Nothing sums up 2018<\/a> like the fact that Toto\u2019s \u201cAfrica\u201d has become our unofficial anthem. It\u2019s a song that\u2019s ridiculous by definition \u2014 an Eighties ode to Africa by a bunch of L.A. rock dudes who\u2019d never set foot in the place. But something about this song speaks to our moment. It\u2019s the new \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d \u2014 a mega-cheese classic of Eighties sentiment that\u2019s gotten bizarrely popular in recent years, beloved by hipsters and moms and tone-deaf karaoke singers screaming \u201cI bless the rains down in Africa!\u201d Love it or hate it, you\u2019ve probably heard it today. You\u2019ll hear it tomorrow. This damn song follows you everywhere, like the sound of wild dogs crying out in the night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI haven't heard the song in years. I've read bloggy headlines about how popular it is now, but I've neither seen nor heard any evidence of it. I know Weezer did a cover, and that Toto did a Weezer cover, or something, I don't care.<\/p>\n
Which is to say: I've reached the age where entire cultural events pass me by. <\/p>\n
I like it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rolling Stone is agitated. Nothing sums up 2018 like the fact that Toto\u2019s \u201cAfrica\u201d has become our unofficial anthem. It\u2019s a song that\u2019s ridiculous by definition \u2014 an Eighties ode to Africa by a bunch of L.A. rock dudes who\u2019d never set foot in the place. But something about this song speaks to our moment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28595,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28594\/revisions\/28595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}