Falling In Between

One of my favorite bands of all time, Toto, has just released their latest album, Falling In Between. Okay, It wasn't just released in the U.S. It was released just about everywhere else first, then the U.S. I find this very frustrating. Toto is an American band. You would think they think of America first, but they can't afford to do this. The majority of people in the U.S. doesn't know Toto is still alive (although drummer Jeff Porcaro did die of an overdose, although a heart attack was first given as a cause of death; the band has been through numerous lead singers; and David Hungate ran out on the band to do Nashville studio work). In the world of music, Toto didn't really have noticeable success after Toto IV, which won them Grammies and other things I am not taking the time to research at the moment. When I say the world of music, I mean the U.S. and Britain. Outside of these two countries, Toto is a very successful band, hence they released their latest cd in Japan first. Only die hard fans like myself actually noticed the release here in the states even though the album hadn't hit the stores as of yet. I still haven't seen the album, but thankfully iTunes has it up, I just don't know if it's worth a buy. Melanie off of Mindfields was the last 'single' I actually heard on the radio, and that was satellite radio at Booksamillion, not on the top 40 crap station. The clips on iTunes weren't enough for me or my friend and fellow Toto fan, Rig (He actually saw Toto in Biloxi at a casino, which is were most washed up American bands make money in the States, staying way from large audiences because there's no way enough people would show too make it worth the effort. Their 25th anniversary Dvd was recorded in Amsterdam, not in Los Angeles, their home. All of the fans with visible mouths, were singing along word for word with the band, and those were the dutch. With a following like that, why bother to play dates in the States except to please the few fans). I still think Toto is great, but they are starting to fall in between the cracks in my cd collection which has just about every other release from them. I hate gambling with cds; do I take a chance wasting the money or save for something else? Who knows? This blog is probably not in the best order and may seem random. It's hard to type and watch episode 18 of Monty Python's Flying Circus at the same time.