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Yacht Rock cover fight!

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:12 pm
by moboid
(UPDATE: Links to the songs are starting to appear in this very post, therefore I have moved the song choices up. - gc)

Massive amazing list of Yacht Rock covers:

<a href="http://eclecticspoons.netfast.org/black ... mp3">SpOOn - Steely Dan's Black Friday</a>
<a href="http://actdead.com/mp3s/add-rosanna.mp3">Jefff - Toto's Rosanna</a>
<a href="http://www.moboid.com/music/mob01d_Stea ... p3">mob01d - Robbie Dupree's Steal Away</a>
<a href="http://www.dan-ofromfive-o.com/wp-conte ... mp3">Dan-O - Loggins & Messina's Danny's Song</a>
<a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/y ... hristopher Case (Glenn and Mojo) - Christopher Cross's Sailing</a>
<a href="http://glitterandtwang.org/songfight/Ma ... p3">Marcus Kellis- Captain & Tennile's Love Will Keep Us Together</a>
<a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/y ... mp3">Chuck the Bear - Gerry Rafferty's Right Down the Line</a>
KillMeSarah - Captain & Tennile's Do That To Me One More Time
<a href="http://members.cox.net/keiliki/evilseam ... p3">Seamus and Evil-E - Steely Dan's Do It Again</a>
<a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/y ... mp3">Glenn Case - Michael Jackson (w/Toto)'s Human Nature</a>
<a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/y ... 3">Rachael and Glenn - Loggins and Nicks's Whenever I call you Friend</a>
<a href="http://kongbalong.com/music/mp3/starfin ... Starfinger - Christopher Cross's Ride like the Wind</a>
<a href="http://homepage.eircom.net/~rinkydink/b ... >Rinkydink - Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street</a>
<a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/y ... 3">Tyrrell and Case - Seals and Croft's Summer Breeze</a>
<a href="http://www.johnnycashpoint.com/johnnyin ... p3">Johnny Cashpoint - Chicago's If you Leave Me Now</a>
<a href="http://thebewells.com/songs/bewells_tonight.mp3">bwell - England Dan & John Ford Coley's I'd Really Love To See You Tonight</a>
<a href="http://www.jimtyrrell.info/mp3/jimtyrre ... jimtyrrell - Rupert Holmes's Him</a>
<a href="http://www.jimtyrrell.info/mp3/jimtyrre ... jimtyrrell - Rupert Holmes's Escape</a>
<a href="http://www.dan-ofromfive-o.com/wp-conte ... mp3">Dan-O - Tod Rundgren's Hello It's Me</a>
<a href="http://people.geneticmail.com/sam/meris ... 3">Merisan - Michael McDonald's I Keep Forgetting</a>
<a href="http://scaryfebruary.com/music/Blister_ ... 3">Blister for Ross - Nirvana's(?!) Come As You Are</a>

Inspired by Santa Cruz nights of yore, I hearby proclaim a Yacht Rock cover fight. We shall interpret the output of that famed period of Smoooooth rock music (1976-1984) immortalized in the <a href="http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.ph ... rd-winning Channel101 series</a>, and further explained in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_rock">wikip entry</a>. Significant artists include:
  • Kenny Loggins
    Loggins & Messina
    Christopher Cross
    Toto
    Doobie Brothers
    Hall & Oates
    Michael McDonald
    Steely Dan
Other genre-appropriate artists and songs may be considered, subject to discussion on the thread, and ultimately resting on the capricious approval of the organizer (me).

EDIT: NEW DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 13

Who's in? Seahorse crew, I better hear an "aye aye" or three from your quarters!

EDIT: Here's a complete list of all the covers as of OCT 5, as well as artists that have been excluded from coverage for Insufficient Yachtiness.


Insufficiently Yachty (or Rocky):

Journey
Steve Winwood
Michael Jackson
80's synthy songs in general
Chris de Burgh
Jethro Tull
Huey Lewis
Thompson Twins
Juice Newton
Steve Miller Band
Men at Work

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:21 pm
by stueym
Yes please Heather :-)
......and you forgot the awesome Jethro Tull from your list ;-)

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:42 pm
by jb
dude jethro tull is heavy metal.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:08 pm
by moboid
jb wrote:dude jethro tull is heavy metal.
I'm pretty sure that's what the wink was for?

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:08 pm
by mkilly
some marcus is knockin' at the door. open the door and let him in.

Oh and what songs?

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:12 pm
by moboid
HD or some variation will render Africa by Toto.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:13 pm
by stueym
moboid wrote:
jb wrote:dude jethro tull is heavy metal.
I'm pretty sure that's what the wink was for?
Totally was!.....was amazed to see they were the majority of tracks for episode 6...never placed JT with the other acts listed and as I never saw the show until now on there I will have to watch to understand why Episode 6 is dominated by their music.

I'm much more of a Toto man myself

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:18 pm
by jb
we didnt' make it to episode 6 before i fell asleep
:P

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:38 pm
by stueym
Okay after some study I'd like to stay true to my British roots and make a claim for the inclusion of 10CC (pre Godley and Creme departure) and if allowed would you let me bring "I'm Not in love" to the fight. I await the adjudication of the coverfight mistress.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:57 pm
by moboid
stueym wrote:...would you let me bring "I'm Not in love" to the fight. I await the adjudication of the coverfight mistress.
Wow, that song's TOTALLY smooth... and features plenty of studio wizardry! Put on your captain's cap, Stuey!

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:59 pm
by moboid
mkilly wrote:some marcus is knockin' at the door. open the door and let him in.
Does this marcus know what song he wants to do?

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:06 pm
by jb
also, Jethro Tull is heavy metal

(i'm going to beat my joke into the ground until somebody laughs dammit)

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:07 pm
by bz£
Imma be in this, some way, some how. I'll let y'all know what song in a few days.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:13 pm
by moboid
jb wrote:also, Jethro Tull is heavy metal

(i'm going to beat my joke into the ground until somebody laughs dammit)
AH HA HA HA! <---moboid takes one for the team

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:17 pm
by mkilly
moboid wrote:
mkilly wrote:some marcus is knockin' at the door. open the door and let him in.
Does this marcus know what song he wants to do?
no! i did appropriate some "danny's song" a couple years back (Why Are You Making Me Kick You Out?, a favorite of 15-16 puzzle and his sister), but "Reelin' in the Years," "Black Water" (Doobie Brothers), and "Love Will Keep Us Together" all seem solid. I'll send it out to a committee and hold some hearings, maybe go to Camp David for a week and mull it over.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:26 pm
by sausage boy
I have no idea what you are talking about, but the mentions of Jethro Tull peak my interest. So is Tull a viable option, and if so, I would love to do a Jethro Tull song.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:28 pm
by a bebop a rebop
I got the joke! Haha! Thanks Wikipedia!

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:35 pm
by Lunkhead
We're in, but I don't know what song we'll do. Whatever it is, I pray to God that it's smooth.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:43 pm
by GlennCase
I claim no specific songs at this moment, but don't be surprised if I cover multiple songs, as I have a fondness for this smooooooth music.

...Although I have got to say that it was genius for the makers of Yacht Rock to feature "Portable Radio" by Hall and Oates, as it is one of the worst songs they ever made. I actually covered a song by H&O that I really like back in 2003. A song called <a href="http://www.glenncase.com/music/covers/T ... e.mp3">The Girl Who Used to Be</a>.

:)

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:09 pm
by Lunkhead
Erin's going to do either "Kiss On My List" or "Maneater" by Hall and Oates.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:28 pm
by erin.
Oh my God. I am totally doing "Maneater".

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:28 pm
by jack
yacht rock. i love it. i'm in of course.