Via Texas in Africa, via Zenpeacekeeper, Steve Almond eviscerates Toto's hit "Africa"
David Paich, Toto's frontman proclaimed:
"Over many years, I had been taken by the UNICEF ads with the pictures of Africa and the starving children. I had always wanted to do something to connect with that and bring more attention to the continent. I wanted to go there, too, so I sort of invented a song that put me in Africa. I was hearing the melody in my head and I sat down and played the music in about 10 minutes. And then the chorus came out. I sang the chorus out as you hear it. It was like God channeling it."Best line from Almond:
"Benevolence both begins and ends in? my imagination"
UPDATE: It looks like the general awfulness of the song wasn't enough to stop Paich from performing it at the UN"s MDG awards ceremony last year.
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This was so awful and hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. Second best line: "This music is the love child of imperialism and muzak"