YACHT ROCK..... The Movie!!!
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baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Yes you do!!! I've been listening to Thundercat ever since I heard him on NPR (of all places
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jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
I survived the Yacht Rock movie. 
Most of it is just not my thing. I was into everything else happening at that same time.
Don't get me wrong. I respect the musicianship. I think Michael McDonald has a beautiful voice. With the exception of Steely Dan, I'd rather listen to my Dad's Big Band, jazz music.
I've listened to everything from 40's to Funk, Punk and old school Metal. But, I can't get into soft Yacht Rock. Oh well.
Most of it is just not my thing. I was into everything else happening at that same time.Don't get me wrong. I respect the musicianship. I think Michael McDonald has a beautiful voice. With the exception of Steely Dan, I'd rather listen to my Dad's Big Band, jazz music.
I've listened to everything from 40's to Funk, Punk and old school Metal. But, I can't get into soft Yacht Rock. Oh well.
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
Hey guy, it's cool. Nobody here is going to judge you. You might not want to go Sailing with Chris and Mike though.I survived the Yacht Rock movie.
Don't get me wrong. I respect the musicianship. I think Michael McDonald has a beautiful voice. With the exception of Steely Dan, I'd rather listen to my Dad's Big Band, jazz music.
I've listened to everything from 40's to Funk, Punk and old school Metal. But, I can't get into soft Yacht Rock. Oh well.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Christopher Cross can burn up the fretboard. But, I want to drown myself the minute the song “Sailing” begins. Make it stop!
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
How do you feel about his other wind inspired hit?
They really missed the boat not calling this 'Yacht Rock Doc' right? It's fun to say.
jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
I don't like any of Christopher Cross's music.
I can thank Michael Jackson's album "Thriller." That kid diddler saved us all from the Yacht Rock radio assault. It's ironic the way Steve Lukather participated, playing on the album that killed the genre which he was most prolific playing and recording within during his career.
I can't distance myself too far here since I like Steely Dan. I'm a complicit fan in the genre I mostly disdain.
Let Yacht Rock Rot!
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
Saxon does a great Ride Like the Wind cover. I've seen them quite a few times over the years.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Wait a yacht-damned minute..... maybe this is a Mandela type thing...
... but on the Yacht Rock movie they say the term was coined in 2005 from the comedy skits online...
... but I fuckin SWEAR we referred to Christopher Cross and Jimmy Buffet as "Yacht Rock" WAAAY before that. That's why the skit made sense, because we were already using the term.
I would say that video series brought the term to the mainstream.... anyone else remember reality this way?
I say we dig back to the Wein Archives and look for the term.
... but on the Yacht Rock movie they say the term was coined in 2005 from the comedy skits online...
... but I fuckin SWEAR we referred to Christopher Cross and Jimmy Buffet as "Yacht Rock" WAAAY before that. That's why the skit made sense, because we were already using the term.
I would say that video series brought the term to the mainstream.... anyone else remember reality this way?
I say we dig back to the Wein Archives and look for the term.
micwalt
Too Controversial To Have An Athleisure Line
But they didn't refer to it as yacht rock in the sketch, did they?
I always heard it called things like "easy listening" and "soft rock" until the video series came out.
For me, it was the soundtrack to my childhood in the '70s - early '80s, listening to KNBR 68 out of SF in the back of my mom's Volvo station wagon.
shoeless
Riffin'
Nah, it was a bit about Michael McDonald. For a time in the 80s, he seemed to be popping up everywhere. Let's see if this link works.
Edit: Nope, looks like you gotta watch it in YouTube.