Yacht Rock thread - Take me away to Margaritaville

[Steely Dan]

Over the past couple months I've been listening pretty much exclusively to yacht rock. Yacht rock isn't really a hard set in stone genre like say, black metal is, but it's essentially what you would call soft rock/adult-oriented rock from about 1976-1982. I think the nostalgia and carefree attitude and timelessness of it is what's refreshing to me as a disgusting zoomer, where it seems most media has some sort of political agenda, whereas yacht rock is all about vibin' and chillin'.

Examples of yacht rock:

Other yacht rock artists you can (and should) dig into are Michael Mcdonald, Christopher Cross, Boz Scaggs, Pablo Cruise, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Pages, Chicago, Toto, and many more.

This spotify playlist is also great to put on if you get hooked on the yacht bug of tasty jams and good vibes:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kVRZHsbV6LZEBiqzSzFvq

And to close the thread, here's a series of pretty funny sketches about yacht rock:

Hall and Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Blood Sweat & Tears, and other artists from that time that aren't necesarrily yacht rock but do have plenty of good vibes can also be posted.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

 

[Some JERK]

There's a Yacht-rock cover band here in SoCal named Yächtley Crew.

I highly recommend checking them out if you're into Yacht rock.

 

[Old Wizard]

Definitely my favorites. Yacht rock reminds me of Summer- it's perfect music for chilling on the beach, at the pool, or on a boat.

 

[themasterlurker]

Yacht rock reminds me of Summer

What other season can you use a yacht?

 

[Ronnie Rocket]

@flex_puke

Yacht rock isn't really a hard set in stone genre like say, black metal is, but it's essentially what you would call soft rock/adult-oriented rock from about 1976-1982. I think the nostalgia and carefree attitude and timelessness of it is what's refreshing to me as a disgusting zoomer, where it seems most media has some sort of political agenda, whereas yacht rock is all about vibin' and chillin'.

Spoken like someone who has never had to suffer with nothing but this shit on the radio for years.

 

[RichardMongler]

You've all heard of Yacht Rock, but what about Yacht Metal?

 

[Steely Dan]

@flex_puke

Spoken like someone who has never had to suffer with nothing but this shit on the radio for years.

Yeah I can understand that. But like I said I'm a young retard so to me it's new. If it's not your bag because you had to listen to Seals & Crofts and Loggins & Messina back then I get it but to me this stuff's great.

 

[Ronnie Rocket]

Yeah I can understand that. But like I said I'm a young retard so to me it's new. If it's not your bag because you had to listen to Seals & Crofts and Loggins & Messina back then I get it but to me this stuff's great.

Wham! is another story, friendo.

 

[Un Platano]

@flex_puke

Spoken like someone who has never had to suffer with nothing but this shit on the radio for years.

This is why my favorite Steely Dan album is Countdown to Ecstasy. The only time I hear songs from that album is when I go looking for it, because nothing from that album ever gets played on any radio. There's a lot of great music from that time that's so heavily overplayed that I can't stand to listen to it anymore.

 

[The Shadow]

@flex_puke

Spoken like someone who has never had to suffer with nothing but this shit on the radio for years.

I used to work at a place that played nothing but this shit.

 

[World's Best Dad]

My XM has a channel just for this. Would recommend. Sirius has a free trial on their site that isn't tied to an account, so give it a try.

 

[Steely Dan]

Don't know if any of you are familiar with Thundercat, but he's an excellent bassist/songwriter who has talked about being inspired by Michael Mcdonald and Kenny Loggins. In fact, in this song he even features both of them, and it's a pretty great jam:

 

[CEO of Pickles]

 

[ColtWalker1847]

Since Christopher Cross was already mentioned. Let's go with a guitar instrumental.

 

[StutterBox]

BOW TO THE KING.

Jimmy is kind of a meme but I think he has a lot of great songs and he has a really easy voice to listen to.

 

[Cropsey]

You've all heard of Yacht Rock, but what about Yacht Metal?

I think I’ve listened to every album in that image at least once and I’m not sure if I should be proud of that or not.