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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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To: DoodleBob

I love my Yacht Rock Radio on Sirrius XM.


61 posted on 04/03/2021 1:05:12 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: SamAdams76

You would be ridiculed so bad you would just leave. rofl


62 posted on 04/04/2021 4:18:52 AM PDT by sheana
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