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Song Vs. Song

05: "Africa" vs. "Down Under"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7752 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It's the battle of the windswept '80s tributes to foreign continents! Will Toto or Men at Work reign supreme?

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0:00.0

I'm Todd Nathanson.

0:03.7

And I'm Danny Rob.

0:04.7

This is Song versus Song.

0:06.5

This week, Africa versus Down Under.

0:11.7

Oh.

0:12.7

That's right.

0:13.6

Oh.

0:14.4

The two best songs of the 80s.

0:17.2

Wait, what?

0:18.8

No, they're two ridiculous camp artifacts from the 80s that people still really like, but...

0:24.8

Here's what I can tell you.

0:26.1

If you go on YouTube and you put on the Down Under music video, and you just leave it,

0:34.2

if you walk away from your computer, let's say, like last minute right before recording a podcast,

0:39.5

you decided that you were going to listen to the song

0:42.3

to make sure that you were confident in your position.

0:44.9

The next song that will auto play is Africa by Toto.

0:49.0

That is just what happens.

0:50.6

Literally, it had nothing to do with me.

0:52.3

I don't think that Google was listening to me.

0:54.8

I don't think. Well, it is the year 2018, and at the end of 2018, I think that if you play any

1:02.1

music video, you're going to get Africa by Toto. It is the hot song of 2018, hotter than any

1:10.0

song that came out in 2018 wait i pretend like i'm old

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