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Toto's 'Africa' Is Playing on Repeat in Middle of the Namib Desert for the Rest of Time

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:doublethumbsup: I'm packing for Africa. Going on a journey.

 

 

 

Do you hear the drums echoing tonight?

 

In the middle of the Namib Desert, Toto’s “Africa” — the song that launched a thousand karaoke sessions — is playing. It is playing right now. And it will keep playing until the end of time.

Multimedia artist Max Siedentopf has installed six speakers somewhere in the Namib Desert in southern Africa. The six speakers play all four minutes and 56 seconds of Toto’s seminal work on repeat. They run on solar energy, so the music will never stop. Toto’s “Africa” will play for eternity in the middle of the desert, beckoning all those who find it.

 

 

...Siedentopf purposefully chose very tough materials for the installation that will be able to withstand harsh desert winds.

 

 

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/totos-africa-is-playing-on-repeat-in-the-middle-of-the-namib-desert-for-the-rest-of-time/ar-BBSlc8D?ocid=ientp

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Imagine getting lost in the dessert and all of a sudden you hear the faint sound of joyous music in the distance and you think to yourself Im saved but its just speakers.

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Imagine getting lost in the dessert and all of a sudden you hear the faint sound of joyous music in the distance and you think to yourself Im saved but its just speakers.

Dude should have at left some containers full of whiskey. A couple chairs....

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Some Namibian will search for it, find it, steal it & sell it on Ebay.

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Some Namibian will search for it, find it, steal it & sell it on Ebay.

I know that I must do what's right.

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Consequently, it became the continents second working stereo.

Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.

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Some Namibian will search for it, find it, steal it & sell it on Ebay.

Well they're black so.....

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Some Namibian will search for it, find it, steal it & sell it on Ebay.

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.

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In 10,000 years, people will wonder when this was built...and how???

 

Aliens

The song starts playing just at sunrise and stops right at sunset. Only a species with the most sophisticated technology couldve developed something like this.

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The song starts playing just at sunrise and stops right at sunset. Only a species with the most sophisticated technology couldve developed something like this.

 

how do we know the pyramids weren't just giant speakers playing a song at one time, we just don't know how to use that technology

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how do we know the pyramids weren't just giant speakers playing a song at one time, we just don't know how to use that technology

Mind = blown

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In 10,000 years, people will wonder when this was built...and how???

 

Aliens

All our current technology will be lost for sure by then. They will have their own version of entertainment called "Ancient Aliens" talking about them.

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37 years later, Rivers Cuomo sets one up in the Sahara. :o

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how do we know the pyramids weren't just giant speakers playing a song at one time, we just don't know how to use that technology

What song? Walk like an Egyptian?

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how do we know the pyramids weren't just giant speakers playing a song at one time, we just don't know how to use that technology

Have you been sampling some new product? :D

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Can someone help me to understand how this is art? Should I head to Birmingham and play Sweet Home Alabama on infinite repeat? Does that get me my 15 minutes of fame? :unsure:

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Can someone help me to understand how this is art? Should I head to Birmingham and play Sweet Home Alabama on infinite repeat? Does that get me my 15 minutes of fame? :unsure:

You gotta open your mind bro. Not everything needs to be defined with labels and blanket terms man

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You gotta open your mind bro. Not everything needs to be defined with labels and blanket terms man

Except for 'white male' = 'racist', "misogynist', and 'a hater of any gender you can make up that was not included in the original gene pool' you mean. That's a necessity.

 

But yeah, they simply make general groupings of art by styles and time periods when all is said and done. Many fall flat in the test of time and popularity, but others don't. It's always been that way.

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Except for 'white male' = 'racist', "misogynist', and 'a hater of any gender you can make up that was not included in the original gene pool' you mean. That's a necessity.

 

But yeah, they simply make general groupings of art by styles and time periods when all is said and done. Many fall flat in the test of time and popularity, but others don't. It's always been that way.

Oh yeah for sure. I was being 100% sarcastic. If I say bro Im making fun of someone more than likely

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Oh yeah for sure. I was being 100% sarcastic. If I say bro Im making fun of someone more than likely

No, I got it. It's just that you made a decent point in the process. :D

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You know darn well there is a group of people out there with certain technologies to find it and go take a picture of themselves with it. I can here it now:

 

"I was the first to find it!!"

 

Of course, they may find a few dead bodies on the way. Bird Box Challenge anyone?

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On 1/18/2019 at 6:39 PM, sderk said:

:doublethumbsup: I'm packing for Africa. Going on a journey.

Time to start packing for a trip to LA

 

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I focking hate that song.  

If newbie were here he would remind us that Toto was made up of a lot of criticially acclaimed,  well respected musicians.  I still hate most of the crap they put out and Africa is the shitty brown frosting on the turd cake that is their catalog.

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On 1/18/2019 at 11:06 PM, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

 

how do we know the pyramids weren't just giant speakers playing a song at one time, we just don't know how to use that technology

I think they were part of a big obstacle course, like ANW.

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On 1/19/2019 at 10:07 AM, Frozenbeernuts said:

As annoying as Weezers music can be, their version was better

Except their version is identical.  That was their goal.  Someone attempted to slight their musicianship by claiming that the crappiest song ever made was out of their reach.  They made the recording as a response.

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