jrauman 14 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 The band Toto was at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night. I watched a little video about it by their bass player. https://twitter.com/shemvonschroeck/status/980500747392573441 There is a clip about halfway through where Joseph Williams (John's son) says "I used to walk by this place when I was a little boy". And then Joseph's tweet in response says "it was my childhood home". https://twitter.com/dashlrow/status/980734180224094208 Did the Williams family live in London at some point? And how cool for Joseph to be playing Royal Albert Hall last night and his dad will be doing the same in October. pete and Omen II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I believe Williams did have a London apartment at one point. jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Joseph is looking more and more like his old man. I didn't know they actually owned an apartment in London at the time, but I wouldn't be surprised -- given the amount of time Williams spent there. And of course, his financial ability to have homes everywhere. jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 2 hours ago, jrauman said: Did the Williams family live in London at some point? And how cool for Joseph to be playing Royal Albert Hall last night and his dad will be doing the same in October. In Jeff Eldridge's liner notes for the La-La Land Records CD release of Jane Eyre, he specifically mentions director Delbert Mann and producer Frederick Brogger visiting Williams at his Kensington residence, as well as Williams and his wife Barbara Ruick travelling up from London to Yorkshire in 1970 to get a feel for the place before shooting commenced. His musical direction for Fiddler on the Roof also required Williams to spend "months on end" in England, so it would be reasonable to assume that he had his family with him and either bought or rented a place to live. The score for Images was also recorded at CTS Studios in nearby Bayswater. It would be interesting for purely nosiness value to know where exactly in Kensington Williams lived; if John Williams doesn't warrant a blue plaque when the time comes, nobody does! As Joseph Williams was born in 1960, his comment ties in with this being the very late 1960s / early 1970s. jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Yes, I recall reading some old article mentioning that Williams spent a lot of time in England in the early 70's, working both on Jane Eyre and Fiddler on the Roof. jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jrauman 14 Posted April 2, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2018 That's so cool. I've met Joe a couple times. I try not to say anything about his dad as i'm sure that gets old. But at one of the Toto concerts i went to in late 2015, a Toto fan asked Joe about Force Awakens and he said his dad was working on the score at that exact moment and was talking to Joe about it. And at another concert someone asked if John Williams had listened to the new Toto album (XIV) and Joe did an impression of his dad. He said something like "it sounds good for that particular idiom/genre". Everyone had a good laugh. Actually Toto has a lot of family ties with John Williams. I believe Johnny Williams played piano on some Marty Paich albums (father of David Paich who plays lead keys and sings - think Africa!). And Joe Porcaro was a great percussionist in Hollywood (father of Jeff, Mike and Steve Porcaro) and played on many film scores including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, etc. And of course, we wouldn't have Lapti Nek or those great SpaceCamp songs without Joe! I love me some Toto as much as I love John Williams. And love the connection. Not Mr. Big, Miguel Andrade, John and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 He looks like a chubby Stefan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 He does not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 12 hours ago, jrauman said: That's so cool. I've met Joe a couple times. I try not to say anything about his dad as i'm sure that gets old. But at one of the Toto concerts i went to in late 2015, a Toto fan asked Joe about Force Awakens and he said his dad was working on the score at that exact moment and was talking to Joe about it. And at another concert someone asked if John Williams had listened to the new Toto album (XIV) and Joe did an impression of his dad. He said something like "it sounds good for that particular idiom/genre". Everyone had a good laugh. Actually Toto has a lot of family ties with John Williams. I believe Johnny Williams played piano on some Marty Paich albums (father of David Paich who plays lead keys and sings - think Africa!). And Joe Porcaro was a great percussionist in Hollywood (father of Jeff, Mike and Steve Porcaro) and played on many film scores including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, etc. And of course, we wouldn't have Lapti Nek or those great SpaceCamp songs without Joe! I love me some Toto as much as I love John Williams. And love the connection. Yeah, I knew about these connections. But nice story about Joe mimicking his father. I would have loved to see that! jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 14 hours ago, jrauman said: And of course, we wouldn't have Lapti Nek or those great SpaceCamp songs without Joe! ...and the Biker Hounds music from A.I.! jrauman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Thor said: Yeah, I knew about these connections. But nice story about Joe mimicking his father. I would have loved to see that! There's a video interview, backstage type of thing, from the 80's, during Joseph Williams first stint with Toto, where he did an impression of his dad. I'll try to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Its kind of fitting, that, with the JW connection, the best thing that Toto has ever done...is a soundtrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 39 minutes ago, Richard said: Its kind of fitting, that, with the JW connection, the best thing that Toto has ever done...is a soundtrack DUNE is a great score, no doubt, but plenty of great songs and albums as well. Like Phil Collins, the band is slowly starting to get the appreciation it deserves, after having been very 'uncool' for two decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Phil Collins is not a band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Phil Collins is not a band! AHEM. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phil_Collins_Big_Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pete 907 Posted April 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Miguel Andrade said: There's a video interview, backstage type of thing, from the 80's, during Joseph Williams first stint with Toto, where he did an impression of his dad. I'll try to find it. I think this is it.. From 1:40: Incanus, SteveMc and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 He, he...cute. Now that I see it, I think I may have seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 He does his dad quite well LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Woj said: AHEM. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phil_Collins_Big_Band A HOT NIGHT IN PARIS, is a fantastic record, and is my second favourite PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I pride myself in being a fan of both Toto and Phil Collins from the start, and standing against all the naysayers when they were both being described as anathema to pop music (for reasons I've never been able to understand). SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Mahvelous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 On 3-4-2018 at 8:11 PM, Thor said: I pride myself in being a fan of both Toto and Phil Collins from the start, and standing against all the naysayers when they were both being described as anathema to pop music (for reasons I've never been able to understand). Do you like Simply Red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Never really explored them much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 @Thor, it's only love (doin' its thing, baby) In the UK, STARS was a phenomenal seller. Tbh, Simply Red is slick, smooth, and can be seductive. Think ONE MORE NIGHT, or WHY CAN'T IT WAIT 'TILL MORNING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,353 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I can't be the only one whose foot would break before he would tire of kicking Mick Hucknall in the balls, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzadza 90 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 "Luke, are you up there again?" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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