The UNDERDOG Band That REJECTED the COVER of Rolling Stone at their Peak! | Professor of Rock

Coming up next… Toto is currently the biggest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snub this side of Boston. Especially since between the guitarist Steve Lukather and some of his bandmates in a roundabout way, they’ve sold over 500 million records, they’ve swept the Grammys... and even gave the middle finger to Rolling Stone when the snobbish magazine wanted to put them on their cover because they were the most popular band in music... even though the rag had ripped on their music for years. Up next, an interview with 2 of the principals from the original lineup on their biggest record Toto IV including the morning Steve Lukather hung up on the #1 artist in the world, who was calling to have him play on his album. But Lukather thought he was being pranked by his buddies. Stay tuned for an interview from Toto, the band that has been called "technically" the greatest collection of musicians on the planet.
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Up next… An interview with one of my favorite bands ever. Not only were they one of the biggest bands of their time, their members were so prolific they played on some of the biggest albums of all time. Here they tell the story of their peak in the early 80s with an album that won multiple Grammys when that meant something and ruled radio while influencing the biggest album ever. In fact, when the biggest star on the planet called to ask them to play on his album, Today’s guest hung up on him several times because he thought it was a crank call. You’ll love these guys.
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Today we are starting a brand new show on this channel I’m going to let you decide what we call it. Let us know in the comments and whichever has the most votes we’ll use it. Or if you have a better suggestion for the title let us know. This show is going to about iconic artist’s biggest albums but with a curveball. We always talk about the hits on these big records but what about the secondary singles, the album tracks.. the lesser-known songs… I was thinking of calling it either The Other Ones, or Secondary Hits or the Underdogs… You tell me which one you like and we’ll go with it. My first subject for this series is going to be Toto IV, one of my favorite albums ever.
Everyone celebrates the two big hits from this record, deservedly so… Africa which has now become one of the biggest songs of all time hit #1 and was the biggest hit from the Grammy-winning record, and the #2 scorcher Rosanna the song that was inspired by a certain Hollywood actress who was dating keyboardist Steve Porcaro.
But what about the secondary hits from this huge album? After the first two singles Rosanna and Africa rocked radio, there were three more singles and a few other songs that could’ve been singles that made this an essential record of all time. Make Believe was a secondary single that notched a #30 position on the Billiard Hot 100 as well as #19 Cashbox. A catchy little number that if you listen closely to the lyrics is a heartwrenching break-up song dressed up in a happy singalong ditty. Then there was the emotional Top 10 single I Won’t Hold You Back sung by Steve Lukather.