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ms liberty

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5. Why slam those two songs as the weakest?

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #3)

Sun May 11, 2025, 08:42 PM

May 2025

They were both big hits when they hit the airwaves, but they are also prototypical Yacht Rock songs. Poppy, summer songs that are catchy and fun and sound like you'd play them at the beach. They are the first two to come to my mind in that genre, and (bonus points) they're two of the very songs that the term Yacht Rock was invented to describe. You're the one denigrating them, not me. They might not be my favorite rock jam (that would be prog rock) but they have their place.

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So Daryl Hall went off on a rant about Yacht Rock. Hates the term, don't call Hall & Oates Yacht Rock, etc etc etc [View all] Miles Archer May 2025 OP

It's kind of a douchey term some millennials came up with to irritate their elders Blues Heron May 2025 #1

No it isn't and neither is H&O. What they are is the prototypical blue-eyed soul ms liberty May 2025 #2

So the weakest pop songs in the genre define the genre... Miles Archer May 2025 #3

Why slam those two songs as the weakest? ms liberty May 2025 #5

You're incorrect about what constitutes yacht rock Wiz Imp May 2025 #8

If I was speaking about something I had to look up on Wiki or Spotify, I might agree with you ms liberty May 2025 #17

Well, I'm A Boomer RobinA May 15 #35

Yea, I'm a boomer too. I see it as a retroactive category name created for a satellite radio station ms liberty May 15 #37

++++yes Diamond_Dog May 2025 #28

I'm viewing this thread True Dough May 2025 #4

A DU'zy for you! ms liberty May 2025 #6

I think it's safe to say Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is also not fond of the genre Blue Owl May 2025 #7

Steely Dan RobinA May 15 #36

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Probably not. GP6971 May 2025 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2025 #12

You're so funny!!! GP6971 May 2025 #13

The moniker is silly but I like a lot of the music... hlthe2b May 2025 #11

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I have no idea what the hell "yacht rock" even means. ShazzieB May 2025 #15

From Wikipedia Wiz Imp May 2025 #16

Kind Of Sketchy Definition ProfessorGAC May 2025 #20

"Sounds like those 4 guys were looking for a justification for a pseudo-genre they thought up" Wiz Imp May 2025 #24

And, Your Last Bit... ProfessorGAC May 2025 #27

Interesting, thanks. ShazzieB May 2025 #21

never heard of it untill today AllaN01Bear May 2025 #19

bah humbug ! anything other than jazzz. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #18

It's better than "Easy Listening." So shut up, Daryl. Iggo May 2025 #22

You beat me to it... Paladin May 2025 #25

Music pretty much stays the same, the labels we give it however, are legion Torchlight May 2025 #23

One that came to my mind... Mike Nelson May 2025 #26

Daryl Hall is an immensely talented musician MichMan May 2025 #29

Did you see the rpisode with Darius Rucker a few years ago? ms liberty May 2025 #31

He has had so many great guests MichMan May 2025 #32

His show is a real treasure. ms liberty May 2025 #33

Yeah, but I step back and look at the entire vibe of "Daryl's House"... Iggo May 2025 #34

Back (way back) when I was in radio the genre was officially called Adult Contemporary rsdsharp May 2025 #30