There's certainly a dose of irony in Weezer's "Africa" — the band recorded it at the request of fans, not necessarily out of a deep connection to the music or as a nod to Toto's influence. We can't be sure, but it seems like Weezer is poking fun at the '80s hit, while still staying true to the original.
More often than not, covers fall into the transformative category, which is when musicians put their artistic stamp on a song.
Consider a hit like Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” Houston was able to transform Dolly Parton’s original country song into a pop anthem.
Then there's Aretha Franklin's "Respect," which flipped number in indonesia the gender dynamics of the Otis Redding original on their head—suddenly it was a woman asking for "a little respect when you come home."
Before the advent of refrigeration, preserving food was a challenge. Every culture developed a version of pickling, or preserving in salt brine or vinegar. Herbs and spices, such as mustard seeds, garlic, cinnamon, or cloves, were often added, not only for their flavor, but because they helped with the preservation process. If the food being preserved had a high enough water content, it could be packed in salt alone. Salt pork and salt beef were staples of a sailor's diet before steam engines made ocean crossings much less time-consuming.
Pork was a cornerstone of the diet of French settlers living in Acadiana, now called Nova Scotia. When the British forced them out of their homeland, many headed south to French-speaking Louisiana, where wild boar was abundant, allowing the Acadians to retain pork in their diets while evolving its preparation with the different herbs and spices they found in their new home.