Steve Lukather was the only Toto member who played on WTRF (although he was
closely tied professionally and personally to Landau and Colaiuta). Toto
was so overhyped as a band back then but its original members were
top-flight musicians individually. The Toto music, however, was sometimes
over-bit slick, sterile and "packaged." I was disappointed with WTRF when
it first came out. It seemed uneven and disjointed to me. I suspect (and
this is my own subjective opinion) that it would have been so much better
with just Joni, her guitar and piano, because most of the songs standing
alone become much more outstanding in a simpler presentation. I feel the
same way about the Hissing Demos and a few of the "alternate," acoustic DED
songs that we have heard. On the other hand, her experiences working with
various bands was probably very enriching and downright fun for her. Kakki
> Marcel wrote <<When the album came out that band was at their peak >>
>
> And Bob added << As much as I hate to say it, Marcel is right! :~D
>
> WTRF came out at the same time frame as Toto IV, the huge one with
"Africa",
> "Rosanna", etc. on it. >>
>
>
> Well, that may be so (I suspected there may have been a Toto connection,
as
> they were pretty much ubiquitous at the time, although the names that
would
> have rung more definite bells were Porcaro and Paich). Anyway, I never
liked
> Toto, and I still think that WTRF sounds sterile and unpleasant!
>
> Azeem
