Weezer cover Toto's "Africa"

2018-05-29 by Dalton DuBois | 62 Comments
Alternative Rock band Weezer have performed a cover of Toto's hit song "Africa".

Their reasoning for creating the cover was because a Twitter account was created specifically to get them to cover the song. You can listen to the cover here:



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Drpibb
May 29th 2018
192 Comments


https://imgur.com/lIAlhLb

bgillesp
May 29th 2018
8867 Comments


But is it good?

bgillesp
May 29th 2018
8867 Comments


Also Snide Remarks

MO
May 29th 2018
24019 Comments


not bad, but I'd rather just listen to the original

siren
May 29th 2018
187 Comments


i unironically like this

Project
May 29th 2018
5830 Comments


that was way better than I expected, honestly

johnnyblaze
May 29th 2018
3407 Comments


lol i love weezer

JWT155
May 29th 2018
14956 Comments


Rivers just did a set in SF that's recorded and on youtube, it's ace.

Zeuzo
May 29th 2018
2344 Comments


This meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lol

Gmork89
May 29th 2018
8648 Comments


The best cover of this has already been made by Chaos Divine.

majordevlin
May 29th 2018
202 Comments


"not bad, but I'd rather just listen to the original"

Same.

SandorClegane
May 29th 2018
221 Comments


this was pleasant and uplifting

chemicalmarriage
May 29th 2018
4299 Comments


Sounds great

davesthesay
May 29th 2018
91 Comments


brb just setting up a "Weezer cover through the fire and flames" twitter account.

JayEnder
May 29th 2018
19914 Comments


It’s official. Memes have taken over.

Zeuzo
May 29th 2018
2344 Comments


This meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lolThis meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lolThis meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lolThis meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lolThis meme is dead for like 6 months at this point lol

minty901
May 29th 2018
3976 Comments


Rosanna cover was better

theNateman
May 29th 2018
3809 Comments


They surprisingly rocked both covers tbh.

Flugmorph
May 29th 2018
34271 Comments


i mean its an eargasmic song.

Flugmorph
May 29th 2018
34271 Comments


darius wtf

they should cover rasputin too tbh

xfearbefore
May 29th 2018
2041 Comments


Waaaaay fucking overproduced the chorus man, they took away the simplicity that makes it so great. They fucked up the best part of the song, sheesh. Otherwise it's just a note for note cover with vocals that aren't nearly as good as the original. So no, not really worth checking out beyond the curiousity factor.

xfearbefore
May 29th 2018
2041 Comments


Waaaaay fucking overproduced the chorus man, they took away the simplicity that makes it so great. They fucked up the best part of the song, sheesh. Otherwise it's just a note for note cover with vocals that aren't nearly as good as the original. So no, not really worth checking out beyond the curiousity factor.

Flugmorph
May 29th 2018
34271 Comments


nice double post

i actually think they improved on the og

Ebola
May 29th 2018
4520 Comments


new album when

brainmelter
Contributing Reviewer
May 29th 2018
8328 Comments


just reading the news title gave me aids

brosephmcbrah
May 29th 2018
80 Comments


Like they actually did this seriously. They knocked this out in an afternoon. Just enjoy the meme, it's funny.

TheTripP
May 29th 2018
4506 Comments


meme it up bros, it is pretty good

ChaoticVortex
May 29th 2018
1595 Comments


Hard work and dank memes can truly get you into places.

Supercoolguy64
May 29th 2018
11788 Comments


is this the black album all along?

Koris
Staff Reviewer
May 29th 2018
21165 Comments


"brb just setting up a "Weezer cover through the fire and flames" twitter account."

The funny thing is that Rivers could probably pull it off. Dude was a shredder in his pre-Weezer days

CurtisKaiju
May 29th 2018
40 Comments


better than the original

MrSirLordGentleman
May 29th 2018
15343 Comments


Still prefer the original


But this one's actually one hell of a cover


thanks to the internet for giving us this kind of stuff

Groink
May 30th 2018
846 Comments


The metal cover by Frog Leap Studios on YouTube was better, but this is good.

Project
May 30th 2018
5830 Comments


the good ol 'turn the guitars way up in the mix because you can't sing in the original octave' trick

(cover's still real good though)

goblinilbog
May 30th 2018
1077 Comments


really fun cover haha

someguest
May 30th 2018
30126 Comments


I wish this band would go away forever.

RippingCorpse1986
May 30th 2018
3229 Comments


Haha the lovely and sweet years of 'Through the Fire and Flames'.
''Maaaan this song is very hard in Guitar flash!!!11 D'you like some power metal? I recommend you to check out these guys''

Faraudo
May 30th 2018
4628 Comments


Excellence.

sonictheplumber
May 30th 2018
17533 Comments


memez

NorwichScene
May 30th 2018
3299 Comments


They certainly did it justice, excellent cover

Flugmorph
May 30th 2018
34271 Comments


frog leap is garbage

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
May 30th 2018
32035 Comments


That was actually pretty good. Well done, weezers.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
May 30th 2018
47626 Comments


why is this unironically a banger and a half

Leafy Green Album pls

CaliggyJack
May 30th 2018
10040 Comments


This song pales in comparison to the original.

With that said, I must say their cover of Rosanna is much better than the original.

brnnnfrrll073
May 30th 2018
14 Comments


"Leafy Green Album pls"

Weezer Fire Red and Leaf Green

Sowing
Moderator
May 30th 2018
43954 Comments


What if the Black Album was just a Toto Covers album and they released it nonchalantly like it's what was expected all along

CrazyDiamond7
May 31st 2018
260 Comments


I like the Rosanna cover more, but this ain't bad. Rivers in particular sounds great.

If the Black Album is in fact all Toto covers I would be totally ok with it.

Eons
May 31st 2018
3770 Comments


I agree it's overproduced. I prefer the original DIY low-fi punk sound Toto had on the original version.

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
May 31st 2018
32035 Comments


Yeah I saw them with Black Flag back in the day, they ripped.

bloc
June 2nd 2018
70150 Comments


Wow, this is like the best song they've out out in a decade lol

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 2nd 2018
47626 Comments


did you guys skip White, EWBAITE, Everybody Needs Salvation and The Last Days of Summer or

Sowing
Moderator
June 2nd 2018
43954 Comments


This is a pretty safe cover. Nice, but nothing to celebrate. Also what Rowan said.

Bigpapad
June 2nd 2018
368 Comments


I mean, it’s pretty much the same thing

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 2nd 2018
47626 Comments


having said that, the Rosanna cover is unironically one of my favourite things this year and destroys this one, so take my words with a heap of salt

Sabrutin
August 7th 2018
9706 Comments


So Toto responded to the cover of Africa by covering Hash Pipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wvWFW4xTs

bloc
August 7th 2018
70150 Comments


lmao

Sabrutin
August 7th 2018
9706 Comments


I really like the friendliness of this situation.

bloc
August 8th 2018
70150 Comments


It's not like it's a hard song to cover, but they pulled it off

cojamneko
August 8th 2018
359 Comments


heard this shit playing at my local grocery store smdh

J() Alexander
August 8th 2018
7914 Comments


I bless the rains

sixdegrees
August 8th 2018
13127 Comments


epic

simply epic

cojamneko
August 8th 2018
359 Comments


btw that hash pipe cover kinda fucks



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