Jeff Porcaro's shuffle drumming is amazing. Drummers all point to it as either unattainable or supremely influencing their playing.

TOTO is a band formed by a group of studio musicians, which means they earned their living playing instruments on other people's recordings, and that makes them all highly skilled musicians. This song was a big hit so this video played on MTV all the time. I still love it!

The guitarist is Steve Lukather. He doesn't get mentioned as often as he should, because he is one of the most recorded musicians in history, contributing to over 1500 albums! But Toto is his band.

"I Won't Hold You Back" is another great Toto tune.

One of the hardest drum parts ever written

Toto also did the score to David Lynch's "Dune" in 1984. Definately a vastly underrated movie soundtrack.

This was my favorite song when it first came out and still is today many years later.

looked like, left to right, a trumpet, saxophone, & trombone horn section -- SOLID BRASS

Talk about perfect production and killer groove, hooks. Lukather is legend.

when you age there will be certain songs that will bring a nostalgic feeling, whether you loved, liked or didn't really like it... it will just touch something in you... you'll see.... this is one of those songs for me... it's like i'm 16 again, and i'm 56...

Donkey's years since I've heard this song. Good to hear it again in this reaction.

Another classic!

I beg to differ. The drum shuffle is what's driving this song.

Great song..Still feels very nostalgic

The jazz flourish at the end of the song is what seals it as a great band of musicians.

A cool song back-in-the-day, and a cool song still!

Verdy Africa might have been a more popular song off Toto IV but Rosanna is the song that won them record of the year in 1982. Toto on the strength of both of these hits won the 1982 album of the year at the Grammys

That drumming here is one of the most famous among drummers ever. Not famous in a way that everyone likes it, but everyone knows it. Mention the "Rosanna Shuffle" to a drummer and they all know what you are talking about. And Steve Lukather on guitar is way underappreciated by the general public. People have no idea how often they heard him playing on records of countless artists.

About actress Rosanna Arquette. Peter Gabriel also wrote a song about her In You Eyes.

Absolutely Loved your reaction to this song Verdy , may I suggest one by Boz Scaggs called Low Down . I think you will love it ! 😊

Add "99" to your Toto tunes. Awesome song!!

Did you notice the girl who played Rossana is the girl from Dirty Dancing the movie along with Patrick Swayze in the red jacket?

Hi Verdy... What I like most about Toto above all else is the drummer, Jeff Porcaro is incredible, a drummer with perfection and an incomparable groove. Another song that you could listen to is 🎵Georgy Porgy🎵, it will surely go to your playlist.😉 as always, thanks for the reaction 👍

This was very popular in the 1980s. The FM station I worked for played it a lot.

glad the vid is the full version of the song. the shuffle beat drum intro and the guitar solo with the honky tonk piano outro gets cut from the radio single

Their best fricking song, and in the music world. Such a classic rock song!

Thanks for the insights Verdy. Always great when somebody likes a band that has so much history with me. So, Toto is really a high school band. The 3 Porcaro bros., Lukather and Paitch all went to Grant HS, it was quite a music dept! I should know, I went to school with them all and I couldn't be prouder! My friend Dana even engineered the first 2 albums. Have I got some stories, Steely Dan, Seals and Croft, Sonny and Cher.

Love drummer Jeff Pocaro’s shuffle throughout this song: combo of John Bonham on Fool in the Rain and Bernard Purtie’s shuffle!

Steve Lukather is one of the best guitarists of all time, and in my top three. You can never go wrong with Toto, just a collection of some of the best studio musicians at the time. Thanks Verdy, you da best!

We had such incredible music when we were teenagers in the late 70's and early 80's. ALWAYS loved this song. Great times when this song came out.

The dancer is Cynthia Rhodes. She played Penny in Dirty Dancing.

The keyboard player for Toto wrote "Human Nature" the song that Michael Jackson did on Thriller. His five year old daughter got picked on at school and he had a talk with her, she asked "Why ... why did he do me that way" and he wrote a song about it. Here is Steve Porcaro of Toto telling the story kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7qBg9uLsNOdlI0.html

The song is about Rosanna Arquette. A Hollywood actress in many films. Including Pulp Fiction and Desperately Seeking Susan.

Toto had an incredible knack for putting together instantly iconic, catchy, head-bopping numbers that are far more complex and re-listenable than their accessibility might suggest. Couldn't help but notice how you were keeping perfect time and miming lyrics after the very first cycle of verse and chorus. As others recommended, aside from Hold the Line and Africa which you already know, definitely "99" is a must-react.

I've seen Toto live a few times through the years. They always gave a great show. Whenever they would play "Africa" & "Rosanna", the crowd would go crazy.

Good stuff Verdy. Toto were all top notch studio musicians in Los Angeles back in the day. They were young and the cream of the crop musicians in the LA music scene back then and I remember it well.

"Rosanna" is Rosanna Arquette (actress), romantically linked with one of the band at the time

懐かしいなー青春だったなー😊😊😊😊😊

This song is about Rosanna Arquette, their drummers girlfriend at the time. Peter Gabriel also has a song about her called "In Your Eyes" when she was his girlfriend before Jeff Porcaro.

My favourite Toto song 😊

A young Patrick Swayze plays one of the toughs.

Great song

WOW am I impressed! Just now discovered your channel. Watched your 80s reaction. 1st: so great to see reactions from someone who knows music - and you have good taste 2nd: I thought you should follow up on Rosanna but never expected it - and here you have it. I really respect that... watching you I am feeling you are either a musician or an exceptional listener. I saw you picking up the bassline before you spoke of it and were singing along before the halfway point. repeat: WOW. so many reactors are sweet but clueless. 3rd: I am posting here because you CANNOT hold Hall & Oates to only Maneater. They have lots of good stuff, but ESSENTIAL is She's Gone, Sara Smile, follow it up with Rich Girl then just go exploring. H/O is only a small slice of the music I love but those first two tracks are essential for music lovers. You will be mad you didn't have them all along. - - with admiration!

There's another one song than you must listen called "99" greatest song of them.

This song was written for Rosanna Arquette, an actress at the time

Yea baby!!🔥🔥👍😎

Looking back, they were an insanely good band!!

God i miss the 80's 😢 70's 80's and 90's Best music EVER!!

. . . oui Verdy ! c'est un trombone ! en cuivre ! ☺

Jeff Pocaro was indeed a great drummer who left much too soon. Earl Palmer was another drummer who left too soon too. For those of who never heard about Earl, look at his impressive discography

Great selection! Such a good song.

Toto are all session musicians here: the drummer is Jeff Porcaro, playing a shuffle beat in this song, Steve Lukather-guitar and vocals, David Paich-keyboards and vocals, Steve Porcaro -keyboards and vocals, Bobby Kimball-lead vocals(high tenor), and bass player Mike Porcaro! Check out Hydra from their first studio album, also 99, Hold The Line, Africa, etc...

I think the horn section was 5 piece, normally it's 3, hence the phat sound. ANd the outro wasn completely improvised. What we heard was the second take - amazing

Good reaction video Verdy to a great song!

and this song is dedicated to the guitarist's wife Rosanna Arquette (american actress if i remember right) and it has the world-famous Rosanna shuffle from drummer Jeff Porcaro as intro. As always greets from Germany. Enjoy!

I loved this band as a teen. Bought this as a single.

Good reaction. This has such an iconic '80s groove. Toto weren't as big here in the UK as in their native USA but this, "Africa" and "Hold The Line" certainly became huge hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

This one is actually about actress Rosanna Arquette, who had a relationship with one of the band members for a while.. Obviously she left a mark there.

Bass players have what is called bass face when they are playing. You have mastered listener's face now known as VERDY face as you listen to all the great music you review. 😊

Ms, Verdy, as always wishing you well in life. Enjoy you enjoying music that was huge part of me growing up. Love the way you pick the instruments that move you as they moved us. Keep on keeping on! ❤✌️👍

"Toto collectively the best musicians on the planet."- Eddie Van Halen

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VERDZ ROCKS!

Yo Verdy, Welcome back to my Musical 'part of the woods', yet another incredible Toto classic. When You've got 2 Hours and 10 minutes to spare watch their 'Toto 35th Anniversary Tour 2013', one of their Best Gigs of all time - ENJOY. Take Care, Pabs ☺️

Guy was a brilliant drummer : Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. Wikipedia Born: April 1, 1954, Hartford, CT Died: August 5, 1992, West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Music groups: Toto (1977 - 1992), Steely Dan (1973 - 1992), Airplay, Clover, Radioactive

Fun fact: This song was written about/to Rosanna Arquette.

The guitarist, Steve Lukather, wrote a book a few years ago. The title is The Gospel According to Luke. It's a great read and he tells lots of stories about his music career. He worked with some of the most famous people in the music business and like most of the band, worked as a studio musician playing on records of other artists.

I new a Roseanna once. Told her she was song.😉

This is one of about 3 songs written about actress Rosanna Arquette. The other 1 ( or 2? ) songs are In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel. And _maybe_ Secret World, also by Gabriel. Although Secret World might just be about Peter's recently failed relationships----both his ex-wife & Rosanna. As an aside, Rosanna Arquette plays the lead role in the video of the song Ballad of Jenny Ledge by Toy Matinee. But it's not about her. 😂

If you don't know Sade, please listen to her song from the 80's. It's a classic, has really impressive vocals and instruments.

You are so beautiful ❤

Fun fact. Joe Williams (lead singer) is the son of legendary composer John Williams ( Star wars, jaws, Jurassic park...)

Excellent

I like your reactions

Great reaction, Verdy!!! Great to see your appreciation for this classic song!!!

HEY! I think that's the girl from Dirty Dancing, who was Swazeys' dance partner that got pregnant 🤔 thanks for another entertaining reaction 🤘 it's a jam.

Adore this song! Thank you Verdy. Good groovin'. 😊

To the vault. I owned a copy of Toto's Hydra. Inspired by your choice here I did a quick review.. There's some good stuff on there.

A Classic ! 👍👍👍🇸🇪😎💕

you talked about the groove of this song...I've heard many drummers talk about the drum parts for this song...because it is apparently a unique drum groove and if you can learn to play it you can be trusted to play in most other scenarios

The lady in red - Cynthia Rhodes is 67 now, and retired.

Me gusta el aura que desprendes, personita del norte. Un saludo desde Ecuador

Amazing song. Jeff Porcaro (drummer) (RIP) is a total beast & in a drumming session video discusses his influences for this song . Led Zeppelin's Fool In The Rain (John Bonham drummer - RIP) & Steely Dan's Babylon Sisters (Bernard Purdie - Purdie Shuffle fame) Both of the half time shuffle feel

Just like "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, the studio version we are hearing now, on the record, is "Take Number One". After briefly reviewing the score, the band, made up of industry recording pro's, went on to record this incredible performance.

This has really doesn't have anything to do with this amazing song, but this video was one of Patrick Swayze's first roles. He would then do the movie "Dirty Dancing" and would work with the dancer in this video (Cynthia Rhodes) again in that movie.

nice posters

Watch the Toto Live in Paris concert.

When are you going to get out of the "GOLDEN OLDIES" and do some of the new stuff that is out there that you said you loved so much? Lovely reaction by the way!!!!!

Please Listen to SUPERTRAMP - Crisis? What Crisis? This album is different from the other 2 but i think you will like it.

Finally the inspiration was Rossana Arquette?

This is one of the biggest perfectionist bands from the 80ths. Rabbit hole alert :.) Enjoy some more.

Song Request: Starlight by Oktaf Kanis or Another Vision by Oktaf Kanis, thanks!

Reaction suggestion - "150 Hits Of 1980".

I'm not a big fan of the song as a whole, but I really like the guitar solo at the end.

I wouldn't really consider myself a hardcore fan, but I did ask myself how is it that I, being a rock/metal guy, like so many of Totos songs so much. Maybe it's because of their ability to write catchy, melodic and timeless music you just can't stop grooving to. They're great 🙂

Love your reactions. You really should check out Peter Frampton. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

Now you have to watch Yacht Rock HD episode 4. Although you should start with Yacht Rock episodes 1-3 before, to be honest. The Yacht Rock series is a (very) fictionalized history of 70s smooth rock known as Yacht Rock.

Do more 80s songs reactions

How many in the band in this video and who is the singer in this because it seems like they all sing at some point in this

Pick a song by Toto, any song... you'll like it.