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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:23 am Posts: 3641 Location: The In Between
I was born in 77 and grew up in a house where the radio was always on. As much as I love “Dam That River” and “Slaves and Bulldozers,” this has become my genre of choice over the past couple years.
The yacht rock station on iheart radio is on daily in my house during dinner prep, dinner, and the washing up. Today I put on “Lost 80s” at the recommendation of a friend. While we were cleaning up, my 14-year-old asked, “Trying a new station?” I said, “Yeah, why? Do you miss yacht rock?” He said he did. I asked, “Really?” and he replied, “Come Monday, this better be back to yacht rock.”
I expect this thread to die quickly, but if there are fellow fans, I’ll start with this: “Margaritaville” is the quintessential yacht rock anthem, but “Come Monday” is gorgeous and should be Buffet’s best known song.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm Posts: 24076 Location: almost in canada
come Monday is a great song..I saw Jimmy live in Denver way back in the day but I'm nowhere near being a parrot head..give me all that stuff though from the 70s..America, supertramp, etc..bring it on
Found this now: The term yacht rock was coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, who connected the music with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of boating. It is considered a pejorative term. Prominent artists that have been labeled "yacht rock" include Christopher Cross, the Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Rupert Holmes, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Toto, and Supertramp.
I saw Toto once. They were playing downtown Oslo in a free concert. I didn't even know they were going to play, I just walked by. But they did have quite a bit of chart success here way back.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:23 am Posts: 3641 Location: The In Between
I’d like to share some of my favorites, and I’m going to start with the most troublesome one. You have to get past the first lyric because it’s a huge bummer, but the chorus is absolutely stunning. The video would be admissible evidence in court.
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