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You know, it's a problematic song from a logistics standpoint. Africa is a continent, so rain occurring there is pretty much a certainty at some point. It's not all dry serengeti. In fact in the tropical bits, I'm pretty sure it rains all the bloody time. And the music video has a definite colonial flavour that goes with the White idea of Africa.

That said, the music itself is fuckin' awesome.

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Date: 2010-02-15 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com
Yeah, but based on the fact that the lyrics specifically mention Mt. Kilimanjaro, at least we know that it's set in Tanzania, which is a country mainly comprised of serengeti.

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Date: 2010-02-15 10:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logansrogue.livejournal.com
I can't believe we're discussing Toto lyrics. LOL!

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Date: 2010-02-16 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com
I totally can! But maybe that's because I'm a huge Toto fan. ::shifty eyes::

That and...I also...might have...used that song in a presentation in sixth grade for a paper I wrote on Tanzania. Shhh.

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Date: 2010-02-15 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callistra.livejournal.com
awww man, I didn't even know that song had a clip!

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Date: 2010-02-15 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logansrogue.livejournal.com
It totally does. And it has beards.

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Date: 2010-02-16 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gemfyre.livejournal.com
It's also a samba.

And the version done by that choir where they make rain sounds with their hands and jump up and down to make thunder rocks my socks.

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Date: 2010-02-16 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com
That version is brilliant.

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