This popped up on a channel I follow (I recommend checking some of his other vids - e.g. his Rio cover is especially nice). Don't think I've ever fully appreciated quite how walking the bass is on it. It's a personal favourite of mine, but didn't realise it had a sub 60 Yachtski; gotta be a candidate if there's another rerate special?
I recently got some tickets for a live band playing what was billed as live yacht rock (however the flyer referenced Hall & Oates so I was nervous...).
In the end, was pleasantly surprised that, after a bit of a shaky start, they'd clearly done their research and consulted the Yachtski scale; there were some deep cuts from the upper reaches of the list (was really good to here some of these live).
Throwing the full set list up here as thought it might be of interest - overall average for the night was 78.24 with 8 of the top 10 rated songs being played. 24 of the 29 songs rated songs played were yacht, however dishonourable mentions must be made regarding Brandy and Escape.
How does this stack up to any similar events you've been to:
| Artist | Song | Yachtski |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Cross | Ride Live The Wind | 93.75 |
| Orleans | Dance With Me | 15.25 |
| Looking Glass | Brandy | 36.825 |
| Christopher Cross | All Right | 93.5 |
| Al Jerreau | We're In This Love Together | 80.75 |
| Captain & Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together | 51.75 |
| Al Jerreau | Mornin' | 92.75 |
| Kenny Loggins | This Is It | 98.25 |
| DianaRoss | That's How You Start Over | 90.5 |
| The Doobie Brothers | What a Fool Believes | 100 |
| Rupert Holmes | Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 36.25 |
| Airplay | Nothin' You Can Do About It | 96.75 |
| Robbie Dupree | Steal Away | 94 |
| The Doobie Brothers | Takin' It To The Streets | 81 |
| George Benson | Give Me The Night | 83.75 |
| Quincy Jones | Ai No Corrida | UNRATED |
| Michael MacDonald | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 98.5 |
| The Doobie Brothers | Minute by Minute | 91.5 |
| Kenny Loggins | Heart To Heart | 99.625 |
| Ambrosia | Biggest Part of Me | 72.5 |
| Quincy Jones | One Hundred Ways | 71.25 |
| Chaka Khan | Through The Fire | 81.5 |
| Nielsen/Pearson | If You Should Sail | 91.25 |
| Al Jerreau | Girls Know How | 95 |
| Lionel Ritchie | Stuck On You | UNRATED |
| John Parr | St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) | 35.25 |
| Toto (medly) | Hold The Line | 56.5 |
| Toto (medly) | Africa | 93 |
| Toto (medly) | Rosanna | 95.75 |
| Christopher Cross | Sailing | 94.5 |
| (Encore) Phillip Bailey | Easy Lover [prev. 50.25] | 47.725 |
Anyone else seen to this? Seems Jay has recently started his on channel, there's a recent video there about what merch you want (branded toilet idea notepads anyone?), but what prompted me to ask this sub was his reference at the start of the below video to Yacht Rock (though I might argue with the acts he refrences as Yacht!). Either way, his vids are pretty short so flagging here and hoping he can get some more subs out of it: