Once again I am in the Music community to share a new Three Tune Tuesday, this time in its edition, number 70, a space created by the friend@ablaze, so that all the people who make life in music platform, regardless of whether we are musicians or not, we can share three songs that we think are great and worthy of review.
As usual, today I bring you part of my collection, and I have returned to the acetates, in this case the album Fahrenheit, the sixth production of the legendary American band Toto, a group formed in the 70's, which has had a long and successful career over time, even with the changes they have experienced in its structure or composition. I don't know if you remember songs like Africa or Rosanna, which at the beginning of the 80s were hits, (and later also), well, I'm referring to this group.
Has it ever happened to you that you bought a record just for a song? It has for me, and this was my case, since I bought this acetate basically for a single song, but we'll talk about it later. The truth is that I I had already heard Toto countless times. I have some cousins who had traveled to the United States and England, and they were very experienced with this music that was made in both countries, so I met Toto through them in the very early 80s; and then, of course, there were the radio stations, the mini-library wars and the specialized magazines.
When I heard the melody that made me buy this LP, I was on my way home from high school on public transport. Fortunately, in the 80s, reggaeton or similar things were not heard on buses and other means of transport, otherwise I would have other musical memories from my adolescence. I was very lucky to hear very good music inside and outside my home. Well, the truth is that I bought this album in my usual disco store, which, as I mentioned in a previous post, belonged to the family of a fellow student. By that time its P.V.P. o Retail Price, it was Bs. 65.00, which would be equivalent to 2.70 US dollars at the time (1986), a very cheap price compared to other productions, I think it is because this LP was a simple edition, I don't really remember if it had or not a songbook. This, like other acetates, was manufactured in Venezuela, under license from CBS Columbia, and was marketed in my country, hence the titles of the songs on the album labeling are in Spanish and English.
As you can see in the photographs I am including, the aesthetics of the cover is somewhat minimalist: A white background, with an image or picture painted as in watercolor, the name of the band in the upper right part, and the name of the production in the lower center, all very modest. You can see in the image a street, and in the foreground is the back of a car from the 60's, then you can see a man coming out of a building and looking at a woman who is leaning against the wall of that building, who in turn looks back at him turning her head back, as if over her shoulder. This image is a scene from the video of the song that made me buy this album; and for comparison, here is the screenshot that shows that particular scene, which I extracted from the official video. The back cover is also blank, but it has the pictures of the band members at that time, as well as the names of the songs and technical data. Almost all the text is in a script font, very used in that decade.
Ahora vamos con mis canciones / Now let's go with my songs
¿Me vas a ayudar a cantar?
El destino de algunas personas
Así debe ser nuestro amor
The first song that I bring to share with you was the one that led me to buy this acetate, and I think it is one of the most beautiful of the 80s, especially for the music, not so much for the lyrics, and it is the fifth and the last melody of Side A, “I'll be over you”. The music used in this song is uniquely beautiful, a beautiful ballad, where the tambourine sounds just right and has some spectacular guitar solos, plus the voices are excellent. Although the lyrics are nothing to write home about, and the video, from my point of view, could have been a thousand times better, it is one of the songs that I always have in mind when listening to music, because I like it a lot. Let's get to know a little about its lyrics and then I'll leave you with the official video, from which I extracted the screenshot that I already told you about in a previous paragraph, go to minute 1:10 and you'll see it
Are you gonna help me sing?
Some people's destiny
That's how our love must be
Es tarde en la noche
Creo que sé por qué te fuiste esta vez
Cuando vino a tu alrededor
Solíamos encontrarnos en
Today's second song also corresponds to side A of this album, and is entitled “Without Your Love”, another beautiful ballad that Toto includes on this LP, with an interesting percussion, and a guitar used in a very timely manner. I liked this song mainly because of its music, and although it didn't play much on the stations in my city, I could listen to it from time to time at home. To be honest, in my opinion, Toto's lyrics were not very deep or exceptional, but they did express the feelings in a simple and real way. Let's see part of the song:
It's late at night
Nothin's feelin' right
Since you've gone away
I think I know why you left this time
But it's still hard to say
I nearly lost it
When he came around you
Now I'm holdin' it all inside
And it's killin' me
We used to meet at
An old cafe down in Chi-Town
At first you could hear the wind stop
Then my heart would pound
I remember everything
Esto es para los pocos a los que les fue (mi amor)
solo por ti (me importaba) mi amor
Le he dado esperanza, y sé que solo eres tú
encerrado en el silencio
Aquí está el tú que salvó - mi amor
Solo a ti - te di - mi amor
Lo he pensado, y no es todo lo que aparece
Lea, ¿cuánto tiempo seguirás queriendo que te quiera?
En y alrededor de tí
Lea, mi concertina
And closing the recommendations for today, I have brought another beautiful ballad, “Lea”, which corresponds to fourth place on Side B of this production. I was also able to hear this song for the first time at home, when I sat next to the sound equipment to enjoy my album, which for me was a ritual, since I sat very still enjoying each melody, and that way I didn't If I liked any of the grooves, I still forced myself to listen to them completely, in order to have a solid opinion about the LP. This song, also with simple lyrics, has good music (let's remember that in general all Toto's musicians were virtuosos). Here is a piece of the song:
Here's to the few who fared - my love
Only to you - I gave - my love
Este ha sido mi aporte para esta genial iniciativa del amigo
@ablaze en su edición número 70, a manera de homenaje a una súper banda como es Toto.
This has been my contribution to this great initiative from my friend
@ablaze in its 70th edition, as a tribute to a super band like Toto.
Aquí puedes ver mis otras participaciones en esta iniciativa / Here you can see my others participations in this initiative
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