Old punk is fun because you get to hear the songs for the very first time in some cases. On the complete other side, soft rock is fun because every song is just a giant 'OH, YEAH, THIS THING!" waiting to happen. There's a few songs on this list that I don't recognize, but Lord knows that I've probably heard those songs a couple hundred times without knowing it.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
(I also kinda think "Couldn't Get It Right" is a little too uptempo for this list though)
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
rebel!
― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/reallysmoothmusichttp://www.myspace.com/talconline
http://low-bee.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2293 (hollertronix is even doing it?!)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/djdeluxxx/Soft_Explosion.jpg
all links stolen from asilentflute
― jäxøñ (jaxon), Thursday, 11 May 2006 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 28 April 2007 07:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tinky-Winky, Saturday, 28 April 2007 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 April 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Arthur, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Arthur, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
I watched a looooong infomercial for soft rock CD set last week. It had Air Supply sitting in sofas and talking about the hits. I've had Into The Night in my head ever since. Soft rock!
― admrl, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard about that, haven't seen it. yay this thread! i got ignored bringing this stuff up on the country rock thread. like BIG difference huh who knew. Nicolette Larson's "Lotta Love" sent me on a tear with this stuff a few months ago, I'm starting to match names to songs, having last heard most of these in my mom's car growing up. Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year? doesn't add anything to the thread but I ate it up.
― tremendoid, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i meant last month
I saw it. Rupert Holmes lip-synching to "Escape" was too much.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
lolll I saw that thing too. it started out awesome but was we kept watching and watching, my wife and I were like "wait a minute, that's not soft rock, that's just a shitty song." there seemed to be a lack of focus.
― dmr, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
have i ever told you guys how much i hate the term Yacht Rock and all it's ironic bandwagon jumpers?
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
the only difference is yacht rock is a stupid name
-- jaxon, Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:00 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link
yes
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
jaxon: approve/disapprove?
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/Timdogg3/staysmooth_V.jpg
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Sentimental Lady, Bob Welch (or the Fleetwood Mac version)
― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year
Please, the word is "softsational."
― jaymc, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Deej, the thing is I would probably go to that if I wasn't going to a house party tonight. Then again, it's sort of on the way home.
― jaymc, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the flyer would be better w/out the part calling people 'smooths'
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i also fear the number of my-name-is-earl ironic mustaches.
that said i'm totally going
If 10cc count as soft rock, then search 10cc in general.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
that flyer looks fine except for the attire part.
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
a lot of nü balearic beardo dance acts are addopting this schtick too. and even though i like the music, it is a bit silly
see bay area dreamchimney duders: hatchback, windsurf, etc
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i think those yacht rock skits are funny but yeah, cut it out. deej overdosed on my ambrosia the other night fyi.
― tremendoid, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
hah i didnt even notice the attire
overdosed on my ambrosia
o_O
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
man that night sucked! fuck schubas
― deej, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. just wow. Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
haha...well, it helps to understand that Exile came from a country music background...(which might explain the singer's boots)...funny thing, back when that video came out I had NO idea I would one day be laughing hysterically at it...it just didn't seem so out of place back then...
― henry s, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
he looks like he should be in spinal tap. great song though
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ha! a friend of mine made a comp called "Couples' Skate" filled with lots of the stuff mentioned above. I'm going to need to get a copy asap.
― will, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Funny my dad used to bump that Exile song and even had me put it on a mix cd for him last year. I love the production and the wobbly bassline. Great stuff. I would kill to hear this in a dive bar.
― oscar, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.jasonhare.com
He's the king of '70s soft rock - he understands its ridiculousness, but openly loves it despite himself. (And avoids the kitschy fashion trappings, which is a quadruple plus.)
― mike a, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
more ridiculously great random 70s tunes...
Sanford Townsend Band: Smoke From a Distant FireThe Four Seasons: December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)The Manhattans: Kiss and Say GoodbyeThe Spinners: Could It Be I'm Falling In LoveGlen Campbell: Southern Nights
― that's not my post, Friday, 19 December 2008 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 20 June 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
rock on, soft rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYyEaQnT60&NR=1&feature=fvwp
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 20 June 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like you have mental problems, man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxQsaQ9FtQ
yeah, sounds like you have mental problems. man.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 20 June 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
balaeric is a nice update, but lacks a certain gravitas without the skeezy vocals.
i'd like some real "nu soft-rock," and that bon-iver related stuff isn't it.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Promises - baby its you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekK5d7AI9hA
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
Real Nu Soft Rock?Does this count?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0li04zmCPM
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
these songs, looped forever.
steve folbert -- romeo's tunepaul davis -- cool nightchris rea -- fool if you think it's overgino vannelli -- living inside myself
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 13 January 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
Chris Rea really gets a great wurly sound out of that grand piano!
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Monday, 13 January 2014 05:49 (ten years ago) link
Haha, saw this thread last night and bookmarked Daniel's four-song post to listen to at work.
Get to work and Paul Davis' link is already grayed out because apparently I too have gone that route myself.
― pplains, Monday, 13 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
so that one song isn't really called "Boo If You Think It's Over", gotcha.
Kinda weird to catch up to some of these songs for the first time since I was six.
― pplains, Monday, 13 January 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
a few more
seals & crofts -- diamond girlrupert holmes -- himrobbie dupree -- steal awayrobert john -- sad eyesrandy vanwarmer -- just when i needed you mostmary mcgregor -- torn between two loversdr. hook -- sexy eyescliff richard -- we don't talk anymore
some of these are obvious. what i really crave are a few great songs of this era and genre that weren't released as singles. i want nu-soft rock, with that skeevy 70s vibe.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
sick links bro
― flopson, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link