#452 Toto, 'Africa' (1982)

 Took a pause over the holidays, I need to pick up the pace.  The goal is to get through all 500 by July.

I was an 80s kid, so of course I know this one. I've probably heard it a zillion times.  Pretty sure I've even heard it recently in bars or ads or whatever.  I liked it fine, but it wasn't what I would typically listen to back then. I recall that's it's a good song, well performed and recorded.

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What the heck is this song about?  All these years I thought he said "I miss the rains", but I think it's "bless the rains".  Who is this narrator that he can bless things?  Like some sort of cult leader or something?

Anyway, good song.  Even though I was a teenage in the 80s, I don't really love the texture of a lot of the music from the period.  The drum sounds, a lot of synths and heavy chorus on the guitar.  But it's still a good song.  I have a lot of respect for amazing guitarists (or other instrumentalists) who put the song first. Steve Lukather certainly could have played a ripping solo, but it's not what the song calls for.

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