Guilty pleasure. You can stream it 24/7 on the XM app.
It's an ex post facto category.
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.
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”
So, what are we talking here... Duran Duran, Beastie Boys, Brian Ferry and Roxy Music, Jimmy Buffet?
I preferred symphonic rock, best represented by Yes.
The Ship of Love--The Nutmegs
Louie, Louie--Richard Berry & the Pharaohs
Island of Love--The Sheppards
Yes, I confess I was a huge Little River Band fan back in the day.
The sounds of Mr. Starbuck (”Moonlight Feels Right”) himself, Bruce Blackman:
Is That Your Yacht album https://bruceblackman.hearnow.com/is-that-your-yacht
I’ve called this Fern Bar music, and have since I was about ten — and all because this sort of 70s mellow gold/easy listening stuff was what I thought would have been played in the Regal Beagle on Three’s COmpany.
Brings to mind that 70s swingin’ singles culture with lots of blow dried hair, leisure suits, pina coladas et al.
I was a punker/new waver in my teens (early - mid 80s) and now have a soft spot for this stuff because it transports me back to a more sane/comfortable time.
I miss this era. And actually have the Sirius/XM channel programmed in with my 1st Wave, Industrial/Nu Metal and techno stations.
Yeah, that’s how everyone on my dock looks. 😂😂
Listeners are going back 50+ years for good music because today’s commercial hip pop is so bad.
The SiriusXM Yacht Rock channel has the shortest playlist I have ever heard. It seems like a 6-hour repeat cycle.
Either this is all the music that qualifies, or the program director is very lazy. If they had a deep catalog, it would be a much better channel.
IMHO, the deepest catalog is on Channel 27, “Deep Tracks”, although you never know what is coming up next and some of it is awful, “immediate skip” pseudo-music from the past.
Usually, they move Yacht Rock down to channel 70 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The Buffet channel is a little better with “Buffet-style” music tossed in and some occasional Carribian steel drum songs that add some texture to their otherwise fawning playlist.
If you want the Beach experience, try SiriusXM Channel 701, “Carolina Shag” or listen directly at the source at 949thesurf.com