Africa. The line "Gonna take some time to do the things we never have" is telling her, I can't leave...there is still SO much left to do. It's about his passion for the LORD and the people he's teaching. It's also based on a true store that David Paich read in a Readers Digest.
Just another classic from the time when people knows how to make songs.
Africa is a nice country lol
If nobody else has already said it, the word for songs that tell stories is a ballad.
The 80s were so diverse in the music and songs that we had to listen to. Didn't like what was playing?..Roll the dial a little and something new awaited you. I was 13 when this came out. Back then you didn't hear a song and think HIT forever...this was just the class of music we had..ALL of it were hits of some lvl and stayed timeless. We were so lucky. And we didn't even realize it..we just thought it would always be this way...nope.
Arguably one of the greatest pop/ soft rock songs ever written! Sticks with you!
I recommend Toto‘s best songs: Rosanna, Hold the Line, I‘ll be over you, Georgy Porgy
The video has nothing to do with the song except having people and artifacts from Africa in it the song is about loving to be in Africa and not wanting to leave great reaction I remember when this song first came out everyone was playing it everywhere and no matter how old it gets it still sounds just as good as when it first come out
If you’re looking for stories in music, you’re going down the wrong path. That’s not what songs are typically attempting to express and this song is a perfect example.
I’ve been singing the chorus to this song using the wrong lyrics for decades. However, when I realized my error and started using the correct lyrics, it did not change how this song makes me feel.
Make sense?
I also heard that there are white peoples born and live there in Africa , as in Haiti 🇭🇹, and that’s new for me, and is not an hate comment, is because I want some info ℹ️, Africa is on the other side of the world 🌍, please don’t waste your time send me hate comments, cause I don’t reading at all.
love your positive mindset
You should check out, oh what a night, by the four seasons and frankie Valli
Hello from Australia. I LOVE this song! P.S Subscribed yesterday
Like the Great Barrier Reef in Australia (have a look of TH-cam) VERY strict rules there, when I was in the Royal Australian Navy we had to sail AROUND IT
we love also this song:
MONDAY MONDAY - THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
Whenever I think of Toto, this beautiful song is my first memory.
I love this song 🎵
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I work in retail and this song used to play occasionally in the store. This past year they took it off the playlist. I'm still disappointed that I don't hear it at work anymore. Especially since a lot of the music is later 2000's pop that I can't stand. There are a few others I loved that got the axe this past year that I think you'd like. ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Cheap Sunglasses are great, and a more recent song that I actually enjoy by the artist "Portugal The Man" entitled "Feel It Still".
It was written in response to devastating drought in Africa at that time.
I’m not feeling you. THIS IS AFRICA. Source of YOU! ME!
Good song. Hi beautiful. 👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️👍😀❤️
Hello and thanks
Jenny Douglas-McRae is the "librarian" in the video. She's been a backup singer for tons of iconic bands for decades and she sung backup for Toto as well.
We are developing a love affair with Africa, quite simply
My dear, Africa is not a country, it is a continent. Or were you talking about South Africa? Funny as it may sound, this band was introduced in Portugal as a hard rock band. A huge lot of people I know from Africa told me "you can take the people from Africa, but not take Africa from the people". Good reaction. I advice you to listen this song with subtitles, it may be easier for you to understand what they sing about. Kind regards.
Yup, it's a continent.
I'm a new sub. I'm 51 and I grew up on all of the best music. Love your reactions. ❤
Thank you so much for watching, Welcome to my TH-cam Family!
This song is completely cinematic. Perfectly fits for some Discovery channel show
As “Rob Squad” says: “Music says things, words simply can’t.”
As David Paich explains about this song. It was written about the love for the continent of Africa and not just about a personal romance. Great song and a popular one here in the states.
I’ve read about it later.. Thank you!
Anyone else remember when this song was on a revival from social media memes that were everywhere a few years back? Good times. Anyway, there's a solo acoustic guitar arrangement of this by Andy McKee that is also really nice and relaxing to listen to.
yes the internet is not always bad, I was born in 1980 and some hits might be left behind but I also think some should live on
Searching for clues. So close, then it's taken away because someone doesn't want to be disturbed and doesn't want the answer to be found. Like a mystery novel. Not everything is obvious- at first. Then there's the musical aspect. It swims in beats of the dark continent. Masterfully done, IMO.
Drugs and perhaps white guilt is my guess. Really, when this came out, one got the impression he wanted to have sex with a black girl. Funny at the time most of Africa probably didn't have MTV to watch it but 40 years later....Toto got the keyword spam down pat ha! But remember...hold the line, love isn't always on time. 🤠
I went to Africa as a Soldier and it was desolate. Specific countries were Djibouti, Sierra Leone and three areas within the Horn of Africa. Famine and disease were everywhere. malaria pills every Monday, mosquito nets for headgear, dysentery from water and human trafficking throughout. Do not be fooled by tourism because 80% of the country is bad…REALLY BAD!!
It is a continent
This is just a great song such a beautiful majestic lyrics you are getting to caught up on trying to figure out what's going in the video and not really enjoying the words and melody of the song it's self Damm girl the 80s and 90s had the best heartfelt meaningful videos ever
Also check this songs/videos by Steelheart- I'll Never Let you go, Cinderella - Don't Know what you Got (till its gone), Damn Yankees - High enough, Tyketto - Forever Young, Warrant - Cherry Pie/Heaven, Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer/You give love a bad name/Bad Medicine/Always, Skid Row - I remeber you/18 & life, Hear 'n aid - Stars
This was one of the early staples of early MTV. Their other huge song and video was Roseanna.
Hold the a Line by them is a banger.
There is al live version on You Tube from Toto of this song Africa, thats amazing.
This is one of those songs that is better without the video.
You are exactly right.
He was trying to match the fragment he had with the book it came from.
To protect the secret, the native wiped out the library, killed him and likely killed the nice looking librarian.
I never seen such a beautiful woman in my life, oh my God you are so pretty God bless you.
Kinda boring ……actually one of the greatest songs of all time.
Even if you don’t understand the lyrics, the melody is timeless.
You're reacting to the video, not the music. You should listen to the music without watching the video. The story they tell in the video is not important. It should be secondary.
If you just listen to the music, it's awesome! They do some really cool stuff in this song. It is very complex, and very cool. Learn about the music side, and the story.
You should try it again without the video. Just enjoy the music
Yeah, even Steve Lukather (guitarist) said the lyrics make no sense at all. The song was just an exercise on how many tracks they could use in studio. They used 4 - 24 tack machines on this single cut. For forty years this song has made it's way back on radio play and has truly never died out. One of my favorite tracks from the Toto IV album but Lukather is right...makes no sense whatsoever. Doesn't mean you can't still enjoy it! You should check out other songs by Toto such as Pamela. Great cut!
Africa is a continent, not a country. Sure you weren't in South America or Mexico?
One of my all time favorite songs.
I'm sorry to say this and it makes me feel bad to say it, but this girl is drenched in money. She's never gone hungry a day in her life. Every background you see is resilient in wealth. I'm just having a hard time connecting to her human side when she gets emotional, especially when the mic she's speaking into cost a grand..
Dude is just going to Africa to see his girl. He maybe made mistakes in the past, but she invited him back. It might be a rainy night when his flight gets in. But he gets to see her again. That's all that matters. So he blesses the rain. Not even a hundred men could hold him back from this reunion.
Oh, yeah, and he's looking forward to that "solitary company" if you know what I mean. You know, find someplace quiet with her and make a lot of noise. Little private time together. 😉 You go get her, ya dog! (Also, drums, but she hears only whispers. He's playing it cool on the phone but his heart is pounding)
Can you do Pantera Mouth for War next? I;m a musician, love Toto. Pantera is right up your alley.
A TOURIST IN AFRICA WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SONG….GODSPEED
The song is about the Serengeti national wildlife park in Tanzania. However in South Africa this Song was used for a advert for Castle Lager Beer back in 1990's for The South African National Cricket Team The Proteas and South African National Rugby Team The Springboks 👍
Music is for enjoy. It's a masterpiece. Not for understanding. If you want to understand watch a film. I promise my first and last video from you.
Are you from Haledon NJ I see it is your PO Box listing just curious?
You would enjoy "Stranger in Town" by this band. :)
I have a reaction to Rosanna coming soon!
Can I Ask what her position is in regards to the War in Ukraine ?, I assume she is from Moscow, which i sonly several hundred Kilometers from the Ukraine border.
Also dont worry about interpretation,songs can be interpreted how you want or perceive
I always heard "I miss the rains down in Africa" but my South African girlfriend informed me it's "bless the rains." Which is something that is kind of against the rules in South Africa. People can't bless anything. I like my version better as a songwriter. The song has a sense of longing and memory.
In high school when this song hit, I thought it was "I miss" also. Probably a common mondegreen.
Some of the words are pretty hard to understand.
There is alot of good rock groups. Boston and Kansas and toto styks Nazareth beatles rolling stones elo simon and Garfunkel and seals and crofts foreigner queen the toys the strawberry alarm clock
Why the deep dive? It's just a good song, enjoy it!! Now check out their best song "Rosanna" official video
A great song by TOTO is “Rosanna”
Stay tuned, a Russian Reaction to Rosanna coming soon!
Is it I blessed the rains down in Africa 😂
I think you are being a little harsh by saying you were bored. But that is your choice. Try listening to Rosanna by Toto you might find that more interesting. Also probavly look for live versions of songs they tend to get the vibe better
My humble recommendation is Twisted Sisters - "We're not gonna take it" official music video (or official extended music video :) Url link to official video non-extended: th-cam.com/video/4xmckWVPRaI/w-d-xo.html
finaly i wait for this 4 mons
now pls react carry on wayward son for kansas, or hold the line of toto too this songs are really great
I love this song and I still listen to it to this day it never gets old I have a sister who still listens to this ❤and back when I was a freshman in high school we were singing this song on stage and it was great but any still listens to this song in 2023 🌍👑
Such an iconic chill song from Toto. This wasn't their biggest hit back in the 1980s.....but this song became huge via TH-cam and remakes.
No, it WAS their biggest hit, not only during the 80s, but ever. It was their only number one song. I grew up in the 80s. This song was playing everywhere. They won a Grammy for "Roseanna", but nobody else gave a crap about Roseanna.
@Rolfye Africa was the last song on the album and didn't get much attention until the following year after the album debuted. Rosanna was their main hit. I graduated in 1982 and owned the cassette and listened to a million times. Loved Africa, but had to wait months before stations started to play it.
Still going on strong today.
Going to see Toto tomorrow night in Mobile Alabama
Saw them live. Great band....
Between you and me, I didn't get the video either. I do like the song, and made up an image in my head of what it could have been about over fourty years ago. By the way, if you like ballads (story songs) I don't see any Gordon Lightfoot reactions from you! He is the best balladeer of all time. Try "If You Could Read My Mind" first and then do "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a song about a maritime tragedy.
Irina I was very happy you reacted to this song. This was the song playing when I bought my first component stereo system. The song is literally about the continent of Africa although parts of the lyrics seem to also be about a relationship so hard to say. Unfortunately the video does not really seem to match the lyrics all that well. That was common back in those days. songs were more about listening than watching back then. Anyway glad you got to hear it even if the video made it confusing. Хорошо. Спасибо большое.
Stop trying to figure it out all at once, and just let it flow for the first time when you're listening to it. Trying to appreciate fully this song the first time around and figuring it all out is not the way to go. Try to get the basic feeling of the song. And then maybe you won't get bored.
What the hell, are all the russian girls gorgeous?
As an American, I appreciate your effort to learn our language.
She's learning English! you know from England.
@@andrewsmyrek7161 🤣🤣Hilarious, we Americans are so self-centered 🤣🤣
I think a mexican is AMERICAN !!!! I´m from Spain , i´m EUROPEAN ?????
Or she's making herself more accessable to others internationally, how about it, English speakers from different countries from which English did and didn't originate?
Goodness gracious
They didn't been in Africa, so out of the blue they wrote this, and it wasn't meant to be published. But they did and it was a huge hit. Luke (the guitarist) stated, this will be nothing, but it was. Toto is the most underrated band. Because, other musicians said that they were not a rock group, but a more disco/ pop band and back then, disco pretty much was banned.
beautiful song reflecting on difficult times in Africa... tribal genocide
American music videos, especialy from the 80s don't necessarily make sense. Better to just enjoy the song itself.
Hi, I Dare you listen this;
Inxs New sensation
Foreigner I want to know what love Is
Inxs Never tears us apart
Guns n Roses Paradise City
Guns n Roses sweet child o mine
Metallica One
Simple Minds dont you forget about me.
But please dont stop the Songs..justo enjoy it ....till the End.. Please..i'm fron Chile..
John Denver the carpenters Chicago
You totally missed the mark. Read some of the other comments about what the song is about. I'm not going to repeat them.
trying to be surprised
Just have to take it for the world renowned vibe that it still is..
Lyrics are not telling a coherent story just mixing in words but the music actually does better describing Africa
thank you
No lei todos los comentarios pero lei unos cuántos lo raro que nadie le corrige a la youtuber porque ella dice africa como si fuera un pais pero africa es un continente no se si sabra algo de geografía pero veo que le falta estudiar jaja
Your right it music and a story
Musically, a great song. As far as meaning goes, Ms. "RussianReaction&Reviews" is very insightful--there is nothing meaningful in this song. For those who say the song doesn't need to have meaning, I say, that makes the song, by definition, meaningless.
If you like good ballad songs then focus in on many of Billy Joel's songs.
He sings some of the best stories.
i truely believe that "video did kill the radio star". People should just watch the "lyric version" of songs. so they aren't distracted by actors or some kind of made up story. its the Music and the Lyrics that tell the true story. i am a little dismayed that u found this music boring but not everyone in your generation will enjoy the music that we loved and touched our hearts
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its about africa :)
I thought Africa was a continent, not a country.