Toto - Lea [HD] (CC)

Through the song is is undeniably Toto and undeniably brilliant.

Released as a single in the Netherlands and Philippines, this Steve Porcaro composition has the lush chord structure that he used to enchant Toto fans over the first six albums – and pop music listeners in general. Porcaro’s touch seems familiar, yet is unique in pop music.

Toto, which self-produced 1986’s Fahrenheit seems to pull out all the stops, with Jeff Porcaro constructing a drum circle featuring Lenny Castro, Paulinho da Costa, Steve Jordan and Jim Keltner on an array of hand percussion recorded live in Jeff Porcaro’s home studio. Adding to the lushness of the song is Steve Lukather’s finger-picked acoustic guitar and occasional electric power chords, and what sounds like fretless bass work by Mike Porcaro. David Paich adds just a hint of electric piano, too.

Altoist David Sanborn is used effectively in three featured songs from Fahrenheit. On “Lea,” his saxophone toys with the melody in a coy and unobtrusively effective banter, while backing vocalists Don Henley and Michael Sherwood compliment the brilliantly understated turn by lead singer Joseph Williams. Given Steve Porcaro’s return to the mic on Toto XIV, it’s clear he could have tackled this vocal. Williams’ turn creates a seamlessness to the album, however, and that was sorely missing on Toto’s Isolation.

Unfortunately, Steve Porcaro would become the third original Toto member to depart. (He’d serve only as a guest musician on the next album, The Seventh One.) Still, Porcaro’s contributions weren’t easily forgotten, since “Lea” also signaled a shift in Toto’s two-keyboard approach – something that, in some ways, paralleled the music industry’s move to a simpler guitar-centered trend.

Credits:
Bass - Mike Porcaro
Drums, Percussion - Jeff Porcaro
Guitar - Steve Lukather
Keyboards, Electronics - Steve Porcaro
Keyboards - David Paich
Vocals - Joseph Williams
Backing Vocals - Mike Sherwood
Percussion - Jim Keltner, Lenny Castro, Steve Jordan
Saxophone - David Sanborn
Vocals - Don Henley

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Lyrics:

Here's to the few who fared, my love
Only for you, I cared, my love
I've given it hope and I know it's only you
Encased in silence

Here's to the you, who saved, my love
Only to you, I gave, my love
I've given it thought and it's not all that appears

Lea, how long will you still want me to want you
In and around you
Lea, my concertina
Will you still want me to want you

Here's to the you, who dared, my love
Only with you, I shared, my love
I've given it thought and it's not all that appears

So I'm asking
Lea, how long will you still want me to want you
In and around you
Lea, my concertina
Will you still want me to want you

Who cares what the cynics say
I care, if only you're on your way
Lea, don't let the same be true

Видео Toto - Lea [HD] (CC) канала Gerald Chen