Jakarta PinangRaya - Salah satu lagu hit dari grup musik pemenang penghargaan Grammy Toto dalam album keempatnya "Toto IV" dirilis pada 1982, berjudul "Africa".
Lagu itu menceritakan tentang seorang laki-laki nan tertarik pada benua Afrika dan kudu membikin keputusan untuk datang menemuinya. Lirik lagunya juga menyoroti tantangan nan dihadapi oleh Afrika, seperti kekeringan dan kemiskinan, dan mengungkapkan kemauan untuk berkontribusi terhadap kesejahteraan di sana.
Pemain kibor Toto David Paich terinspirasi untuk menulis lagu "Africa" setelah memandang iklan UNICEF, tentang kelaparan di benua Afrika, menurut laman daring majalah musik Inggris Mix nan dilansir di Jakarta, Selasa.
Paich bekerja sama dengan penabuh drum Jeff Porcaro untuk menciptakan ritme perkusi nan unik untuk lagu tersebut, nan berasal dari bunyi instrumen marimba dan semacam xilofon nan terbuat dari kayu.
Toto juga menggunakan beragam teknik rekaman inovatif untuk menciptakan bunyi nan unik untuk "Africa", termasuk penggunaan "loop pita" dan "synthesizer" digital.
Lagu tersebut juga menampilkan bunyi personil Toto lainnya seperti Bobby Kimball (vokal), Steve Lukather (gitar), dan Timmy Schmidt (bas), serta Jim Horn (saksofon) nan merekam bagiannya.
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 old 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 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 (ooh, ooh)
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 (ooh, ooh)
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
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (gonna take the time)
Pewarta: Abdu Faisal
Editor: Maria Rosari Dwi Putri
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