Album: Flying the Flag
Artist: Climax Blues Band
Released: 1980
I've been on a big Yacht Rock kick and there are some excellent examples on this album. I'm talking about rock with a healthy infusion of jazz, funk, and/or soul to create a smooth, appealing sound. It has some good straight up rock tracks, too. A great record from start to finish and fantastic album art to go with it.
@nerkles@toot.catI feel betrayed that so much of the music I love from my childhood is now classified as fucking Yacht Rock.
Fuck the rich and the yachts they rode in on.
@buffyleigh but what will you do when #YachtRock finally makes it to the Fediverse?
#AlternateFridayMusic
May 10 2024
The prompt is Just
Danny O’Keefe, “You Look Just Like a Girl Again” from "American Roulette" 1977
Oh, this song…it just does me in. The palpable melancholy…
But let’s do this properly.
You may be familiar with #DannyOKeefe and not realize it; he wrote “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” which has been covered and covered and covered - or if you’re old enough, you may remember him as a part of the #SoftRock #70s - but the #YachtRock trappings of his American Roulette LP do nothing to diminish O’Keefe at his best, delivering lyrics that are sensual but not salacious with his warm, full voice.
If I said this song made me feel sad and old when I was young, you’d take it the wrong way; what I mean is that it got to me when I *was* still a girl.
“Oh these tender moments that we hang our dreams upon…were we ever really children, and are we now so far beyond?”
How is this song not a standard in the American songbook?
Oli Update - under the stormy conditions of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race:
"It's bouncy conditions, but we've got a bit of breeze and we still have the fleet in sight."
Sylph VI was on the fourth start line, furthest back. But this meant they had less of the spectator craft to negotiate.
What of his historic fellow crew member, the first cat to sail to Hobart?
"Oli has crashed out on the starboard settee, with his head on the pillow — he looks very peaceful," Skipper Bob Williams said.
Cat on board!
Oli, the first known feline to sail in this year’s Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
#CatsOfMastodon #Cat #FelineSailor #SydneyToHobart #BoxingDay #YachtRock
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sydney-mornings/syd-hobart-cat/103250798
Join me today and pretty much every Thursday morning at 10:00AM Eastern US time on https://twitch.tv/dadsfm for #yachtrock #citypop #AOR #jazzfusion and other smooth 70s and 80s cuts on vinyl 
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Superdave! 
@wx1g@4bear.com#introduction Here's a new one, since I moved instances. When I pulled the string, on the Nice Dave doll, the attached is what I heard. My hashtag cloud is large and growing. It won't all fit here. Keep me happy by greeting, favoring, boosting, replying, including me. #gay #GayMastodon #Blind #Blindness #BlindMastodon #Linux #IOS #ScreenReaders #ClassicRock #ProgRock #YachtRock #EDM #ambient #pop #disco #seventiesMusic #EightiesMusic #NewWave
Mastodon #introduction:
I'm @emelenjr in many of the usual places. I play 
and sing in a #yachtrock band, and I'm a partner in the band's side project, selling canned wine.
#RVA Northside is best side.
#singing "Hello, yah, it's been a while. I'm not sure why I called. I just really wanted to talk to you"... #YachtRock #SoftRock 
Born & raised in #Arizona. Border kid. Now I feel at home in #NewJersey (did you know NJ is a peninsula???). Big fan of classic and alt #80smusic. Not ashamed of the guilty pleasure that the #YachtRock genre provides, #guitar user (I'm terrible so can't claim to be a player) and #Camping rules. In my free time (ok, full time), #Investigative producer for #NBCNews. Got a tip? Hit me up. #Consumer #Corruption #LawEnforcement
Here's some music I have available on #Bandcamp:
I'm most proud of my #michaelfranks #jazzpop edit of his song "When Sly Calls"—I removed all the slow parts so it's just a solid jazz funk banger:
https://dadsfm.bandcamp.com/track/that-phone
My mix series is called #YSides.
Y Sides 1 is weird and forgotten #yachtrock, recorded direct to cassette: https://dadsfm.bandcamp.com/album/y-sides-vol-1
Y Sides 2 is covers and less-known original versions of yacht hits: https://dadsfm.bandcamp.com/album/y-sides-vol-2-covered-under-sail
and Y Sides 3 is my favorite—an hour of southern yacht perfect for a bbq: https://dadsfm.bandcamp.com/album/y-sides-vol-3-south-pacific
Hi! I'm Alex. I use he/him or they/them pronouns. I'm in my early 30s. You might know me as @alex or for the @yachtbot bot.
I also run the 24/7 #70smusic #80smusic internet radio station @fm.
I've created this open-follow account to promote my DJ and merch-designing gig as Dads FM.
Sorry for the upcoming hashtag dump here...
I'm a #dj/#vinyldj who plays and collects #aor #westcoast #softrock #citypop #jpop #yachtrock #vinylrecords and #45s using a #rotarymixer. I also use #serato from time to time.
I have occasional #livemusic gigs around the #massachusetts #newhampshire #newengland area that I will post about here.
I also design and sell my own merch; some designs for sale on my #bandcamp (link in bio) are shown in two of the attached pictures.
I upload rips of rare records to my youtube channel (search "dads fm" there).
Follow me here if you like smooth music and pictures of any two people together with the caption #steelydan.
