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391:"That was me trying to play like Sly Stone's original drummer, Greg Errico, who played drums on "Hot Fun In The Summertime." The hi-hat is doing triplets, the snare drum is playing 2 and 4 backbeats, and the bass drum is on 1 and the & of 2. That 8th note on the second beat is an 8th-note triplet feel, pushed. When we did the tune, I said, "Gee, this is going to be a heavy four-on-the-floor rocker, but we want a Sly groove." The triplet groove of the tune was David's writing. It was taking the Sly groove and meshing it with a harder rock caveman approach." 1104: 1841: 417:
I was asleep, I had my alarm clock set for noon because we were gonna do something in the studio, some promo and when the alarm came on there was the radio and "Hold The Line" was playing. And my room was totally black and I was looking for the telephone and I called Paich and I heard him scream, he
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Keyboardist David Paich noted that the song was relatively easy to develop. He began with the piano riff, which would become the song's intro and chorus. After toying with the piano riff one night, he started singing "Hold the line, love isn't always on time", and found the lyric to be a suitable
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The song is in the key of F# minor and features a guitar solo after the second chorus which is played by guitarist Steve Lukather featuring several techniques like bendings, alternate picking, vibrato and harmonies.
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critic Brian Kachejian rated it as Toto's second greatest song, saying that "The song’s mesmerizing opening lick became one of the most eagerly learned piano runs that all pianists had to learn instantly."
2008: 2062: 406:." It was the song "Hold the Line," and I started running around the house in my underwear, screaming, "I'm on the radio!" My wife was cracking up. It was just a thrill." 2744: 809: 367:"Hold the Line" was a perfect example of what people will describe as your heavy metal chord guitar licks, your great triplet A-notes on the piano, your 2066: 1932: 1299: 1041: 951: 1182:
has an instrumental called "Toad-O Line". It's based on this song's chorus melody (there's a wordplay in the title "Hold the line / Toad-O Line").
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said that "Kimball's exciting vocals and the scorching instrumentals highlight this tune that also boasts a scorching mix and a solid hook."
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Select "2024" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Hold the Line" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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Several of the band members recall hearing "Hold the Line" for the first time on the radio. Steve Lukather remembered:
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said it has a "simple emphatic piano part, heavy surging guitars, pleasant turns, fine singing and strong chorus."
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was living over there with his girlfriend and he was screaming around and falling over trying to get to the radio.
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groove, all mishmashed together with a boy from New Orleans singing... and it really crossed over a lot of lines."
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during tours from 2012 to the present. Bobby Kimball has performed the song on all of his solo tours since 2009.
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Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts
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I flipped the first time I heard myself on the radio. My mom called me up and said, "Turn on
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had a similar experience when he heard Toto for the very first time on the radio.
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fit. The verses were subsequently finished two hours later.
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Jeff Porcaro on "Hold the Line", in a 1988 interview with
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Index

Hold The Line
Hold the Line (disambiguation)

Single
Toto
Toto
B-side
Studio
Los Angeles
California
Genre
Hard rock
arena rock
yacht rock
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
David Paich
Producer(s)
Toto
I'll Supply the Love

rock
Toto
eponymous debut studio album
David Paich
Bobby Kimball
single
lead single
Columbia Records

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