The dog in The Wizard of Oz.
Toto for the fact that no-one outside of USA Suburbia has even heard of Journey.
LOL Seriously? They were always HUGE in Japan and the Philipines. You know their current singer played in a Journey tribute band in the Philipines out of a small town there no one ever heard of?
Cue Anchorman reference.
Toto for the fact that no-one outside of USA Suburbia has even heard of Journey. And c'mon, they were a one-hit wonder band at best, and only in one country. Most people I know think "Don't Stop Believing" was written for Glee.
Ignoring the fact that all the members of Toto were simply monstrous musicians, they had tons of major songs, plus they kept going for many many years. And barely a day goes buy when I don't hear Rosanna, Africa or Hold the Line on the radio - all 80s radio staples.
None of that changes the fact that no-one I know has heard of them (just did a quick office poll of people aged 30-50), whereas everyone has heard of Toto.
I've spent a lot of time in the USA, so I'm certainly aware of them. But as far as I can tell in Europe/UK/Australia they are nobodies. You certainly never hear them on the radio.
Wow...
Edit: With a little over half of their total record sales in the US I can see where your coming from but the other half went some where.
LOL, being sarcastic. Seriously though comparing Journey to TOTO is like comparing a 747 jet to a hang glider. Luke may be good, but Journey's impact on contemporary music is just epic in every way form song hooks, to guitar playing, to commercial success. TOTO is lost to history except to us guitar nerds
Toto for the fact that no-one outside of USA Suburbia has even heard of Journey. And c'mon, they were a one-hit wonder band at best, and only in one country. Most people I know think "Don't Stop Believing" was written for Glee.
Ignoring the fact that all the members of Toto were simply monstrous musicians, they had tons of major songs, plus they kept going for many many years. And barely a day goes buy when I don't hear Rosanna, Africa or Hold the Line on the radio - all 80s radio staples.
Toto for the fact that no-one outside of USA Suburbia has even heard of Journey. And c'mon, they were a one-hit wonder band at best, and only in one country. Most people I know think "Don't Stop Believing" was written for Glee.
Ignoring the fact that all the members of Toto were simply monstrous musicians, they had tons of major songs, plus they kept going for many many years. And barely a day goes buy when I don't hear Rosanna, Africa or Hold the Line on the radio - all 80s radio staples.
Unfortunately your logic falls apart given that Journey found their current singer performing Journey songs in the Phillippines.
Schon > Lukather
Perry > (pick any one of them)
Journey > Toto
Journey for the win. More memorable, more melodic songs.
Let's put it another way: whenever I'm together with friends and family, nobody yells at the person acting as DJ to "put on some Toto".