Random NON FOOTY thoughts not worthy of a thread: Edition II

[Gasometer]

Final point...TOTO was named after the woof in 'Wizard of Oz'

This is the Rosanna song...not the one near Latrobe...but Arquette....a great song as well!





and the woof

 

[see see]

AFRICA.

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa


Written by David Gerges, Ken Kiprono Ring • Copyright © Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group

This song/band is quite possibly the acme of the yacht rock genre.

Can't wait to read the tell all biography of Toto. I'm sure it's full of some hardcore antics, like the time they short sheeted the drummer's bed at the Comfort Inn while on the road or that other time one of them left the toilet seat up in the tour bus. Total nutters.

 

[see see]

Wat does the lyrics to 1980's Toto's 'Africa ' mean?

It's a metaphor for sex. If you look at Africa, it's essentially an oversized map of Tassie. Remember, this was back in the 80s when that look was all the rage.

I assume the modern day equivalent would be a song about Antarctica - known for its total lack of any form of vegetation.

 

[Gasometer]

'The Man whose skin melted' on Ch 9

...incredible viewing.

 

[Roo Beauty]

So today I was at the Melbourne Show and randomly saw Wayne Carey for the first time in my life.

He was with his daughters so I didn't chat to him for long, but man it felt good to talk to the greatest footballer of all time. Not all that significant but it meant the world to me. I envy those who were able to watch him week in, week out back in his prime (I was too young). It must've been something to behold - my countless hours of watching his YouTube highlights is the next best thing.

Just a small thing that made my day.

 

[Gasometer]

Is it about that Nazi bloke with the black hat and long coat who said "furlein" many times in Raiders of the Lost Ark?

No.

 

[Gasometer]

Alex First is his name.

Google Alex First Trust.

He got an invasive staph infection that saw him lose his arms legs and his lips.

The show documented his slow battle to normality..his amazing partner and little son.

Disappointingly Nien turned one of the most moving and uplifting docos of the year into a Freak Show Title.

 

[bengrina]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

 

[Le Grille]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

*alberts dealer


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[Mav]

It's a metaphor for sex. If you look at Africa, it's essentially an oversized map of Tassie. Remember, this was back in the 80s when that look was all the rage.

I assume the modern day equivalent would be a song about Antarctica - known for its total lack of any form of vegetation.

mmmm, that puts new meaning to the line:

As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

I wonder why "Kili" or "Manjaro" never made it into mainstream lingo like John Thomas or Stanley (you know, like the Power Tool).

 

[Arden]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

Donald Trump

 

[Orange Peanut]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

a human head mounted onto the shell of a live turtle.

 

[Roozee]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

 

[Gasometer]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

A Pinata.

 

[Gasometer]

Now I feel bad a deleted my post.

Dont.

Just write a letter to Nien.

They are the insensitive campaigners.

 

[Gasometer]

So today I was at the Melbourne Show and randomly saw Wayne Carey for the first time in my life.

He was with his daughters so I didn't chat to him for long, but man it felt good to talk to the greatest footballer of all time. Not all that significant but it meant the world to me. I envy those who were able to watch him week in, week out back in his prime (I was too young). It must've been something to behold - my countless hours of watching his YouTube highlights is the next best thing.

Just a small thing that made my day.

It was and the further we get away from that decade the more I realise it.

 

[big_e]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

Probably best to avoid it completely:

"You may have heard of the current kerfuffle here in America about the sin of what is being called "cultural appropriation". Some students at Bowdoin, a small liberal arts college in chilly Maine, were punished recently for wearing Mexican sombreros at a Mexican theme party. They had appropriated Mexican culture as a white person's prerogative."

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35782855

 

[RobZombie]

This song/band is quite possibly the acme of the yacht rock genre.

FFS.

Eagles
Doobie Bros
Steely Dan
Christopher Cross
Foreigner
Hall & Oates
Kenny Loggins
Journey
Boz Scaggs
Rupert Holmes

Lucky to be in the top 10. Come at me.

 

[Zondor]

FFS.

Eagles
Doobie Bros
Steely Dan
Christopher Cross
Foreigner
Hall & Oates
Kenny Loggins
Journey
Boz Scaggs
Rupert Holmes

Lucky to be in the top 10. Come at me.

Christopher Cross = The Eyes :stern look

 

[Arden]

Christopher Cross = The Eyes :stern look

= The Jon Ralph

 

[see see]

FFS.

Eagles
Doobie Bros
Steely Dan
Christopher Cross
Foreigner
Hall & Oates
Kenny Loggins
Journey
Boz Scaggs
Rupert Holmes

Lucky to be in the top 10. Come at me.

K-Log isn't yacht rock. He's more your "trying to be hard assed and edgy but at the end of the day, just a bit of a sell out" genre.

 

[see see]

I am attending a mexican themed dress up party this weekend. Any ideas on what I should go as?

Donald Trump

a human head mounted onto the shell of a live turtle.

Is there a difference?

 

[Roozee]

FFS.

Eagles
Doobie Bros
Steely Dan
Christopher Cross
Foreigner
Hall & Oates
Kenny Loggins
Journey
Boz Scaggs
Rupert Holmes

Lucky to be in the top 10. Come at me.

Yacht Rock lol. What a joke of a genre!

Reckon it was created so record stores had a place for Christopher Cross.

 

[Le Grille]

Yeah, not a toto fan, love isn't on time is the only song I really don't mind. As for the genre there is nothing wrong with it per se but there is so much other good stuff that is rather be listening to


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[discomute]

Plugging my thread here:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...fl-have-seen-it-coming.1146374/#post-46876368

Took me an hour to do. Only kangaroos fans love me. So check it out.