Genrepalooza Presents: FG Radio - Tons of Lithium but very little Chill (3 Viewers)

[Yo Mama]

YACHT ROCK BABY!!!

17.YM - What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

One of my all time favorite songs - I’m not ashamed to admit it. 
 

I’ll be annoying my whole family now by singing this for the rest of the day - and there’s nowhere for them to go to escape it!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 17:

The Bridge channel

This is the highest-ranking song from my Neil Young countdown that qualifies for this channel.

Helpless -- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The Bridge playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QMRZHKfBFJx6Mz2h2jywJ

I'll do Yacht Rock after lunch. 

@Pitchfork for the first post

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 17 

Another Life - Rollins Band (Turbo)

 

[Raging weasel]

Round 17  The Bridge

Bill Withers-Ain't no Sunshine

 

[mphtrilogy]

Rd 17 - Yacht - Michael McDonald - I keep forgettin'

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Here is the Yacht Rock playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xAemrK8S3qJsuiOwUH6rk

@Pitchfork please add to first post. 

 

[Yo Mama]

Rd 17 - Yacht - Michael McDonald - I keep forgettin'

Regulate!

Funny, this was the next song that popped up on Spotify after I listened to What a Fool Believes this morning. 

 

[Eephus]

Round 14.7  -  Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)  -  Bing Crosby  -  Sinatra 

I should have used this in the long song titles draft.

Love der Bingle.   He was a great whistler.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Regulate!

Funny, this was the next song that popped up on Spotify after I listened to What a Fool Believes this morning. 

I can't say I'm surprised that two of the first three Yacht Rock picks were the Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald, and Michael McDonald. 

 

[mphtrilogy]

Regulate!

Funny, this was the next song that popped up on Spotify after I listened to What a Fool Believes this morning. 

yep, this was my #1 a bit of a DB dupe, but gotta have it!

 

[Eephus]

@Pip's Invitation

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian took his shot at ranking Neil Young's albums 1-45.  It seems pretty much to form, 70s good, 80s bad, later mixed.  Sleeps with Angels and Le Noise are rated highly.  Harvest and Reactor back to back at #17 and #18 is kind of provocative I guess.

 

[simey]

Finished the shingles pretty quickly thanks to "the night watchman" passing by, and hopping on the roof and doing it for me. I get vertigo when I look down from high places, so I was dreading having to do the shingle that blew off near the top of the roof. A total of five needed replacing, and it is once again a palace. 

 

[Eephus]

17.8 or 12 - George Benson - Give Me the Night (Yacht Rock)

An absolutely luscious recording.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@Pip's Invitation

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian took his shot at ranking Neil Young's albums 1-45.  It seems pretty much to form, 70s good, 80s bad, later mixed.  Sleeps with Angels and Le Noise are rated highly.  Harvest and Reactor back to back at #17 and #18 is kind of provocative I guess.

He didn't rank The Visitor. Is it so bad that it didn't deserve sharing space with the rest of Neil's work, or so forgettable that he forgot it existed? 

Most of his tiers are more or less as I have them. I also have Harvest in the teens because it's inconsistent quality-wise and sound-wise, despite some very high peaks. I also mostly like Re*ac*tor, but it's not for everyone. 

 

[Raging weasel]

17.8 or 12 - George Benson - Give Me the Night (Yacht Rock)

An absolutely luscious recording.

I had no clue about this singer and song until I hit play and realized I have heard it dozens of times

 

[Hov34]

Yacht Rock

17.05 Heart Hotels · Dan Fogelberg

 

[Hov34]

Round 16:

70s on 7 channel

Strange Way -- Firefall

Yacht rock at its best. 

Had 1 of 2 other songs by the same group. 

 

[Eephus]

Yacht Rock

17.05 Heart Hotels · Dan Fogelberg

With two of his songs taken already, we're on track for the Fogelbergest draft ever.

 

[Yo Mama]

17.8 or 12 - George Benson - Give Me the Night (Yacht Rock)

An absolutely luscious recording.

Love this!

 

[Yo Mama]

For my next pick I’m taking 4 yacht rock songs. Went down the funnest rabbit hole today (that’s what yo mama said). 

 

[Eephus]

I had no clue about this singer and song until I hit play and realized I have heard it dozens of times

That seems to be the case with a lot of Yacht Rock records.  The artists are relatively anonymous (although Benson was a well-known Jazz player before he crossed over) but the songs have gotten a lot of airplay over the years.

 

[rockaction]

Round 18.xx

Category: Turbo

Song: Motivational

Artist: Toadies

 

[zamboni]

Sorry - have been delinquent here the past few days due to being slammed at work. Have to catch up a bunch and will try to do so tomorrow.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 18:

Yacht Rock channel

How Much I Feel -- Ambrosia

This extremely smooth and well-crafted ballad is perhaps the most extreme example of singer/songwriter/guitarist David Pack's recurring theme of obsession with past lovers.

How's your life been goin' on?
I've got a wife now
Years we've been going strong
Oh, no
There's just something that I've got to say
Sometimes when we make love
I still see your face
&

Damn.

 

[simey]

Mellow yellow tune that breaks into a cool mandolin and guitar solo. This is one of my favorite Rod tunes during his mid to late 70s stage.

Round 18

I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart  (Yacht Rock)

 

[Yo Mama]

MORE YACHT ROCK!!!

18.YM - Steal Away - Robbie Dupree

Yes, this has been widely panned as a blatant rip-off of my first Yacht Rock selection, but dangit, if you’re going to take a swing, aim high. Why not copy the greatest known song to man.

I always loved this jam. 
 

 

[Yo Mama]

And please roll the blessed Yacht Rock number again soon, mighty palooza dice!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

And please roll the blessed Yacht Rock number again soon, mighty palooza dice!

The nice thing is that many yacht rock songs also qualify for 70s on 7.

 

[Hov34]

Rd 17 - Yacht - Michael McDonald - I keep forgettin'

Regulate!

Funny, this was the next song that popped up on Spotify after I listened to What a Fool Believes this morning. 

https://youtu.be/hnahCol3lXs?t=20

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 18:

Yacht Rock channel

How Much I Feel -- Ambrosia

This extremely smooth and well-crafted ballad is perhaps the most extreme example of singer/songwriter/guitarist David Pack's recurring theme of obsession with past lovers.

How's your life been goin' on?
I've got a wife now
Years we've been going strong
Oh, no
There's just something that I've got to say
Sometimes when we make love
I still see your face
&

Damn.

Footnote: Pack doesn’t tour with the reunited Ambrosia because he’s all about Jesus now. Make of that what you will.

 

[Eephus]

Footnote: Pack doesn’t tour with the reunited Ambrosia because he’s all about Jesus now. Make of that what you will.

Food of the gods

 

[Eephus]

Mellow yellow tune that breaks into a cool mandolin and guitar solo. This is one of my favorite Rod tunes during his mid to late 70s stage.

Round 18

I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart  (Yacht Rock)

This is another one where I thought I didn't know the song until I listened to the introduction.

 

[Yo Mama]

https://youtu.be/hnahCol3lXs?t=20

Oh. My. God!

Thats amazing!

 

[simey]

This is another one where I thought I didn't know the song until I listened to the introduction.

I never hear it on the radio. I occasionally hear the other two popular songs from the same album.

 

[Eephus]

I appreciate the Pop craftsmanship that created these Yacht Rock classics but a radio station dedicated to them is like eating a whole bag of Halloween candy in one sitting.

 

[simey]

I appreciate the Pop craftsmanship that created these Yacht Rock classics but a radio station dedicated to them is like eating a whole bag of Halloween candy in one sitting.

So you're saying it's like a great sugar high?

 

[Hov34]

I appreciate the Pop craftsmanship that created these Yacht Rock classics but a radio station dedicated to them is like eating a whole bag of Halloween candy in one sitting.

Wait, is that wrong?

 

[Raging weasel]

I appreciate the Pop craftsmanship that created these Yacht Rock classics but a radio station dedicated to them is like eating a whole bag of Halloween candy in one sitting.

They do only have it up for the summer, it rotates with a couple other temp stations

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I appreciate the Pop craftsmanship that created these Yacht Rock classics but a radio station dedicated to them is like eating a whole bag of Halloween candy in one sitting.

If you get really stoned, both are surprisingly easy.

 

[Hov34]

Oh. My. God!

Thats amazing!

Warren, you lucky mother ####er.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 18 

Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet (Yacht Rock)

I think this qualifies but I don't have a great grasp on Yacht Rock.

 

[Eephus]

Round 18 

Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet (Yacht Rock)

I think this qualifies but I don't have a great grasp on Yacht Rock.

You'll need another when the Margaritaville channel gets rolled.

 

[Eephus]

18.8 or 12 - Killing Joke - Asteroid (Turbo)

I doubt this would make Sirius' playlist but it fits the format.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

You'll need another when the Margaritaville channel gets rolled.

Maybe I’ll go outside of the Buffet catalogue for that one. I’m not thinking far enough ahead of the dice. That’s why I usually finish last in these drafts.

 

[Eephus]

Maybe I’ll go outside of the Buffet catalogue for that one. I’m not thinking far enough ahead of the dice. That’s why I usually finish last in these drafts.

I don't even have a bluff for that category 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I think this qualifies but I don't have a great grasp on Yacht Rock.

There is no strict definition of yacht rock, but I would never argue against including anything by Buffet. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I wonder how if at all we will differentiate these two.

I will be happy to create and maintain the playlists for both. 

So far:

Yacht Rock - 9

The Bridge - 4

 

[Pitchfork]

I don't want to draft this song, though it qualifies for Octane. But I saw a discussion the other day saying if it was a Def Leppard song in the 80s, a Kenny Chesney country song, or a Foo Fighters single, we would look at it and respect it as a great single, well written, radio beauty. With that in mind, take a listen and report back your feelings without giving away the song to others (or don't, I'm not your dad). 

https://youtu.be/T3rXdeOvhNE

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I don't want to draft this song, though it qualifies for Octane. But I saw a discussion the other day saying if it was a Def Leppard song in the 80s, a Kenny Chesney country song, or a Foo Fighters single, we would look at it and respect it as a great single, well written, radio beauty. With that in mind, take a listen and report back your feelings without giving away the song to others (or don't, I'm not your dad). 

https://youtu.be/T3rXdeOvhNE

My wife loves this song.

My main issue with it is the dude is singing like he's on the crapper with constipation. I don't think that would have been the case with Joe Elliott, Kenny Chesney or Dave Grohl.