Comments on: iTunes Essentials – Toto

By: Jeff Garner

Jeff Garner — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:49:25 +0000

Nice blog, just book marked it for later reading.

By: MartijnL

MartijnL — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:01:18 +0000

Well bugger, can’t find this feature anywhere on my localized (Dutch) iTunes.

By: danno

danno — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:23:43 +0000

This, sir, is essential viewing for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lnt0h7P-Uk

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:53:04 +0000

31 years!?! Wow! Toto was part of my teenage years and my oldest son “borrowed” my CD and never gave it back.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:37:34 +0000

Thanks Randy. I remember listening to a lot of this in junior high school in Victoria, B.C. which is rather close to your locale now I see.

I had some of them already but for kicks just downloaded “The Basics” and will move on down your list over the week. Good times.

I love these types of posts getting into others views of music.

Take care,
Ken

By: Coronus42

Coronus42 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:48:09 +0000

Awesome find, Randy! I have many artists that I stumble across, and want to know what to get but don’t want to sift through them or take up precious space on my iPod. And thanks for your list of Toto songs, I’ll have to give them a listen.

By: Randydeluxe

Randydeluxe — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:32:12 +0000

I think A Thousand Years belongs in "Deep Cuts". Well, I guess that's obvious, since I put it there. It's a fine song that music lovers who only know Toto for Africa and Hold The Line will appreciate, but I figured there are a couple dozen better tracks.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:31:39 +0000

I had no idea this existed on iTunes, very interesting stuff! When I read Toto I couldn’t think of one song, had no idea who the band was. When i listened to a few of the songs you listed, took me back to my childhood (born in ’82). I’m definitely going to check out iTunes essentials now!

By: Steven Klotz

Steven Klotz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:01:49 +0000

I’ve been concentrating recently on freeing data from rigid ontological constraints, and it’s actually refreshing to see the value add in the other direction. In this case the organization isn’t the traditional grouping of Album or Date Sort, but EXACTLY the organization that’s most useful to the person that want’s to approach the data in this manner.

I’d be interested in a similar breakdown of computer games or science ficiton essential books or some such. In fact I may start working on the latter.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:01:02 +0000

Certainly not a requirement for an Essential, but as soon as you started talking about Toto, “A Thousand Years” started playing in my head. There’s something about that song that sticks with me.