Yacht Rock

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Said it before and I make no apologies for saying it again... if ever there was a song that NEEDS to be played on the Pyramid it’s Africa.

Everyone's favourite gap year song about an entire continent.

[stuartbert two hats]

I usually enjoy all music documentaries where the subjects speak with passion about a music they love to listen and/or create.  The Yacht Rock documentary was one such programme.  However the vast majority of the music was so unspeakably bad I couldn't finish it.

Ever listened to any Toto music other than Africa or the Dune soundtrack?  It's not pretty listening.

[Hotchilidog]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I usually enjoy all music documentaries where the subjects speak with passion about a music they love to listen and/or create.  The Yacht Rock documentary was one such programme.  However the vast majority of the music was so unspeakably bad I couldn't finish it.

Ever listened to any Toto music other than Africa or the Dune soundtrack?  It's not pretty listening.

Saw Toto in France last year, they were terrific. In Hold the Line and Rosanna they have two other stone cold classics. The rest of the stuff is a mixed bag verging on lounge and jazz, but they are very fine musicians. 

[Losing my hair]

4 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Said it before and I make no apologies for saying it again... if ever there was a song that NEEDS to be played on the Pyramid it’s Africa.

This is where it belongs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46861137

where nobody can hear it.

[Ayrshire Chris]

Music for school discos that has been chosen by the staff.

i know from personal experience! 

[Homer]

Weezer play Africa in their live sets if that helps (and Take on Me). They did at Nos Alive last summer anyway (off their last album). It was good fun.

[Quark]

4 hours ago, Homer said:

Weezer play Africa in their live sets if that helps (and Take on Me). They did at Nos Alive last summer anyway (off their last album). It was good fun.

Toto's response was a live cover of Hash Pipe

Edited January 17, 2020 by Quark

[Gnomicide]

11 hours ago, scrippit said:

Steely Dan is everyone's dirty secret.

I fucking hate the widdly widdly, look upon my jazziness and my suspended chords twats.

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I fucking hate the widdly widdly, look upon my jazziness and my suspended chords twats.

I loathe Steely Dan, despite so many musicians raving about them.  It's dead behind the eyes music.

[Brave Sir Robin]

56 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I fucking hate the widdly widdly, look upon my jazziness and my suspended chords twats.

 

50 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I loathe Steely Dan, despite so many musicians raving about them.  It's dead behind the eyes music.

Beautifully put, both. Likewise, I’ve never been able to get in to remotely get in to them, despite feeling that I should from all the music write-ups. Totally lifeless. Save for ‘Reeling in the Years’ which is a proper tune from before they became entirely sterile.

[angelin]

Is it the same as Guilty Pleasures?

[stuartbert two hats]

8 hours ago, angelin said:

Is it the same as Guilty Pleasures?

Guilty pleasures are usually much more fun.

[Tommy Dickfingers]

12 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

I fucking hate the widdly widdly, look upon my jazziness and my suspended chords twats.

 

11 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I loathe Steely Dan, despite so many musicians raving about them.  It's dead behind the eyes music.

Come on fellas this is an amazing song. 

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

 

Come on fellas this is an amazing song. 

That's not bad actually.   If it's good enough for De La Soul, it's good enough for me.

[henry bear]

2 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

 

Come on fellas this is an amazing song. 

Don’t understand the hate for the Dan on here and yes, Peg is a banger!

The whole yacht rock thing is a bit of a non-event though - retrospectively fitting a new name to a genre that is pretty much dead and didn’t really need one.

[CaledonianGonzo]

20 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Don’t understand the hate for the Dan on here

Just two people at present count. They're great.

[Mouseboy11]

23 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Doesn't one one of the guys who does it post on here?

Think that's Ultimate Power, they might well be the same thing though.

[stuartbert two hats]

32 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Just two people at present count. They're great.

I agree. Gnom and I are great.

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Tommy Dickfingers said:

 

Come on fellas this is an amazing song. 

Too much flange.

[CaledonianGonzo]

52 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Think that's Ultimate Power, they might well be the same thing though.

It is, but I think last year the same guy did both.

At the risk of triggering That Fucking Big Lebowski Gif, this is a yacht rock song that I love to hear

 

[stuartbert two hats]

21 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Too much flange.

You can never have too much flange.

[CaledonianGonzo]

On 1/17/2020 at 9:21 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Queen were also Yacht Rock

 

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[Wooderson]

Hold the Line and Rosanna are fucking belters.

[henry bear]