03-22-2020, 01:52 PM
Apparently these two wrote "Africa"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro
Keyboard player and drummer.
Both of them are Chinese zodiac Horses.
I should really understand them, BUT I JUST DON'T.
Porcaro is even an Aries like me!
Bah...
I might just have to look it up.
So here's the Wiki page about it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_(Toto_song)
Oh wow, look at that baller graphic! It's a map!
You guys know I have a map fetish!? https://www.sectual.com/thread-12000.html
But on the real...
Ooookay.
Wuuuuuuut.
Whooooa. Damn. That's sorta weird?!
Usually that's where the best stuff comes from though...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro
Keyboard player and drummer.
Both of them are Chinese zodiac Horses.
I should really understand them, BUT I JUST DON'T.
Porcaro is even an Aries like me!
Bah...
I might just have to look it up.
So here's the Wiki page about it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_(Toto_song)
Oh wow, look at that baller graphic! It's a map!
You guys know I have a map fetish!? https://www.sectual.com/thread-12000.html
But on the real...
Quote:The initial idea and lyrics for the song came from David Paich.
Ooookay.
Quote:He completed the melody and lyrics for the chorus in about ten minutes, much to Paich's surprise.
Wuuuuuuut.
Quote:"I sang the chorus out as you hear it. It was like God channeling it. I thought, 'I'm talented, but I'm not that talented. Something just happened here!'" Paich reckons that he refined the lyrics for six months before showing the song to the rest of the band.
Whooooa. Damn. That's sorta weird?!
Usually that's where the best stuff comes from though...
Quote:Paich explained that the song is about a man's love of a continent, Africa, rather than just a personal romance. Some additional lyrics relate to a person flying in to meet a lonely missionary.
