Steve Almond analyzes Toto’s “Africa.” I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time.
1. This is fantastic.
2. One time Greg tried to karaoke this song and it was the worst idea ever.
Genius:
“We have now reached the swelling chorus in which our hero, still awaiting his plane-bound paramour and at the same time questing there in search of it, confesses his devotion to an unkonwn love-object that we can only assume is the female on the plane. This devotion is stronger than a fairly sizeable militia. It is a devotion so overwhelming, in fact, that our hero, well, you already guessed didn’t you? BLESSES THE RAIN DOWN IN AFRICA.
This tells us two more vital things: First, he is North of Africa. Second, he is in position to bless rain.”
Source: petiteleo
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emmyjean reblogged this from sarahb and added:
This is for that roommate who incessantly played college a cappella group recordings of Toto’s greatest hits. She know...
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klodt reblogged this from chels and added:
seems to be saying, ‘you really remind me...this chick I want
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eatingpieelsewhere reblogged this from sarahb and added:
Reblogged for Leila. And Kendra if she reads this. And really for all of us.
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Karaokeing this song, or any song like it where the lyrics make absolutely no sense, requires nothing short of full...
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Genius: “We have now reached the swelling chorus in which our hero, still awaiting his plane-bound paramour and at the...
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sarahb reblogged this from petiteleo and added:
1. This is fantastic. 2. One time Greg tried to karaoke this song and it was the worst idea ever.
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