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Music List Thread Top 10 (your personal faves). All will be listed on the OP with credit given. Pick any subject/genre/era we got you here. (1 Viewer)

Also, doesn't Christopher Cross need to be mentioned here somewhere? Or is that over the line into straight up EZ Listening, and where is that line exactly?

 
Gr00vus said:
Also, doesn't Christopher Cross need to be mentioned here somewhere? Or is that over the line into straight up EZ Listening, and where is that line exactly?
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I don't think there's a true yacht rock definition, so that works fine IMO. Besides, if "Sailing" doesn't fit yacht rock, I'm not sure what does.

 
Gr00vus said:
Also, doesn't Christopher Cross need to be mentioned here somewhere? Or is that over the line into straight up EZ Listening, and where is that line exactly?
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Cross is pretty much yacht rock through and through -- though it's important to remember that "yacht rock" is retrospective label coined in recent years. People weren't calling it that when the music was contemporary.

Nevertheless, it's hard to think of Cross' "Sailing" as anything but a textbook example of the genre as now defined.

Another nice selection pairs Cross with Michael McDonald -- "Ride Like the Wind (Live in 1998)". Man, McDonald's keys sure are faithful to the studio track.

EDIT: Damn -- never really thought of Christopher Cross as a shredder, but he could bring it live.

 
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Gr00vus said:
Also, doesn't Christopher Cross need to be mentioned here somewhere? Or is that over the line into straight up EZ Listening, and where is that line exactly?
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Since yacht rock isn't a term that existed when yacht rock was being made, there isn't a brightly defined line. Back then, some of what is now called yacht rock was called soft rock, some of it was called adult contemporary, some of it was called AOR, etc. For some people, it was just the stuff in the top 40 that wasn't disco. 

I define yacht rock the way Potter Stewart defined pornography: I know it when I see (hear) it. 

 
Doug B said:
EDIT: Damn -- never really thought of Christopher Cross as a shredder, but he could bring it live.
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I had no idea until recently that Cross even played guitar. The advent of MTV killed his career because he wasn't conventionally attractive, so I had only known of him through the radio.

I recently watched the Soundstage performance by America and it was a yacht rock summit. They brought out Cross to sing and play guitar on "Lonely People," the signature song of Dan Peek, who left America in 1977 and passed away recently. 

 
zamboni said:
Pip will probably chastise me for this, but as I believe I mentioned in his Neil thread, I like Nicolette's cover better than Neil's original.
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I concur 100 percent but Nicolette Larson is yacht rock and her cover of this is the best version.... Period 

 
I will reiterate. This is Not a gatekeeping thread. When I do a top 10 I want the discussion that comes with it. 

Yall have posted amazing follow ups to just a simple yacht rock thread and given me a rabbit hole that lasted the entire day. 

I thank you all for the feedback and interaction. Amazing. 

 
AndrewClark said:
Top 10 Yacht Rock Songs: Before the summer really ends...

10. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away

9. Gino Vanneli - I Just Wanna Stop

8. Player - Baby Come Back

7. Chicago - Saturday In The Park

6. Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze

5. Ambrosia - You're The Only Woman

4. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen

3. Little River Band - Reminiscing

2. Bread - Guitar Man

1. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
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Can we take a 30 seconds to appreciate the back up singers on I Just Wanna Stop by Gino Vanelli? As a guitarist and pianist and singer I have always been the back up guy, but I just wanted to point out the way they can pull off a chord on the vocals 

 
Somehow I've never even heard the term Yacht Rock before, so I'm just trying to get a feel for what it really is.   On a scale of 1 (this isn't YR) to 10 (this is the epitome of YR), where would Dr. Hook--"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" rank?

 
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Somehow I've never even heard the term Yacht Rock before, so I'm just trying to get a feel for what it really is.   On a scale of 1 (this isn't YR) to 10 (this is the epitome of YR), where would Dr. Hook--"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" rank?
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Considered this song last night -- by your scale, it's a strong 9. Maybe a little lean toward disco in the rhythm section, but it's all good. Solid tune.

 
kevzilla said:
Since there's no gatekeeping, I would like to include "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers. If I own the yacht, that's on the playlist.
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Zero gatekeeping here. And lovely deserve a spot. I started this thread so we could discuss music not for my objectivity. Please continue to participate 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
The entire Tanglewood 1970 show is amazing -- the whole thing is on Youtube in one big file and it's a must-hear for anyone who likes Chicago. You can also tell what a big deal they were at the time. At the end, the crowd refuses to leave and the promoters bring Terry Kath back out to tell them they have to. 
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I saw Chicago in concert with the Beach Boys at the Hollywood Bowl.   One of the few concerts I have ever been too.  It was in 88 or 89 or 90.  I don't remember anything about it other than I was there. 

ETA:  I looked it up and it was in May of 1989.

 
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Gally said:
I saw Chicago in concert with the Beach Boys at the Hollywood Bowl.   One of the few concerts I have ever been too.  It was in 88 or 89 or 90.  I don't remember anything about it other than I was there. 
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I saw them in 1995 on a bill with Crosby, Stills and Nash. The set was mostly old-school stuff, very heavy on the first two albums, which was great for me. 

 
I saw them 4 years ago. They had to wheel out Brian and sit him in a comatose stare at the piano. It was still awesome (re: the beach Boys) 

 
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10 more Yacht Rock Songs that warrant ranking (no links you can easily find them on the service of your choice)

10. You Can Do Magic by America

9. That Girl Could Sing by Jackson Browne

8. Thunder Island by Jay Ferguson

7. This Is It by Kenny Loggins

6. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight by England Dan and John Ford Coley

5. Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry

4. Easy Lover by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins

3. Never Be the Same by Christopher Cross

2.Stumblin In by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman

1. How Long by Ace 

 
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Ilov80s said:
6. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight by England Dan and John Ford Coley
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One of the most amusing parts of El Camino (the Breaking Bad movie) was finding out that Todd liked the yachtiest of yacht rock, including this song. 

Fun fact: England Dan (real name: Dan Seals) is the brother of Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts. 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
One of the most amusing parts of El Camino (the Breaking Bad movie) was finding out that Todd liked the yachtiest of yacht rock, including this song. 

Fun fact: England Dan (real name: Dan Seals) is the brother of Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts. 
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I'm not talking 'bout moving in
And I don't want to change your life
But there's a warm wind blowing
The stars are out and I'd really love to see you tonight

 
Pip's Invitation said:
What's really amazing here is that Jay Ferguson came from Spirit, which made incredibly textured psychedelic rock. Thunder Island is orders of magnitude different from that. 
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Made his money, bought into a fancy home in Benedict Canyon, went from LSD to coke and straightened up his sound. That's the path of the time. 

 
Rap and crack- not that the rappers actually were doing crack (some sure ofcourse) but it's impact on their communities 

Lean and modern rap, especially the mumble rap scene

 
Pip's Invitation said:
What's really amazing here is that Jay Ferguson came from Spirit, which made incredibly textured psychedelic rock. Thunder Island is orders of magnitude different from that. 
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That’s two ex-Spirit band members named in the same thread on the same day. Make it three with bass player Mark Andes, who played in the aforementioned Firefall.

 
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zamboni said:
That’s two ex-Spirit band members named in the same thread on the same day. Make it three with Mark Andes, who played in the aforementioned Firefall.
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Mark Andes went from Spirit in the '60s to Firefall in the '70s to Heart (the power ballad incarnation) in the '80s. He was a true trendhopper. 

 
FYI, the music threads and drafts here are the least gatekeeper'd, most inclusive and honestly best community threads on this entire forum. They're literally the only reason about a dozen or more people still come here, myself included. 

Unless you mention those ####ers Rush. 

 
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