what is the greates yacht rock song of all-time???

-- novamax (john.loma...), July 4th, 2006.

Thats HOW MUCH I FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL! (FEEL for you baaaaybeh)

Must go listen to that now.

But many consider Paul McCartny as the father of yacht rock. Afterall Pmac's 'with a little luck' was actually recorded aboard the motor yacht 'Fair Carol' just off the Virgin Islands...

http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=152

Chicago - Colour My World
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
Brewer and Shipley - One Toke Over the Line
Elton John - Daniel
Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
Jim Croce - Time In a Bottle
Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Chicago - Just You 'N' Me
Jim Croce - I'll Have to Say I Love You
Chicago - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
Chicago - Call on Me
Chicago - Wishing You Were Here
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Sammy Johns - Chevy Van
Boz Scaggs - Low Down
Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Paul Davis - I Go Crazy
Al Stewart - Time Passages
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
Kenny Loggins - Whenever I Call You Friend
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Player - Baby Come Back
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
Herb Alpert - Rise
Quincy Jones & James Ingram - One Hundred Ways
Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together
Paul Davis - Cool Night
Al Jarreau - Mornin'

Some of these probably don't qualify as yacht rock/pop properly but they seem to fit at least obliquely:

Chris Rhea, "Fool if You Think It's Over"
Steve Forbert, "Romeo's Theme"
Orleans, "Still the One," "Love Takes Time"
Firefall, "You Are the Woman," "Just Remember I Love You"
Jay Fergusen, "Thunder Island"
Gary Wright, "Our Love is Alive"
Starbuck, "Moonlight Feels Right"
Elvin Bishop, "Fooled Around and Fell in Love"
David Gates, "Took the Last Train (to St. Tropez)"
Randy Meisner, "Hearts on Fire"
Frankie and the Knockouts, "Sweetheart"
Dave Edmunds, "Slippin' Away"
King Harvest, "Dancin' in the Moonlight"
J.D. Souther, "You're Only Lonely"
Michael Johnson, "Bluer than Blue," "This Night Won't Last Forever"
Rocky Burnett, "Tired of Toein' the Line"
Some Mike Post t.v. theme music
Dennis DeYoung, "Desert Moon"
Steely Dan, "FM" or "Peg" "No static at all" = yachtitude in a nutshell.

And when the sun goes down I bet this is what yacht rockers spin to get their boogie on:

Patrick Hernandez, "Born to Be Alive"
David Naughton, "Makin It"

how about "I Can't Tell You Why", by the Eagles?

"Baby Ima Want You"
"Make It With You"
"If"
"Everything I Own"

Isn't this one almost like meta yacht-rock though?

There isn't one. This kind of soft rock really faded out in the mid-80s. I blame overcompression and that big, booming drum sound.

I would buy an AM Gold box set in a heartbeat. I.M., wanna tackle this one? :)

Lest we forget: "Sharin' The Night Together" by Dr. Hook. A fascinating, if mortifying, portrait of '70s courting rituals. Or: jerk tries to be sensitive but just comes off smarmy ("Do you wanna dance with me and hold me? You know I wanna be holdin' you. Ah yeah. All right. I'd like to get to know you better; is there a place where we can go?")

more dissing: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/this_post_conce.html

I think "Promises" is Eric Clapton's contribution to yatch rock, like "Miss You" was the Stones' turn at disco.

Toby Beau, "My Angel Baby"
Steven Bishop, "On and On"
Exile, "Kiss You All Over"
Robert John, "Sad Eyes"
Poco, "Crazy Love," "In the Heart of the Night"
Andrew Gold, "Thank You for Being a Friend," "Lonely Boy"
Nigel Olsen, "A Little Bit of Soap" - it has that "What a Fool Believes" rhythm to it. Also, "Dancin' Shoes"
Rex Smith, "You Take My Breath Away"
Nicolette Larson, "Lotta Love"
Kenny Nolan, "I like Dreamin'"
Randy VanWarmer, "Just When I Needed You Most"
Dr. Hook also had "Sexy Eyes" and "Better Love Next Time"
Paul Davis, "65 Love Affair"

I get a little iffy around the perimeter. Some of these seem too straight-up mellow gold to have that cocaine undercurrent to them, or are a bit too poppy like Paul Nicholas' "Heaven on the 7th Floor" or Alan O'Day's "Undercover Angel."

also
leo sayer, 'you make me feel like dancing'

Also, the awesomeness that is Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch" has been woefully overlooked on this thread. It's the sensitive 70's guy version of "I might like you better if we slept together" as far as I can tell, in the most roundabout self-serving way possible, like mike a pointed out upthread.

Christopher Cross - Sailing
The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
Kenny Loggins - This Is It
Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind
Steely Dan - Peg
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
Toto - Rosanna
Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Player - Baby Come Back
Toto - Africa
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Journey - Who's Crying Now
Joey Scarbury - Believe It or Not

(75:12, not chronological, haven't really thought about the proper playing order yet. obviously influenced by the show, but also by my own faves)

Maybe not yacht, but drunken, rich, rhode island summer home-owning, beach bonfire song.

i know i've always thought yacht rock is a lame term, but this video is amazing.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/100310/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-christopher-cross---ride-like-the-wind

I heard "You're the Biggest Part of Me" by Ambrosia at a Steak and Shake that was playing seventies music.

Yacht Rock is my favorite genre of music ever! Here is my playlist:

Frank Stallone-"Moody Girl"
Ambrosia-"You're the Only Woman"
Frankie Bleu-"Take Your Time"
England Dan and John Ford Coley-"Love is the Answer"
Frankie and the Knockouts-"Sweetheart"
Paul Davis-"Cool Night"
Michael Sembello-"First Time"
Bill Labounty-"Slow Fade"
Al Jarreau-"I Will Be Here for You"
Christopher Cross-"The Light is On"
Pages-"You Need a Hero"
Kenny Loggins-"Heart to Heart"
Lauren Wood and Robbie Dupree-"Work on It"
Paul Anka-"Walk a Fine Line"
Walter Egan-"Magnet and Steel"
Bugatti and Musker-"Mystery Girl"
Doobie Brothers-"Real Love"
Exile-"Kiss You All Over"
Climax Blues Band-"Couldn't Get it Right"

As to the previous post on any new yacht rock in 2010, I highly recommend the self-titled album/ band "State Cows":

http://www.statecows.com/

Another recommendation is the band Nightshift:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7k_gOIrn_c

hi johnrodrigu

Hi Johnrodrigu. Actually, there is no such thing as "Yacht Rock". "Yacht Rock" is a Youtube underground comedy series, originally made to make fun of the kind of music you like.

However, if you are a fan of soft rock, you are welcome. There are way too few of you guys. :)

It doesn't make fun,you humourless robot. It's an affectionate tribute.

I can't think of many white musicians who are as influential on the black music of today.

Judging from acts often namechecked by big black names: Phil Collins and Coldplay.

"Yacht Rock" is definitely different from "soft rock". When I think of "soft rock" I think of the bland music that is blared all over the soft rock stations like Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, Michael Buble and the like. Another name for "Yacht Rock" is "Westcoast". There is a website called http://www.bluedesert.dk which is completely dedicated to this special genre of music. This website is both humorous and knowledgeable as you can really find some gems from the era to listen to.

What would you consider to be the ultimate yacht rock album? :)

Currently grooving on "Love Will Find a Way"....I had no idea Pablo Cruise were any good! You could be ostracized for liking them back in the day. The singer is pretty good! Also "Rich Girl", always hated this song!

yeah, pablo cruise's singles are okay. boz scaggs, too! (e.g., love, look what you've done to me, which i think of as a yahct rock song).

btw, answer to this thread is walter egan's magnet and steel.

I went out of my way to get Magnet and Steel only to find a terrible re-recording!! Great song!

does chevy van count as a yacht rock song? if so, might be that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bddd_xfZLYA

"Magnet and Steel" is definitely my pick as well for one of the best examples of yacht rock. I would also nominate "Sad Eyes" by Robert John.

I watched Christopher Cross perform Sailing on the Midnight Special a couple nights ago and

1) he played one of those guitars that was like, a double guitar
2) he was wearing a football jersey
3) he looked like a balder version of Jack Black. with a chinstrap beard

kind of disturbing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVubxEQHisQ

He looks like a less bald version of Frank Black to me.

Funny thing about all of this music paired together is that in my hometown back in the early to mid-80s there used to be an FM station that did this robotic playlist called "SOLID GOLD" that had no DJs at all and it pretty much played all of this stuff non-stop. You would have to mix in some Grover Washington Jr. "Just the Two of Us" and some Al Jarreau hits to this stuff, but it was pretty much all Yacht Rock all the time.

a lot of towns had stations like that (incl. mine)

Yes, "Heart to Heart" by Kenny Loggins is a great song, even though its not his most popular. But L.A. soft-rock/pop at its best.

poor Christopher Cross, the radio star killed by video

'Babylon Sisters' for #1 Yacht-Rachk imo

or my theme song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennMD1fPtXA

which is more Yacht-Disco but whatevs

I'm partial to the yacht rock with the 'undercurrent' as mentioned previously--the songs with a darker sound i.e. Chris Rea "Fool(If you think it's over)",Jefferson Starship "Runaway", Eagles "Those Shoes", etc.

Summer breeze by seals and croft

My favorite contemporary soft rock pastiche is "You Can Feel It" by Young Gun Silver Fox

Greg Phillinganes on some good yacht funk w/ Lazy Nina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMelsJukC0

Koko’s nodding his head along to this one

fresh

Wings' London Town isn't considered "yacht rock" but I just found out a lot of it was actually recorded on a yacht.

‘Sailing’ Was Supposed to Save Christopher Cross. It Drowned Him Instead