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Cruise Control: How Yacht Rock Sailed Back into Fashion
The Guardian ^ | April 20, 2016 | Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

Posted on 04/02/2021 4:29:40 PM PDT by SamAdams76

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s I worked in the music industry, doing marketing for record labels including Sony, Universal and Interscope Geffen A&M. My love for all things smooth, granted as a birthright to all born within the Santa Cruz county lines, never waned. I was often teased for being an aficionado of the soft-rock genre by colleagues at the office and bands I toured with. It was completely uncool to admit to being a fan of glossily produced songs in the era of indie rock, grunge and riot grrrls.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 70snostalgia; atimethatneverwas; marketing; yachtrock
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1 posted on 04/02/2021 4:29:40 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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Robbie Dupree: Steal Away
2 posted on 04/02/2021 4:31:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Guilty pleasure. You can stream it 24/7 on the XM app.


3 posted on 04/02/2021 4:32:24 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Yacht Rock is not a genre. It didn't exist at the time this music was made, and there are no agreed upon boundaries.

It's an ex post facto category.

4 posted on 04/02/2021 4:32:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Why did they take it off the satellite channel. That one was pretty good.


5 posted on 04/02/2021 4:33:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Hell is yacht rock on endless loop....<p

No passion, no edge, no dynamic range, no appeal to heart or head. Just...lukewarm Tab soda.


6 posted on 04/02/2021 4:43:45 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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I like that Doobie brothers Michael McDonald song “What a fool believes” especially the lyrics..

“Adda tye mah lon for battdoh
whedda beyan do soly entyag
beejadd foh og poh...etc etc..

wadda fooo beleeeee....eeee a yeeee

da why man have a powah”


7 posted on 04/02/2021 4:44:08 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: SamAdams76

So, what are we talking here... Duran Duran, Beastie Boys, Brian Ferry and Roxy Music, Jimmy Buffet?


8 posted on 04/02/2021 4:44:48 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (President Asterisk is an ass to risk the economy and rights of all Americans.)
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Steely Dan is my favorite Yacht Rock artist.

Babylon Sisters

9 posted on 04/02/2021 4:45:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’m sure you love his other hit “Ya Mo Be There” too.


10 posted on 04/02/2021 4:45:57 PM PDT by Cecily
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They still have the Yacht Rock channel on satellite, but you have to go pretty far up the dial to get it.

It's Channel 311.

11 posted on 04/02/2021 4:47:23 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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I preferred symphonic rock, best represented by Yes.


12 posted on 04/02/2021 4:48:09 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Irish lives matter!)
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These tunes might qualify as Yacht Rock

The Ship of Love--The Nutmegs

Louie, Louie--Richard Berry & the Pharaohs

Island of Love--The Sheppards

13 posted on 04/02/2021 4:48:20 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Dude I just spat out a good sip of Spotted Cow beer laughing at that. That was freaking hilarious.


14 posted on 04/02/2021 4:48:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Hell is yacht rock on endless loop

Throw in a cooler of White Claws and it's as close to heaven as I'll get this coming summer.

15 posted on 04/02/2021 4:49:55 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I like that Doobie brothers Michael McDonald song “What a fool believes” especially the lyrics..
“Adda tye mah lon for battdoh
whedda beyan do soly entyag
beejadd foh og poh...etc etc..
wadda fooo beleeeee....eeee a yeeee
da why man have a powah” “

And all these years I thought it was my bad hearing that made it sound like that. Thanks for clearing that up made my day.


16 posted on 04/02/2021 4:50:06 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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Yes, I confess I was a huge Little River Band fan back in the day.


17 posted on 04/02/2021 4:51:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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18 posted on 04/02/2021 4:52:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Prince of Space

That and prog rock both need their own satellite channels.


19 posted on 04/02/2021 4:57:10 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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The sounds of Mr. Starbuck (”Moonlight Feels Right”) himself, Bruce Blackman:

Is That Your Yacht album https://bruceblackman.hearnow.com/is-that-your-yacht


20 posted on 04/02/2021 5:00:32 PM PDT by Cedar
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