Please Help, My Father Is Driving Me Mad

[hobbes]

My father got a demo tape with his 1984 Oldsmobile. It contained a song he liked, but the tape was lost.
All he can tell me is that Toto-Africa was on the tape and the song he liked contained the words "Leaving it all behind"- anybody recognize this?

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all I can say is there is an alumb called "TOTO IV" and the artist is toto it has that song Africa as the last track thats all i know Im probaly not much help :(

[hobbes]

Originally posted by adthomp@5 May 2003 - 07:03
all I can say is there is an alumb called "TOTO IV" and the artist is toto it has that song Africa as the last track thats all i know Im probaly not much help :(
It was a sampler tape, you know, 12 songs, each from a different artist.

The song is country-ish, sung by a male.

It is not "Leaving on a Jet plane".

[Rocktron]

Try this: Eagle Eye Cherry (http://www.mlyrics.com/lyrics/17232/Eagle-Eye_Cherry/Comatose_(In_the_Arms_Of_Slumber)/)

Hope it's the one! ;)

[hobbes]

No, too modern Rocktron.

The song I need was probably written before 1984 and the "leaving" part is probably pronounced "leavin' " as in a country song.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, though.

[MagicNakor]

I think you're SOL, unless someone else had that demo tape...

:ninja:

[hobbes]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@5 May 2003 - 23:18
I think you're SOL, unless someone else had that demo tape...

:ninja:
Well, the demo tape was not like a sampler of unknown groups, but a collection of popular songs (like Toto-Africa).

So I'm sure many know of it from its original source and not the demo tape.

BJ Thomas, maybe? A song about divorce?

[j2k4]

Hobbes-
Sounds like the ultimate google to me-have you tried?

[soopaman]

Originally posted by hobbes+5 May 2003 - 18:02--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes @ 5 May 2003 - 18:02)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--adthomp@5 May 2003 - 07:03
all I can say is there is an alumb called "TOTO IV" and the artist is toto it has that song Africa as the last track thats all i know Im probaly not much help&nbsp; :(
It was a sampler tape, you know, 12 songs, each from a different artist.

The song is country-ish, sung by a male.

It is not "Leaving on a Jet plane". [/b][/quote]

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell?????

It&#39;s a shot in the dark. :lol: :lol:

[the_faceman]

Try this

Jim Capaldi - Living On The Edge. Jim Capaldi (http://www.jimcapaldi.com/Livingontheedge.htm)

You know I&#39;ve had my share of dealing with despair.
I&#39;m tired of seeing my dreams vanish in the air.
Enough of users and all them two time losers.
I&#39;ve seen that killing floor and I just won&#39;t take no more.

So I&#39;m gonna move out on the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.
Living on the edge. Running with the wind.
Soaring to the heights on an eagle&#39;s wing.

If you wanna see your spirit flying free.
Then step outside your mind and cross over the line.
Don&#39;t spend your lifetime weeping.
For things that ain&#39;t worth keeping.
Life can be very short and you know everybody is bought.

So I&#39;m gonna move out on the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.
Living on the edge. Running with the wind.
Soaring to the heights on an eagle&#39;s wing.

It&#39;s time to go down to Mexico.
Mescalitos&#39; song will help you to be strong.

So come on move on down the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.




The only reason i&#39;m confident this is right is because the timing is about right, the album this song is from, Fierce Heart, was released in 1983.

Good Luck. :D

[hobbes]

Originally posted by soopaman+6 May 2003 - 04:50--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (soopaman @ 6 May 2003 - 04:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -hobbes@5 May 2003 - 18:02
<!--QuoteBegin--adthomp@5 May 2003 - 07:03
all I can say is there is an alumb called "TOTO IV" and the artist is toto it has that song Africa as the last track thats all i know Im probaly not much help :(
It was a sampler tape, you know, 12 songs, each from a different artist.

The song is country-ish, sung by a male.

It is not "Leaving on a Jet plane".

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell?????

It&#39;s a shot in the dark. :lol: :lol: [/b][/quote]
Good guess, but wrong song. I think it will be similar to this song. A somewhat mournful tune, little country twang.

[hobbes]

Originally posted by the_faceman@6 May 2003 - 05:05
Try this

Jim Capaldi - Living On The Edge. Jim Capaldi (http://www.jimcapaldi.com/Livingontheedge.htm)

You know I&#39;ve had my share of dealing with despair.
I&#39;m tired of seeing my dreams vanish in the air.
Enough of users and all them two time losers.
I&#39;ve seen that killing floor and I just won&#39;t take no more.

So I&#39;m gonna move out on the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.
Living on the edge.&nbsp; Running with the wind.
Soaring to the heights on an eagle&#39;s wing.

If you wanna see your spirit flying free.
Then step outside your mind and cross over the line.
Don&#39;t spend your lifetime weeping.
For things that ain&#39;t worth keeping.
Life can be very short and you know everybody is bought.

So I&#39;m gonna move out on the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.
Living on the edge. Running with the wind.
Soaring to the heights on an eagle&#39;s wing.

It&#39;s time to go down to Mexico.
Mescalitos&#39; song will help you to be strong.

So come on move on down the highway.
Head on down the road leaving it all behind.
Had enough of lying. There&#39;ll be no more crying this time.




The only reason i&#39;m confident this is right is because the timing is about right, the album this song is from, Fierce Heart, was released in 1983.

Good Luck. :D
Oh, I thought this was going to be it. Why do I picture Kevin Bacon dancing when I hear this song. It sounds so "Footloose"y. Classic early 80&#39;s sound.

I think my song was written in the 70s.