It couldn't have taken but 10 minutes for the Sex Pistols to write "Anarchy in the U.K." Meanwhile, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were spending obscene amounts of money and forcing dozens if not hundreds of takes to get the absolutely perfect, pristine drum fills and guitar licks. Music critics of the day were busy bowing to the brash energy of punk rock and New Wave, but "yacht rock" was where all the true studio musicians and craftspersons were making their mark.
It's a genre that's absolutely never edgy, but almost. Think Hall & Oates, Toto, Kenny Loggins, and Christopher Cross. What is "yacht rock," you ask? The genre is a little a bit loosely-defined and flexible, but generally, it's the music from the '70s and early '80s that has that soft rock, smooth L.A.
And what better way to do it than with a fresh 'CCO playlist of our team's favorite "yacht rock" tunes?
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