Death to false yacht rock!

I think Ian Thomas might qualify as troo kvlt yacht rock - smooth, relatively unknown (outside of Canada, anyway), and ripe for rediscovery by the hardcore yachtrockers. All together now: "Pilot, whooah Piii-yi-yi-lot...", "Whooo-hoo, feelin' fine mama, painted ladies and a bottle of wine..."

 

Here's a playlist I made for the uninitiated...smooth/yacht rock newbs got turned onto some real sweet tunage.

 

Ian also has the "Yacht Rock"-enabling power of turning Michael McDonald into an irrelevant joke due to his SCTV connections.

 

Is it really possible to threadcrap in a thread entitled "Death To False Yacht Rock"? Just a philosophical question. . .

 

I made a cool three-CD-R set of California easy-listening rock for a buddy many years ago, and I need to create one for myself.

 

The truest of the true!

 

Thanx! I'll check him out. The truth is that you don't need to be californian to be a true yacht rocker, if you're smooth enough California is in your head!

 

Just 4 fun, these covers remind me of Yacht Rock.

 

I think that's a great list; at last some concrete evidence this catogory exists and it makes for a nice compilation!
I could add:
*What A Fool Believes-Doobie Brothers
*Sailing- Christopher Cross (very obvious, but there you are)
*Theme from Miami Vice-Jan Hammer and/or Crockett's Theme

But I still would like to know some more of the false kind of Yacht Rock!

 

Add
Escape by Rupert Holmes the last #1 of the 70s

The musical equivalent of an untucked Lacoste, Khaki pants and boat shoes with no socks

 

Yet I'm sure Jimmy has spent more time on boats than any of the other yachters mentioned here.

 

Duran Duran

 

This is the opportunity to bring up Ambrosia, arguably.

I must say, though: that last sentence is easily Post of the Month.


Dan

 

I have no response to that other than ...

 

I'm not sure it's POSSIBLE to crap on a thread called "death to false yacht rock". It's a thread inspired by one of the most derided album covers ever!

 

Which is because it was MEANT to be derogatory. Kinda surprising yacht rock fans have embraced it - maybe they don't get the intention...

 

Well, we're gonna lock you in a room, fully bound and gagged, and play Carpenters music in your ears at high volume! You're gonna love soft rock or else!

 

Haircut 100 - Pelican West

Yacht Wave!

 

I'm not sure I understand the methodology, but Buffett is really piled on in the "Yacht Rock" series as a kind of false figure, and spoken of with profane derision. All sails may look alike when viewed from far away, but inside the marina its another matter...

 

Oh, despite all the allegations that I'm "rockist", I like some softer rock: Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan. I can even tolerate some Doobies.

But overall, "yacht rock" is just God-awful to me. The Carps aren't yacht rock, but obviously they're an act whose music doesn't work for me...

 

But what about when Madonna makes a faux yacht rock record? Bound to come, I should have thought.

 

I worry that the amount of irony being generated in the 21st century will make the world too massive and it will implode.

 

Heh! The Carpenters are from California!

We agree on something for a change! I love th e artists you mentioned, and can listen to the late-70s top 40 stuff all day!

 

You must realize your own comment is full of irony and thus part of the problem you describe.

 

It's like being strapped to a sled, Bill.