Tell me about some of your fave ‘Yacht Rock’ songs or bands
 

Been digging on some Yacht Rock lately. Was a little to young to appreciate it back in the day. What are some of your faves?

Stuff like:

Michael McDonald.
Christopher Cross.
Steely Dan.
Loggins & Messina.
The Doobie Brothers.
Kenny Loggins.
Hall & Oates.
Toto.

Etc.....

There’s a ****ing media center for this.

Gotta love some Stevie Winwood. I love yacht rock. Don't know why. Probably because my dad always jammed to it in the car when I was a kid.

Deberg thread. Enter at your own risk.

WTF is this garbage shit.

Thought you were gonna say he jammed to it on his yacht

Air Supply. They are ridiculously big in Jamaica which I always thought was strange. They’re about as cheezy as it gets.

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Oh good one. I need to load them up in my playlist

I’m a huge Eric Carmen fan.

Amidst all my prog and hard rock, my guilty pleasure is 70s soft rock

Carpenters
Firefall
Ambrosia (although they could get proggy at times)
Bread
America
Paul Davis
England Dan and John Ford Coley

That's a good one, i forgot about them.

Here's a couple more ive heard from recently on XM....

10CC
Pablo Cruise

Best DeBerg Thread Ever!!!

10CC was especially good

Here's one of my favorite one-hit wonders:

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Another one: Orleans

Love me some Hall & Oates. Also love that Daryl's House show as well.

So, apparently "Yacht Rock" is now a catch-all term for late-70s, early-80s soft rock? I just brought up a yacht rock playlist on Spotify to see what it was and there is everything from Earth, Wind and Fire to TOTO to Styx to Tears For Fears on it. :shrug:

Pandora tears for fears radio

Honestly I love every band/singer you guys have mentioned. I also love all 80’s music. Born in ‘76 so weird era to grow up in musically.

I'm a big Tears for Fears fan. "Songs From the Big Chair" is one of the best albums of the 80s.

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I have to admit I didn't know what the hell Yacht Rock was and had to look it up. It's a pretty wide range of music.

Steely Dan is a must anytime on the water.

I've found Dire Straights is a good one not on your list.

Telegraph road

Loverboy and Journey yacht rock or no?

I can’t believe Bob Welch is gone.

Yacht rock cruise!!

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No, they're power pop. I didn't know what Yacht Rock was until XM Radio added a Yacht Rock channel I think twice this year. Unfortunately they only do it for six weeks at a time and then it goes to a Billy Joel channel or something else. I really enjoyed when they did that. I also like the 80's channel and they have Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Nita Blackwood as a DJ.

One band that we know for ballads and power pop is Ambrosia, hits like How Much I feel, Biggest Part of Me, You're the Only Woman, etc. However I saw them in 1980 when I was visiting some relative in Denver and they played at a theater that had been converted to a concert venue called The Rainbow, it was fantastic. Anyway, I was really impressed that Ambrosia could rock. They played the song "Life Beyond LA" for like 10 minutes and it was great. If Ambrosia comes around you, however don't go, the original singer guitarist David Pack is a solo act and the bass player for whatever reason owns the name.

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Oh man, I loved that band (8-tracks!) and kind of forgot about 'em. Might have to take another look now.

Little River Band

I believe Firefall "Strange Way" is one great song, really typifies the 70's.

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What I hate is some no talent comes along and picks a hit from 20 years ago and re-records the song and it becomes something great for them. Celine Dion is one of those who just records other singers songs and then gets the credit. I know she had a hit in the 90's with The Power of Love. I remember watching Johnny Carson about 1983 and this black girl from England came out and did that song, which I had never heard before, and I went out and bought the album the next day. Here she is from 1985.

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Blowing in the wind?

My favorite song of theirs when on the water

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I was on a yacht in Mexico two years ago and they kept playing this song. Don't know why it cracked my wife and me up.
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Yacht. Shitty blue 1985 Chevrolet Celebrity with Merit Ultra Light ashes covering the dash. Same difference really.

I like the way it sounds nice, but it's a vicious kiss-off. My favorite, though, is probably Mexico, from the first album:

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I was 14 in '76 and musically wouldn't change it for any other period,it was like a big bang of rock took place early in the decade and all these sub genres were created...

New Wave,Punk,Electronic,Alternative,Rap etc.

Steely Dan was a must when I used to get stoned too.

Oh and btw it's Straits ;)

A favorite one hit wonder

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Such a great groove and voice.

Has no one said the Doobie Brothers?

Gerry Rafferty ?

Great call,his entire City to City album is water worthy.

Seals and Crofts

One of my favs

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Lionel Richie take him or leave him has to be in this

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I only recently found out that Gerry Rafferty came out of Stealers Wheel. Had no idea, even though I really liked Rafferty back in the day.

By the way, ELO has to be considered Yacht Rock, right?

Listened to some Ambrosia on Amazon. Good call!

Gotta have Wham- Careless Whisper on this list, right?

Absolutely. Michael McDonald/Doobies and Christopher Cross are at the top of the Yacht Rock mountain.

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Yep,it's actually a decent trivia question.

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Just my .02 but I prefer putting them into the progressive rock genre although some of their songs are definitely fitting.

Holy crap I kinda remember this now.

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Not many true Yacht Rock bands, Steely Dan definitely isn't one.

I always thought of them as a great stoner band,especially in my days when I was getting high.A lot of the songs I'm seeing labeled as yacht rock is what I call 70's AM Gold.

Eagles
Jackson Browne
Jim Croce
Gordon Lightfoot

How have these bands/artists not been mentioned yet?

Billy Ocean is classic shit!....Kenny Loggins too

I don't know what the definition of "yacht rock" is, but whenever I'm out on the sailboat... Steely Dan gets played and is enjoyed.

Is this sailboat rock then?

It’s a radio station on Sirius that plays a lot of these artists mentioned. My wife listens to it all the time, although when I first heard it I figured it must be the Michael McDonald station because it seemed like every third song had him in it.

I’m pretty sure Journey qualifies, if so count me a fan of some yacht rock... already paid for tickets to them with the Pretenders this summer

Lots of good music listed in this thread, lower key mellow stuff is awesome... I used to play ma’s Christopher Cross album to death

Man cannot live by metal alone

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Never heard the term yacht rock before, and Steely Dan is one of my favorite bands of all time.

Never heard the term yacht rock but these were the 2 I thought of. 8 tracks baby!

Does Wooden Ships by CSN count?

This was going to be my input, good call. Baker Street has always been one of my favorites.

What about Gary Wright? Dreamweaver and Love is Alive.

I first heard the term via SiriusXM, it was channel 4, then 70, now it's online only.

James Taylor, perhaps?

Y'all need to listen to The Bridge on SiriusXM

Spaulding get your foot off the boat
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