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

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 "Yacht Rock" is a Youtube underground comedy series, originally made to make fun of the kind of music you like.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.

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.

Aren't those MOR more than soft rock? I would say there needs to be some kind of rock element in soft rock.

One thing that puzzles me about the "Yacht Rock" series is there isn't even a mention of 10cc, Supertramp, ELO or similar bands. To me, those fit in with the rest, only they are much better.

they're British

So was Billy Ocean.

I thought he was from the Caribbean

they're British

Maybe. And surely not Westcoast, although neither are Steely Dan.

xp: born in Trinidad. Raised in Essex.

Steely Dan did a lot of recording in LA

Sure, right about that. A lot of the LA studio mafia are very much present on their late 70s/early 80s albums in particular.

Several indie bands have new albums out that venture into 70s AM gold/yacht rock territory

Iron and Wine-Kiss Each Other Clean
Band of Horses-Infinite Arms
Broken Bells-s/t
She and Him-Volume Two

^ ariel pink

always assumed "how long" by ace was a 10cc song.

I've skimmed through this thread, and I think I understand the concept of Yacht Rock: it's basically drawn from the music that showed up on Ronco compilations, the late-'70s successor to K-Tel. Anyway, re "Magnet and Steel": I linked to this on another thread, but it's brilliant enough for a revisit.

Josh Rouse - Love Vibration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1kZbQyGJ3Q

Not for nothing are the backup vocals credited to "The Sweathogs."

ha, when i saw this thread title i immediately thought of magnet and steel, having been inspired by revisiting boogie nights a few days ago. aside from being a great song on its own, it is stashed so perfectly in the film vibe-wise. also that thing you linked to is one of the funniest pieces of dialogue in the film imo

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is a mix of garage rock and drug induced yacht rock, pretty good stuff.

I've skimmed through this thread, and I think I understand the concept of Yacht Rock: it's basically drawn from the music that showed up on Ronco compilations, the late-'70s successor to K-Tel. Anyway, re "Magnet and Steel": I linked to this on another thread, but it's brilliant enough for a revisit.

― clemenza, Saturday, February 5, 2011 2:42 PM (2 days ago)

the term itself comes from the title of JD Ryznar's internet TV series, but maybe you know that already.

Thanks--didn't know that, no. A friend and I wrote a book on the '70s, and we had a chapter on Ronco Records, which used to compile the late-'70s equivalent of what K-Tel compiled in the early '70s. When I started scrolling through this thread, it seemed like there was a huge amount of overlap between yacht rock and Ronco: Walter Egan, Pablo Cruise, Gerry Rafferty, Exile, Ambrosia, Little River Band, Player, Rupert Holmes, etc., etc.

always assumed "how long" by ace was a 10cc song
Well, the two chords of the intro sound much like the same two as in the intro to 'I'm Not in Love'.

Greatest yacht rock song? 'What a Fool Believes'. End of argument, surely?

I can't believe no one's posted this - The Yachts doing "Yachting Life"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGB9VvOrPgo

"Yachting Type", that is.

these are more also ran's than essential yacht rock classics, but here are some minor gems from the yacht rock canon i didn't see mentioned yet:

america - you can do magic, tin man
steven bishop - on and on
steve winwood - when you see a chance
ace - how long
gerry rafferty - baker street
dr hook - when you're in love with a beautiful woman

and if you were one of the rare yacht rockers down with the r&b charts

the manhattans - shining star

good list there, though i wouldn't call baker street an 'also-ran'