The Song Fight Bulletin Board

roymond wrote: OK, I never heard about Todd Rundgren picks ("Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends"), but where would Captain and Tennille's "Do That to Me One More Time" sit?

"Do that to me one more time" fits perfectly, but as you see, it has already been called.

It's up to Cap'n Moboid, but I think "Hello it's me" is a perfect choice too. Todd's "It Wouldn't Have Made A Difference" or "I saw the Light" would also be great choices. I've never heard "Can we still be friends" but checking out a sound sample on his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anthology-1968-19 ... _1">Amazon page</a> tells me it would probably also qualify.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

On the video ratings scheme Rio does pretty well.

Tho Im guessing, tho there more yacht than you can shake a stick at, there may also be slightly too much rock.

Still great vid all the same

Freddielove wrote:Wearesodoingthis.
We Call "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - Hall and Oates.

This one has already been rejected, as it's from their post-Yacht era and style.

roymond wrote:Did anyone take Steve Miller's "Abracadabra"? Is this valid?

Glenn's right, it's not smooth.

jimtyrrell wrote:Does "Escape" by Rupert Holmes qualify? If so, I'll do that.

Well, I'm surprised because I thought the song was more recent than that, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGKhLyoBTzk">yes!</a>

jack wrote:how about bob welsh's ebony eyes?

No, sorry.

roymond wrote:OK, I never heard about Todd Rundgren picks ("Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends")

OK, yes to both! He's like ...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGg_MHm2 ... m-yacht</a>.

roymond wrote:Also, how about Kiki Dee and Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"? I can't find a link right now.

Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyiSFw4jI8w">link</a> and unfortunately, No.

Me$$iah wrote:On the video ratings scheme Rio does pretty well.

Wow this forces me to realize i didn't account for the presence of an Actual Yacht in my video scoring system! But even so... though this is clearly Rock on a Yacht, it is not Yacht Rock, sorry.

How about Men at Work's "Downunder"? It was used vomit-inducingly heavily as the themesong for Australia II in the 1983 America's Cup - and hence will be forever associated with big, expensive yachts and the dickheads that sail them.

I'm also still a bit pissed off that I dozed off in the pub (jet lag and all that)on my first night in Santa Cruz and missed my chance to sing it at the karaoke.

Hey Moboid

Could we please have a list so far of what's in, if you have a spare moment, or have you been updating a post a few pages back?

I must shamefully admit to having lost track.

ta

j$

j$ wrote:Could we please have a list so far of what's in, if you have a spare moment, or have you been updating a post a few pages back?

Moboid - the best practice has been to update your very first post in the thread

I can't go for that is from 1981, not sure how that doesn't qualify.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can't_Go ... )">link</a>

Freddielove wrote:I can't go for that is from 1981, not sure how that doesn't qualify.

It's not just about era, it's also about style. Anyhoo, now there's the H&O fight! Yay!

roymond wrote: Moboid - the best practice has been to update your very first post in the thread

OK I'll do that. Someone else told me that no one ever checks the old posts tho, so i didn't do it before.

Sorry for being incommunicado there for a while.
Here's the latest list!

Would anyone object if I extend the song submission deadline to mid-October? Like, Friday the 13th?

Massive amazing list of Yacht Rock covers:

SpOOn - Steely Dan's Black Friday
MelodyGenerator - Doobie Bros' What a Fool Believes
Jefff - Toto's Rosanna
a bebop a rebop - Toto's Africa
StueyM - 10CC's I'm Not in Love
High Density - Ambrosia's Biggest Part of Me
Caravan Ray - Little River Band's Reminiscing
Dan-O - Loggins & Messina's Danny's Song
Christopher Case - Christopher Cross's Sailing
Marcus Kellis- Captain & Tennile's Love Will Keep Us Together
Chuck the Bear - Gerry Rafferty's Right Down the Line
KillMeSarah - Captain & Tennile's Do That To Me One More Time
Seamus and Evil-E - Steely Dan's Do It Again
Glenn Case - Michael Jackson (w/Toto)'s Human Nature
King Arthur - Steely Dan's Gaucho
Rachael and Glenn – Loggins and Nicks's Whenever I call you Friend
Starfinger – Christopher Cross's Ride like the Wind
Rinkydink – Baker Street
Hostess Mostess – Seals and Croft's Summer Breeze, or some other song that Glenn and Roymond pick out
Ken – Hall & Oates's Sara Smile
Jack Shite – Chicago's If you Leave Me Now
bwell - England Dan & John Ford Coley's I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
jimtyrrell - Rupert Holmes's Escape

No song yet? (correct me if wrong):

Pray For Mojo
Charcoal
Lunkhead
Erin
HeuristicsInc

Not Yacht (or Not Rock):

Journey
Steve Winwood
Michael Jackson
80's synthy versions of Hall & Oates, Kenny Loggins, and Chicago
Chris de Burgh
Jethro Tull
Huey Lewis
Thompson Twins
Juice Newton
Steve Miller Band
Men at Work

moboid wrote:
No song yet? (correct me if wrong):

Pray For Mojo

Mojo is representin' as one half of Christopher Case.



ROCK!

Glenn Case

I'm going to take a whack at "Yah Mo Be There" by James Ingream feat. Michael McDonald.

Can I just check that Jack has indeed claimed 'If You Leave Me Now'? I can't find any reference to it in the thread - but it would spare me (and yourselves) my own interpretation

moboid wrote:

roymond wrote: Moboid - the best practice has been to update your very first post in the thread

OK I'll do that. Someone else told me that no one ever checks the old posts tho, so i didn't do it before.

I think "checking old posts" means going through the entire thread to find references to this or that. Whereas checking the very first post means simply going to the first page and witnessing the beauty of an updated status which is easy to find and doesn't move as new posts are added to the thread. The only draw back is if the owner of the thread hands over the project to another, but hey, you've always seemed dependable

And you could add something to the first post: roymond - Todd Rundgren's "Hello, It's Me"

j$ wrote:Can I just check that Jack has indeed claimed 'If You Leave Me Now'? I can't find any reference to it in the thread - but it would spare me (and yourselves) my own interpretation

not me, but if you do it, i'd be happy to help out.

Ah the ol' JS / J$ confusion! JiTC it is

j$

I guess I'll have to back out. I know, you're all crying on the outside, but I don't think I've the time to do this properly right now.

moboid wrote: No song yet? (correct me if wrong):

HeuristicsInc

Reminder:

HeuristicsInc wrote: Forget it then, I'm not interested unless somebody asks me to help them.

I don't really have time to do a whole song anyway.
-bill

GlennCase wrote:

moboid wrote:
No song yet? (correct me if wrong):

Pray For Mojo

Mojo is representin' as one half of Christopher Case.



ROCK!

Glenn Case

Word up!

we shoudl probably start workign on that, huh.

prayformojo wrote:

GlennCase wrote:

moboid wrote:
No song yet? (correct me if wrong):

Pray For Mojo

Mojo is representin' as one half of Christopher Case.



ROCK!

Glenn Case

Word up!

we shoudl probably start workign on that, huh.

Heh. Yeah, I was thinking about that, actually. I have three songs that I need to really start putting together. Learned the main riff to Sailing through some online tabs, and it's not all that easy, as it turns out.

That's okay. We'll make it happen.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

I'd like to change my song, if I can. I was gonna do "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes, but having listened to the rest of that album (Partners In Crime), I rediscovered the song "Him", and it's much smoother.

So yeah. If I have time to do both, I might do that. But I'd really like to record "Him". Matter of fact, it's coming along nicely. I'm assuming I host it myself, and PM a link to the Yachtzi when it's ready, right?

I'm gonna have to bail out on this one. Too much other stuff going on, and I'm afraid songfight is going to have to go on the back burner 'til December at least.

Charles (KA)