Music – New Kids On The Dock

Yacht Rock:

Classic rock, but for good looking, successful people

Back in the historic decades of the 70’s and 80’s, Disco, Soul, and Rock music filled the airwaves. Punk and new wave music was just coming on the scene. Rap was moving into the mainstream. Still, something was missing….

Enter “Yacht Rock”, the soothing balm for the American present. Characterized by glossy, crystalline production, breezy vocals filled with harmonic sophistication, and bouncy rhythms, yacht rock was born. Originating out of LA and based on a radio show by the same name, the genre now enjoys a following from fans of all walks of life.

The Yacht Rock esthetic was innovated by artists like Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, Robbie Dupree, Kenny Loggins, Toto, David Foster and hirsute soft rock titan Michael Mcdonald, along with scores of veteran session musicians from the SoCal studio scene. While there is lots of conjecture about whether a song is “yacht or nyacht”, it most definitely must:

• Be about reckless men with broken hearts
• The quality of the recording is at a high level
• The song was recorded in the seventies or early eighties

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