"Africa"--one of Toto's most iconic songs. It was the number one song for the week of February 5, 1983. Weezer has a cover of it with Weird Al Yankovic. (Apparently, the cover was a fan request--not sure if Weird Al was part of that request. . .) Straight No Chaser quotes it at the end of their arrangement of the "Twelve Days of Christmas". So of course I misunderheard the lyrics.
The first line of the song says "I hear the drums echoing tonight." I understood them to say "I hear the drums echo in the night." Not too off.
Then there's that line about Kilimanjaro: "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti" I thought for sure it was "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a leopress above the Serengeti." Not sure how a mountain rises like a female leopard ,but hey, it's the Serengeti. They have wild animals there--perhaps the mountain is wild like a mother cat whose cubs are threatened. Wait--do leopards have cubs or kittens--anyway, I totally missed the Greek reference.
Speaking of wild animals, I was sure they sang, "It's going to take a lion to drag me away from you." I was thinking the Lion King a decade before the Lion King. I mean, a lion has got to be stronger than a hundred men or more, right? Apparently, that's a lot. (See what I did there?)
And what about that line about missing the rains? Or making the rains? Or mumble mumble the rains? Oh--you BLESS the rains. Got it.
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