Vocal Coach reacts to Toto - Hold The Line
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Vocal Coach reacts to reaction to analyses analyzes analysis of breaks down Toto - Hold The Line
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Hold The Line composed by David Paich for Totos 1978 debut album
Produced by Toto
Performed by Toto
* Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals
* Steve Lukather - electric guitars, backing vocals
* Steve Porcaro - keyboards
* David Paich - piano, backing vocals
* David Hungate - bass
* Jeff Porcaro - drums
* Lenny Castro - percussion
Genres: rock, pop, jazz fusion
Origin: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S
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Session musicians are a whole different animal. The way they are able to adapt and perform in short order is remarkable. They are definitely the unsung heroes of the music industry.
Those are the guys who plays in the Michael Jackson's album BAD ...
@@SebastianPerezG Paich and Steve Porcaro only played on Liberian Girl on BAD. The band members were much more involved in Thriller.
Props for knowing. Many didn't know they were a group of the greatest session musicians of all time.
I like this song so much better than Africa.❤
Especially the ones of that era before there were so many options to create and tweak sounds post-recording.
Steve Lukather has played on over 1200 albums. At his studio height he was doing 25 sessions a week. Insane.
His finger will never be the same after that😂😂😂
EVERY member of this band is a master of their instrument!! Love Toto!! One of the best live bands to ever play a show!!
Lukather is actually also a competent singer and piano player since that was his first instrument. He plays guitar, piano and sings on the Toto track I Will Remember.
Jeff Porcaro is one of the best drummers in history. His ability to drive a groove was second to none. He never did too much.
I had the same feeling Dave Grohl from Nirvana. He drove the songs.
Jeff even said himself he doesn't like doing solos because he's more interested in doing a good groove to song than being flashy. I know a guy who recorded an album with him and he said Jeff was very kind and humble but the grooves that he laid down were second to none.
Jeff, Neil Peart and Phil Collins were the three drummers that inspired me to become a drummer. I admired (and still do) Jeff because he was more interested in serving the song rather than showing off.
Simon Phillips ???
@@kenfrankel3498 Simon and Jeff (were) are both incredible drummers, but it’s two totally different styles.
"Hold the Line" is definitely one of my personal favorite Toto songs. Beyond the ones that got airplay like "Rosanna" and "Africa," I'm partial to "99" and "I Won't Hold You Back."
Luv 99
I won't hold you back is amazing. Steve Lukather is unreal!!
Interestingly, Luke said that he (they?) hated playing 99 in the years following the album's release.
What is the meaning behind, "Hold The Line?" A friend of mine dedicated this song to me.
I love Bobby Kimball's vocal performance in "Rosanna" 😁 And I love singing that song 😍
Plus getting the rhythm of the drum part on Rosanna right is still the test for drummers of all abilities.
Steve Lukather is great on that track too. Underrated as a singer.
My favourite is Rosana, I just love how the opening line trips off the tongue but the vocal range is very enjoyable as well plus that instrumental jazzy outro. This band definitely deserved to be a lot bigger than they were. So great to see and hear the praise for session musicians. While they get a credit when they contribute, they don't get THE credit they should. This was from an era when I felt so much music coming from America was well-written, well-performed and just so great to listen to.
Rick Beato has a superb breakdown of Rosanna and it made me appreciate them as musicians even more.
I'll check that out, I subscribe to his channel too!
My favorite "unknown" TOTO tunes are from the first album, "Georgy Porgy" and "Goodbye Girl". Worth a listen!!!
I love George Porgy!!❤
I was dating a Georgie when this came out, so it's always reminded me of her.
My favorite Toto song is "I Won't Hold You Back". Steve Lukather is amazing.
I Won't Hold You Back, written and sung by that amazing guitarist Steve Lukather.
These guys were all over Michael Jackson’s Thriller album…the synth player wrote “human nature” which is a *serious* highlight and Steve (the guitarist) played most of those funky guitar licks that everyone knows to this day. Regarding this tune, “hold the line”, I’m always impressed during the chorus. How any dude can hit those highest harmonies with any sense of musicality is completely beyond me. I can squeak my way up to an E on my very best days and this is obviously higher than that…at least an F-F#.
The mostly played on the entire thriller album. Especially Jeff Pocaro. Rip.
But Toto as a band had their best time with Simon Philips on drums.
And then to boot you add in an Eddie Van Halen solo.
They are simply the most prolific band of “greats”, ever!!!
In my opinion Steve Lukather's opening riff makes Beat It so good, more then Van Halen's solo
@@symbiosisai lukather played all the guitar and bass parts on beat it. Except the solo
Saw them in concert when I was 9 yrs old. These guys don’t mess around up on stage. They took their craft seriously.
My favorite Toto song is Roseanna. Vocals are shared between Steve Lukather, the guitar player, and Bobby Kimball, the lead singer you so raved about. The drummer, Jeff Porcaro, does some interesting fills that are sort of unique to him and drum students learn this as the Porcaro shuffle. Pretty cool! Another more subdued song is “99”. Give a listen.
this song has pretty difficult drumming.
Bobby Kimball not only did the lead vocal, he also did the background vocals with Luke
I saw them in 1982 in concert and Michael McDonald open forum there's such great players all of them in concert they take it to a whole other level
Lets be honest, Bobby Kimball is a fricking god. Flawless.....
"dance like...an Uncle!"😂 Fav TOTO song is tied between I'll Be Over You and Rosanna!
This is one of the best songs ever. Great song and vocals and the band is amazing
Love the sparse minimal but yet wonderful jigsaw puzzle composition of this. It just works so well and the vocals command beyond belief.
Thank you Beth for the wonderful insights and analysis. Players have to sight read, period. Even the great drummers.
Toto is a high school band, I should know, I went to school with them. My high schools favorite band!
Fun to watch them become so loved, RIP Jeff P and Mike P, never forgotten, couldn't be prouder. ❤
Thank you for reacting to this song, I've been a fan of this band for many years now, and have so many favourite songs, they have done quite a lot of albums with many great songs on them, so it's hard to choose one. I highly recommend going to see them live, even though there is only two original members Steve Lukather ( guitar ) and Joe Williams ( singer who occasionally, but now permanently replaced Bobby Kimball who's in this video ) they are still a great band to see live. I understand they will be touring Europe ( hopefully UK ) in 2023/24 with Journey supporting them. Bobby was a fantastic singer but now sadly suffers with dementia.
Joe wasn't an OG member.
Rosanna for sure...
For me, 'Hydra' from the album 'Hydra' has always captivated me. Great musical textures, fantastic use of empty space, storytelling and virtuosity; this collection of session musos really did explore the medium. Shout out to Andrew Higgins who turned me on to them back in the day.
Agreed
Probably my favorite tune of theirs. Takes me right back to high school when it came out.
All time favorite Toto tune right here. Rippin' guitar solo too!
My favorite Toto song is either this one or "Georgy Porgy", I keep changing my mind.
My favourite Toto song is from the 90's: "I Will Remember". Simon's drums are completely mesmerising
This one right here is definitely my favorite Toto song.
OMG I love this. ❤ The enthusiasm!! Subscribed!
This is absolutely my favorite late '70s song. And the astonishing thing about that is that it has been my favorite late '70s song since the very first time I heard it in the late 70s.
My favorite song in 1978. ❤top 3 still stops me in my tracks. Great song and band.
In 78 I was 18. always loved this song.
For me this song is my favorite of Toto. Perhaps it is because it was the very fist song of theirs that I heard on their album. There are many other great songs from Toto, but this one is my fav.
I love the stacked harmonies in the chorus!
This song is my favorite Toto song actually. Such a jam.
Richard Page is another example of a session musician who eventually made it big with a band called Mr Mister. Broken Wings is one of the best songs of the 80s. Kyrie & Is It Love are awesome hits too.
I love these guys! I got the chance to meet them twice during their 40 Trips Around the Sun Tour and it was soo awesome! I think my favorite Toto Song would be 'Better World' from the album Mindfields, it's got a good mix of rock, prog and epic AND on top of that it has a great message.
Hold The Line is the first Toto song I heard and is my favorite.
These guys were also responsible for the soundtrack of Dune (1984 version).
This is my favorite Toto’s song. Greetings from Lima, Perú.
These guys are total musical "BEASTS!!!"
This is by far my favourite of theirs 😍✨🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
That high harmony in the chorus is *wicked* stuff.
Every second of this song makes you feel you are in paradise
My cousin's band Restless Heart were all Nashville session musicians that were put together as a group by producer Tim Dubois. They had a good level of success in tge late 80's to early 90's. They were always known for their harmonies.
Rosanna is amazing too💙
I love the way the piano player "flys casual" at the start 😄
Beth! You should react to a Toto song named “You are the flower” Vocally is incredible!
This one is my fav. Followed by another I can't imagine you wouldn't like: "Rosanna".
Beth, In addition to being very beautiful, I love her friendliness and her British accent! Kisses and hugs from Brazil!
At the moment, my favourite Toto song is Goodbye Elenore. The video performance is an incredible watch.
Ooh! That's a good one!
Rosanna is definitely my favorite toto song…one of my all time favorites.
Hold the line favorite but love alot of their songs
A Toto fave!! Crowd pleaser too. My Toto faves are 99 and Geogry Porgy.
There's a wonderful twee track from a little known singer - the late Clifford T. Ward on his 1972 debut album "Singer Songwriter" (the closing track on side one called "The Session Singer" which explains everything about session singers / musicians. Lyrically apt !
I get so hype when this song plays .. Thanks for the reaction !
My favorite Toto song is Rosanna, that shuffle is so fun to play on drums.
"Only the children" is my favourite Toto song :)
This is my favourite Toto song, but for the longest time I didn't even realise this was them
You are spot on Beth - love ya!!🥰
Favorite Toto-song is sooo hard to say but ok "Endless" on the "Isolation"-album. The thing is that every song is fantastic!! No matter how far back you go.... 😲
wow this is a rare choice, even for toto fans! love this song too 🥰
Would be amazing a reaction of this record, especially where Fergie sings, cause he had a really high voice: Endless, Isolation, Lion or Angel Don't Cry are gems from him.
@@nicolaswenzel7112 It was the song the showed me and my band at the time, that there was other good music - except from hardrock/metal! 🙂Heard the song on the radio at our bassplayers house - and a whole new world opened up!
@@Felipe_dcj Oh yes, Fergie´s voice is totally was total magic!! All though I also love the others, there were something special with him!! What ever happened to the guy? Did he do any good music after that? Gotta check...
@@andersgranstrom7128 I know he did interesting things in the 80's with Survivor, but He passed away around 2015 😔
You are asking for my favourite Toto song? Impossible to tell because there are so many and it changes so often. Right now, I guess it's "Slipped Away" from the Tambu album. Steve Lukather is singing. Completely different kind of voice, but really good.
TOTO is an "ELITE BAND!!!"
Such a tune❤🔥
"Without your Love" and "I'll Be Over You" are two that didn't get as much attention as "Africa" or Rosanna" but I really liked them. The group 38 Special also had some great songs at the same time period
I ll Be Over You is one of my favs and one of the best love songs ever written
Oh, this is my favourite Toto song… and Rosanna, Stop loving you, I’ll be over you.. Africa of course..
we used to play all of them before the war started in 🇺🇦….
Thank you for your reaction, Beth ❤
My favorite Toto song is I'll Be Over You - any song with harmony gets a bonus in my book.
They started the band in highschool. They weren’t session musicians who started a band. They just became in demand studio artists WHILE THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE BAND. Long before the first album, before Bobby joined after they noticed him for his work with the members of 3DN.
They were Toto first. Jeff and David started it. Band nerds in Highschool.
Great song, great band.
Rosanna is my favorite. I think it is the definitive Toto song. BTW I have seen them live and they are soooo good!
This is as animated as I've ever seen you react. I was rocking right with you throughout. I had a ball watching, thanks
Another great band that were session musicians is Atlanta Rythem Session. They had a lot good songs in the 70s
"ooh ohh ohh oooohhh" EVERYONE loves that part!!!!
As a musician, I have an immense respect for everyone who has ever been in Toto, but I've never been a big fan of most of their music. Having said that, I absolutely love this song. The vocal, guitar tone and keyboard riff are just brilliant. I also really like Stranger in Town and I have a soft spot for Africa.
Same here. Toto was never a band I cared to much about, despite them being great musicians. But this song get's me every time. I esp. love the e-piano riff.
In regards to Toto favourite song, That is difficult, there are so many. But I'd say: Anna, Lea, Cruel, English Eyes, The Last Love (for me), just to mention some. Thanks. Love your way to analyze and enjoy songs. I follow You from México 💞
Best whoa whoa whoa in music. Such a great song.
❤Toto❤ these guys…wonderful! ”I’ll supply the love” is a favorite among many.
Such a great song
As great as Africa is, this has to be my favorite Toto tune. Glad you checked it out!
Fav hold you back now ❤😢
Love yacht rock. Hold the Line is my favourite Toto song
PROBABLYYYY THIS BETH AND THIS WAS THEIR BIGGEST SONG BY FARRRR!!! 😊 AND YESSSS THEY WERE VERYYYY GOOD SESSION MUSICIANS, I'VE RARELY HEARD THAT FROM PEOPLE ABOUT TOTO🙃 WAY TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK GIRL!
Toto is such a versatile virtuosic band of several different influences: R&B, Soul, Jazz and of course Hard Rock. Some of their songs contain just one or two of these things, while others - like this song and especially "Rosanna" - are a combination of all the above. Also, with "Hold The Line," Toto literally pioneered the use of the piano / keyboard riff along with Hard Rock guitar, and directly influenced Jefferson Starship to do that on their amazing Hard Rock songs "Jane" and "Find Your Way Back." (Keyboardist David Freiberg admitted this in a recent interview.) Toto is a very unique band that really bridged genres and every single one of their 6 original members were absolute virtuosos at their respective instruments.
Favourite Toto song, difficult to split Africa, Hold the line and Rosanna, all 3 haven't aged at all.
I can't remember one track on their Turn Back album that got any significant airplay. A shame, every song is a masterpiece .
As always, absolutely love your reactions, Beth!! You can’t beat a good Uncle Dance!!!
My favorite song is anything live that they do I've seen him in concert in the 80s because I'm old and they were awesome they were A step above they're a whole different Band live
THIS is my fave Toto song … by far! Sure, maybe its not as sophisticated and famous as Rosanna or Africa, but this one just sounds better and hits harder, to me.
Listening to music with you always makes me happy!!! And as usual; yes, it was also chair-danced to!!!
Great reaction from a great song 🎸💪
Greetings from germany and peace on earth 🍀
Bobby Kimball is one of the greatest singers of his time. And, dear Beth, if You would analyze any Toto song, Bobby sang, You'd have work for the next years... 🙂
Bobby in his prime is fabulous.
"Africa" is my favorite Toto song. It almost did not make the album, but everyone is glad that it did 🤩
Check out the songs "Pamela" and "I Will Remember ".....outstanding songs! My 2 fave Toto tunes
"I'll supply the love" off that same album. Incredible track
Took 16 to see them and Journey. She was NOT disappointed 🤘❤️
I drum this song. It is like my favorite song in the universe. Jeff Picaro was a rockstar.
Seems that most folks, like myself, have the same three favorite songs (Hold the Line, Rosanna, and Africa) but I'll add "Stranger in Town" to my list. It's a different singer (Dennis Frederiksen/RIP) but the music/production is awesome. "I won't hold you back" is another great one that a lot of folks missed.
Fergie Frederiksen
My three favorites are Hold the line, I´ll be over you and Rosanna
"hold the line" is My favorito TOTO SONG.
Manuela Run or White Sister are my favorites (for now). Toto is by far the most talented band ever!
Toto is a blessing to humanity.
Toto IV one of the best albums of the era
Wow. This was released in October of 1978. I was a high school sophomore and turned 17 less than two weeks after the release. Man do I feel old. LOL!
THANKS as a seshy I'm glad for people like you. P.S. How much have you had to drink 🍸before you did this reaction. Much more fun TATA.