That shuffle beat from Jeff Porcaro was so iconic before the first musical note was played. Love watching masters of their instruments playing together.

💖💖💖 More Toto to react to "Africa", "Hold The Line", "99", "I Won't Hold You Back" and "Stop Loving You".

Oh boy, you've hit a gem here! The Porcaro Shuffle on the drums is legendary.

To be honest, I never heard of the term, yacht rock before I started watching KZfaq reactions, and I definitely take it as diss. As for Toto, they were formed from some of the best session musicians around. Jeff Porcaro has played with the biggest names in music, Steve Lukather, on guitar, has played on over 1500 albums. The band is one of the best. So glad you liked this song!

Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes (Johnny and Penny from Dirty Dancing) both dance in this video.

The four members that formed the band were highly in-demand studio musicians. They were also the studio band for Steely Dan and Micheal Jackson. Nice reaction Shawn, cheers.

The great Jeff Porcaro on the drums doing that classic shuffle just keeps this song going Jeff’s younger brothers Mike on bass & Steve on the keys I believe this song was partially written about Steve Porcaro girlfriend actress Roseanne Arquette Bobby Kimball on vocals, David Paich on piano and Steve Lukather on guitar Of course it’s all about the drumming from Jeff.

This is a good band to take a deep dive into. This is probably their most played song on the radio. A very good song, but they have a diverse body of work for you to check out. Great instrumentation. Multiple lead singers. Solid late 70s - 80s band. Yacht Rock was initially a derogatory term. Hopelessly romantic/cheesy songs that you listen to with your rich friends, Biff & Buffy. I believe Yacht Rock is more accepted today because people recognize the talented voices (no auto tune) and the variety of instruments used. Love and emotion were openly discussed back then, maybe not so much today.

I get the old West Side Story vibe here.

Oh yes!!! When this came out I bought the 45 & played it on repeat... ❤️ (my name is Rosanne...every1 called me Rosanna)

My favorite song by them. Real smooth with that great Jeff Pocaro shuffle beat. I was hoping you'd get this one requested for a while. Thanks again.

These guys get a nice groove goin' on. Surprisingly jazzy.....and the solos were great!

Patrick Swazey is a dancer in this the girl is Cynthia Rhodes- they were both in Dirty Dancing movie.

Yacht Rock was previously known by the term "Adult-Oriented Rock"... a style of rock music that is more liked by somewhat older adults than by younger adults or teenagers.

Great song and stunning girl! 🥰

I’ve always loved this song. Also Africa by them. I’d love to hear you do A-ha, Take Me On.

Fantastic! Toto! ❤️🎶

When you take the top studio musicians at the time and make a band, this is what you get.

Toto! The Session group. They decided that they should get together and record their own songs so during down time in the studio, they started recording and to keep their tapes separate they marked them Toto. The name stuck. A couple of members didn't last long and they got another great session drummer that I have seen in other great videos with other people include jazz great Hiromi. I like the 35th anniversary concert.

One of my favorite guitar solos by Steve Lukather.

I love Toto! So many more songs to do: Hold The Line, 99, Hydra, Make Believe, I’ll Be Over You, Pamela, Stranger In Town…

written about Rossanna Arquette. She dated one of the band members, She also dated Peter Gabriel and he penned IN YOUR EYES for her. Making her the 2nd most written about muse in rock history, behind Patti Boyd (more than 6 chart toppers written about her,, Something, Layla, Wonderful tonight, For you blue, bellbottom blues...)

I. Am. In. Love. With this rare reaction ❤ YOU RADIATE JOY❤❤❤❤love YOU AND your reaction! You get a GEN FUCKIN X PASS❤❤❤❤

Toto was a group made up of pro studio session musicians. One of them wrote this and brought it to rehearsal. After a cursory look the score, they recorded their first take. This is the what we are hearing now. Just like the legendary "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", the first run through was printed for ultimate release. Astounding.

As smooth as they come trying to impress Rosanna Arquette!if you like smooth and funk at the same time try reacting to Ambrosia when David Pack led the band with his sultry lead vocals . Songs like Nice, Nice, Very Nice, and Drink of Water!!

Yacht Rock is not a diss. It is the ultimate compliment.

Toto's Africa! Being about Rosanna Arquette was just a joke that she went along with. The songs George Harrison and Eric Clapton (and even Keith Richards) wrote about Patti Boyd, now that was for real! Patrick Swayze, as mentioned by others being in this video, was not just an actor, but a dancer. Actually, dancer first as his mother ran a ballet studio. He started dancing when he was 2 years old!

Really a great band, lot's of good song's.

NOTHING wrong with Yatch-Rock! Glad you like it! Not sure this one actually qualifies but nevertheless, great tune.

"Toto" is derived from Italian language used in the classics meaning "All", or "Everyone". On sheet music, if you see "toto" it means ; "all play".

I've never heard that term until this year.

So many great memories flood back hearing this again ❤

If you haven't already heard it, you definitely need to give, "Hold the Line" a listen. 👍🏼 Keep up the great reactions!

I would never have classified Toto as Yacht Rock, whatever the heck that is. Just great standard pop rock with incredible hooks and musicianship.

Good reaction to a memorable tune.

Congo is a country. Congas are a drum used by percussionists.

I see TOTO I click.

Home At Last is a great tune

This was way back when in order to get playing time on the radio or in mainstream music, you had to have this thing called TALENT. Those devices the group members of Toto are playing are called INSTRUMENTS.

Supposedly, this song was about actress Rosanna Arquette. The one with all shit in her face in Pulp Fiction.

Jeff Porcaro is a great example of real life imitating art… He sadly died a Spinal Tap death, in a freak gardening accident..!

I've been around a bit, and remember hearing this when it came out. I have never heard the phrase 'yacht rock'. This was MoR, or AoR at the time. Think 'yacht rock' is a bit of a made-up phrase after the fact. See also 'dream pop'!

About a famous actress a band member had been involved with for quite awhile. Not at all "Yacht Rock", way too hard rock for that catagory".

THE TERM "YACHT ROCK" IS A NEW INVENTION and totally disrespects bands like Steely Dan, etc. I like the music, NOT the genre's new name (try Boz Scaggs' HARBOR LIGHTS from the Silk Degrees album). Try the entire album Aja from The 'Dan. This was a big hit for TOTO - and the music video was in heavy rotation on MTV. Another band you might want to get to know is Booker T. & The MGs - they were the House band for STAX Records in Memphis and helped define the Memphis Soul sound in the early/mid sixties. Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr. backed more artists than I can mention - just know half of the group were the core of The Blues Brothers Band (Steve and Donald) - react to TIME IS TIGHT played Live at the Oakland Coliseum Jan. 31, 1970, and another classic, GREEN ONIONS.

He could of been your dad , you do look a little a like 👍🏽 😂

You listened to the short version….

Hey that’s that Rhodes girl. Richard Marx ex.

I think yacht rock is a term I would like to see disappear immediately.

Not a damn thing wrong with Yacht rock, but the pathetic reverse snobbery of its critics. Most of the best music of the 70s and 80s falls into that category, from Steely Dan, to Joe Walsh, to The Eagles, to The Cars, etc. The fact that a bunch of baby-boomer, yacht-owning, rich people have excellent taste in music isn't a negative to me.

"Yaht rock"... hmph! Has such an elitist feel to it. Hate it. Just a reminder that you never can judge a song by the chorus alone. Got to hear the whole thing. 👍👍

Is this video a stalking flick?