I know, I know, AOR is anathema to some BCBers, but in the name of inclusiveness, let's salute the triptych of songs recorded by the AOR gods Toto. I won't post youtube vids here, you all know which three I am talking about, there has been no escaping them for the past forty years. Can you build a career on just three hits? Many have with less.
Africa (1982, #1 US)
Rosanna (1982, #2 US)
Hold the Line (1978, #5 US)
But of course, Toto had more to offer: I Won't Hold You Back, Make Believe, enough to fill a 2CD comp, enough to fill a good setlist. Which brings me back to the triptych, where to place them in the set? Three for closing and encores, nah...Spread them out, climax three times. Should have caught the surviving members back in 2010, now it's just the records, but what records!
An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
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An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
GoogaMooga wrote:in the name of inclusiveness, let's salute the triptych of songs recorded by the AOR gods Toto.
No.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
GoogaMooga wrote:Which brings me back to the triptych, where to place them in the set? Three for closing and encores, nah...Spread them out, climax three times.
Climax three times. Nothing sillier than holding off on obvious hit songs till the encore.
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(Arnold Schwarzanager Voice) TOTO must be DESTROYED!
uggy poopy doody.
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
We're not in Kansas anymore!
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
I reckon they're garbage but God help me I accidentally heard a song if theirs I actually like.
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
Kansas, I have a feeling we’re not in TOTO anymore
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Re: An everlasting monument to AOR: the Toto triptych
Sneelock wrote:(Arnold Schwarzanager Voice) TOTO must be DESTROYED!
Surely that should read "TODO mis be DISTRAYED!"
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