Toto Live 1979 - Girl Goodbye

Toto plays the song "Girl goodbye" at Agora in 1979.

[@strawberryfields5074]

God damn. Whoever was the audio engineer on this show did a spectacular job. With all these instruments on stage, you can hear each one crystal clear.

[@drumsport]

The Cleveland Agora Ballroom was the premier venue for new acts breaking onto the scene. Toto, Foreigner, Southside Johnny, and Bruce Springsteen are just a few. The manager of the club was a music fixture in Cleveland, a fine drummer and lead singer for groups like Rainbow Canyon and Charade. They even wrote a few songs picked up by Sly and the Family Stone. And as you can tell, the club was set up with great acoustics. What I can't fathom is how it came to be broadcast in Japan. I was there for both concerts that night, 2/2/79, and Toto absolutely blew everyone away.

[@scottwohlers9422]

@@drumsport thanks for this review wow 20+ years later incredible !! Watching Jeff Porcaro having the time of his life belting the drums in the backround is worth its weight in gold Just a frikin outstanding performance

[@drumsport]

@@scottwohlers9422 Scott - 44 years ago! A real old timer and huge Toto fan. Cheers!

[@kamarbazarek6460]

The Japanese have got it down!!😊😊😊😊 (The sound Engineer???). Anyhow - Toto was BIG in Japan too. What a band - What a band❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MrFrankie0001]

I simply have forgotten how good they were and sounded. Kimball at his height sounds amazing, what a singer. Paich plays and sings unbelievably well. Jeff Porcaro the best drummer of them all. Lukather is playing like there is no tomorrow, one of the best guitar players of all time. Steve Porcaro is great too. David Hungates bass out of this world. Tom Kelly on rhythm guitar and amazing backing vocals is simply outstanding. Lenney Castro on perc and backing Vocals is unbelievable. What a stellar line up.

[@stub2022]

This is a monumental show and is disgustingly underappreciated.

[@kai326]

A lot of Toto is, sadly. especially in the US

[@stephengiffith1010]

This band 79 is when i TOLD Montrose the BULLSHIT clubs and fake songs.........iam done i DID GET to biz on that music all my OWN thanks to TOTO

[@jml-rj5re]

Very proggy. Hydra is probably the most proggy of their albums.

[@JohnTheBear1961]

From their best album, in my opinion. What an outstanding live performance!

[@scottwohlers9422]

Agreed that recording holds huge weight up until this day !

[@barbaraconde-mf8qs]

❤❤❤❤

[@waltersimmons946]

Agreed, Kimball singing GIRL GOODBYE is what made me a huge fan of the band since the first album in 1978. ​@@scottwohlers9422

[@gerryjobin7595]

RIP Jeff, you were a God, on the drums

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Absolutely!

[@willdobson6091]

Best studio drummer of all time

[@thomassvoice7350]

Bobby Kimball is just a god.

[@djLouisLoop]

Well, back then he WAS. Unfurtunetly not anymore. Lost his voice control completely...

[@waltersimmons946]

No he was blessed by God

[@klauskarnath8233]

Best Toto Singer ever...

[@wickedartist1451]

@@djLouisLoop he's 73

[@LTG9764]

@@wickedartist1451 He was forced out of the band due to cocaine after Toto IV.

[@willdobson6091]

Having the great Lenny Castro in this band made the rhythm section even better. He is completely locked in with Jeff.

[@KoolKatDave]

All while dangling a ciggy - badass!

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

I cant stop watching this! What a smoking live performance...god damn.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Probably my favorite live performance ever

[@Gustavo-re9hd]

There is so much energy, incredible music! Bobby great!

[@barbaraconde-mf8qs]

❤❤❤❤

[@CdMcbean]

Laying in bed at 10:30pm in 2023 and when that song ended I had to fight the temptation to jump up and cheer 🙌🏻🙌🏻👏👏 such a great performance! ❤

[@drumsport]

My brothers and I were there. February 2, 1979. Stood outside in line for 2 hours in 20 degree cold. The first Toto tour in support of the release of their first album. There were two show that night, and we were astonished at both for their brightness and tightness. Jeff was something to behold. RIP.

[@roloduarte3100]

Me too, in my case it's 12:09am lol.

[@richyz01]

No wonder they won so many awards. WOW!

[@tiberius1701]

I was there on that cold February night but it was smoking hot in the Agora!! Fabulous show!!!

[@KoolKatDave]

Tiberious, did the band hang with the audience afterward?

[@tiberius1701]

Unfortunately I can’t answer that. Had to leave right after the show. But I don’t believe they did.

[@rjt93]

This is spectacular!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Loved Toto. Memories of my last days in the United States Marine Corps after 6 yrs (73-79) I wore this album (cassette) out. Semper Fi

[@Romans219]

Toto will always be my favorite band.

[@kenthawley5990]

Probably my favorite Toto song.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Me too love to return to 1979, be 24 yrs old and have my long hair.

[@64worshipper]

Absolutely my favorite Toto song.

[@robaroy2269]

Same here although I am more interested when it's Bobby not the singer(s) after him performing the origina firstl 4 albums.

[@AshaRenWooly]

Best live show they ever did

[@johnbazy]

Damn, folks really knew how to sound good live back then huh? And the mix is surprisingly fantastic for VHS.

[@mingdawy7584]

This is my favorite live version yet!

[@pauledmonds3249]

David Hungate epic on Bass

[@williamhoyle417]

I still remember the first time hearing this track on an album oriented FM station way back in the day, as a child, and I was hooked on TOTO forever. Epic music, fond memories! And what a masterful live performance!!!

[@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p]

Every version of Toto is stellar.

[@rockintotheeighties1]

Lovin' me some TOTO...

[@TheMrMrByron]

Bobby Kimball....Toto´s VOICE

[@micknordstrom2591]

This is Toto!

[@MT-sk1ln]

Bobby is an absolute BEAST!!!

[@jjones4662]

My all time Favorite Song......

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Me too. I bought this album and played it all the time. Love to return to 1979, be 24 yrs old and have my long hair.

[@przemysawtrzmielewski5973]

So much energy, such a high quality sound. Clear beauty.

[@musomat1980]

That ending on the drums|!!! F3Q me, have you honestly ever seen that done before?|! Or since..."Innovation based on honesty and humility is the key"

[@Navigatorbythestars]

I saw them back in the day at the Starwood in Hollywood and they opened with this song and I remember my exact first thought ... "HOLY SHIT! these guys are great! "

[@sharronfoxx69]

Castro playing with a cig hanging from his lips…awesome!!!😁👏🏾🎵💯

[@roloduarte3100]

Can't get enough of this song, it rocks.

[@damianocarrara7840]

Freakin' incredible performance!!! Everyone was on fire, and really great audio quality too!

[@竜昭住吉]

このころのTOTOがオレの心に一番刺さったな。ターンバック、ハイドラでガッツリ大ファンになった。

[@cubbylion2162]

I can watch this forever.

[@redzone77p]

Lenny Castro on congas...good God.

[@Deathblow85]

(l) Jeff Porcaro and such a brutal song

[@barbaraconde-mf8qs]

❤❤❤❤

[@Strutter69]

This is way cool !!

[@mrgreenelander4952]

From the early of the earliest days when the band rocked big time. All accomplished session players who thought hey, why dont we give this a go ourselves? Ive always loved the first album before it became more corporate? but to be at this concert would have been insane fun as you can see the guys are having a good time

[@seanpage5622]

This is where we need to go back too,musically and socially as well.What's happening to us?

[@montyallen5061]

That's the great session drummer Lenny Castro on conga drums.

[@tomsmith5202]

Does Lenny play kit too?

[@davidnoval9043]

TOTO at its best (i regret to be born in 1975 because i missed TOTO early live performance !! ) I'm a fan of Mike Porcaro but i consider the first TOTO "team" as the golden age for the band Steve Lukather was like Alien in the Nostromo ship of rock....the UFO guitarist :))

[@annemartineengebakkengrymy4745]

This is so fucking tight. Thanks for uploading.

[@christo6765]

who needs modern technology....................

[@stephengiffith1010]

I CAN DIG IT MODERN TECHNOLOGY HAS A LOTTA CRAZY CRAPPY UNDERRATED BULLCRAP ITS LIKE SOME GUITAR PEDALS AHH HELL NO OLD SCHOOL MXR FLANGER JIM DUNLOP CRY BABY WHA WAH PEADAL AMP UP HIGH WITH TUBES AND ME I LIKE IT IAM OLD SCHOOL DADDY O 😍🐸😛😜😁😜😜😜😜😝😝😝😝😝😣😣😣

[@pradityapraditya28]

Needs but with 70 and 80s musics

[@fernandosalazar5364]

Best performance...wouuu...😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻✨✨✨✨✨

[@yojma4474]

22years old (born in 1957) Steve Lukather Steve Porcaro 25years old (born in 1954) Jeff Porcaro David Paich 31years old David Hungate 32years old Bobby Kimball

[@alexisgordon2759]

Fucking Awsome! I'm 49 now and this is what I remember life as a kid 💥

[@terricates7832]

How is that crowd sitting still?!!! Killing it!!

[@JHollowayNetwork]

I'd describe the song as Styx meets Triumph.

[@klauskarnath6816]

This is Fantastic

[@ipsurvivor]

They really put out in Japan... they also were really excellent at this time... later their vocals weren't so good 😊.... they were such great musicians and the band was so into it...

[@laurentohannessian9948]

Magnifique

[@cirinomaucieri]

Da brividi

[@catholicdad]

Robert Toteaux can really lay out a tune!

[@alexandergreene6986]

I love watching these bands when they just started out, before all the fame, money, groupies, and lawyer-protected bad habits took hold. Love seeing the power of guys who look at each other and say, f k were playing the Hollywood Bowl, before it became, ah, f k where playing that place again:?

[@deanarupe73]

Man that conga player kicked ass even with a cig hanging between his lips. Lol he had his Ash tray on a mama sans ass. Lol

[@martinschmidt8551]

VideoGOLD

[@laurentohannessian9948]

Yeah

[@usaslakt]

Wow! Serious fucking band!

[@drommie]

Holy crap-absolute genius by genius musicians.

[@leonidasv2716]

I missed *that* scream, thanks to the announcer. Damn! He should've waited a bit!

[@rotcconsulting]

Epic.

[@alenirsic3500]

Garrl goodye :)

[@キョロちゃん-p2z]

デビュー直後からターンバック頃ぐらいが 一番脂が乗ったTOTOだよ

[@catholicdad]

Ladies & Gentalemen, Mr. Ali G on congas

[@stringstroker22]

catholicdad that's the great Lenny Castro.

[@catholicdad]

stringstroker22 Thank you, he looks like Ali G

[@stringstroker22]

catholicdad he does, then. Now, not as much. 😉

[@annecohen8927]

Great song!!!

[@njmikec]

Amazing. Thank you also announcer man (douche mouth) for stepping all over the song.

[@TheMartine]

Fuck me, this is so good. I envy thos who were there in real life.

[@TheNobelSally]

They were great once, when Bobby’s voice was Fab! Sadly, he pretty much lost his edge, IMHO.... Maybe if he would try to keep his head more level or O’Dowd some instead of stretched upward, he would strain to get the higher notes now...

[@garyzajdel5204]

Out effing Standing

[@SunnyMcTribe]

💙

[@sergiotorres4233]

Incredible Lukather solo, band is on fire, I miss only Steve Porcaro amazing sinth intro

[@dbpricetoo]

So enjoy the young Lenny Castro

[@romo2540]

if at one point of life anyone wants to make a film or a movie about TOTO and try to find an actor to make bobby pedro pascal has the same fucking vibes XDD

[@ramonmusicbass]

2020?????

[@malibusushipictures]

I wish Mr Moto would shut up!

[@robaroy2269]

Agreed, it ruined the whole performance. It's like watching Looney Toons and it's interrupted by commercials

[@frankmichael1967]

Who is the second guitar-player?

[@marcosetoledo4167]

Tom Kelly

[@stephengiffith1010]

I don't know who he is this was the time THIS record came out i was hooked on TOTO loved every record it's strange our music took us to the sunset strip all around there i found myself in some fancy famous places and some weird places blows vill every where bad SEEN. Man had to leave that band it. Was a smart move but TOTO shure played to the bone love em man a bunch

[@feno5383]

Kimball's voice is amazing

[@NVRAMboi]

Lenny Freaking Castro, ladies and gentlemen.

[@andresecheverria7835]

Bobby Kimball is Toto

[@ChrisBrengel]

3:54 solo

[@ipsurvivor]

Sushi 🍣 and sashimi is on sale at the commissary and blow fish 🐟 is being served - slaughtered in front of you... I think that's what the Japanese guy was saying... Wasabi very spicy 🌶 tonight!

[@241mrmark]

Who was the second guitar to Luke ?

[@jovostudios]

That was Tom Kelly!

[@ジャーンイェーイ]

ポーカロやばいわ… カッコ良すぎる… 好きなドラマートップ5に入る…

[@joeszczechowski8333]

Please tell me there is a DVD of this show?????

[@sergeipelissier5690]

Jeff using a Ludwig Octaplus??

[@RealmoftheBlackShadow]

Why talking trash, thus spoiling the show? Now as always before and through eons yet to come? Directed towards the commentator.

[@rickydo22]

Kelly is the rhythm guitar player

[@rickydo22]

Tom Kelly

[@グリーンブルー-h2x]

この演奏がルカサーのベスト1

[@davethewave62]

Is there a version of this without the talking over the instrumental? It ruins the “lost in the sauce” vibe!

[@chrisirving8390]

Very few bands are that polished live 🕸🍺⚓️🍁🌤💕💕

[@joeybernard6911]

who is that drummmer /? I'm sorry ,, that you left us so soon

[@65524545]

Does anyone have the non japanese talking version?

[@pizzomarco7156]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@smokefire_southern_eats]

Who's that on rythmn guitar?

[@かのうけんじ-f4r]

gグレイト

[@devilofhellsbathroom3164]

Am I the only one who hate the japanese voice over Bobby's scream?

[@massimofrisan7423]

No,it's better the first album studio excuse me mai darling. Don't answer me

[@gregdaniel8404]

Is this the Agora Ballroom in Dallas?

[@robaroy2269]

I am not sure what the purpose is for the message in a different language. I find it very annoying