Yacht Rock a Dockumentary

efil4stnias said

funny enough, the ONLY artist to don a "captains hat" was Captain from Captain and Tennille, which werent considered "Yacht Rock"

This documentary discusses all these aspects. ( as it was born out of the comedians you posted about previously )

Sailing was at arguably the "peak" of this genre, which is why it garners the attention it gets. ( and they discuss this too )

dont want to give too much away, but yall are discussing some of the exact aspects of this documentary which is really cool.

side note- Kenny credits Stevie Nicks in launching his solo career post Messina.

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Interestingly, I don't think that Sailing is a good example of the genre from a musical stylistic standpoint. Certainly from a vibe and theme standpoint, yes, it's renowned. But it's a song with a solo vocal built on acoustic guitar and embellished with strings, in A major with pentatonic picking in a very steady tempo - that's not the primary yacht rock sound. Yacht rock is generally more about multi-piece instrumentation, with jazz elements in key/scale, varied tempo, and layered vocals. Deacon Blues, Minute by Minute, and Biggest Part of Me are far more quintessential yacht rock songs.