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Yacht Rock Deathmatch
| "How Long" - Ace | 4 votes |
| "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc | 8 votes |
| "Summer Breeze" - Seals & Croft | 8 votes |
| Willets Point Jun 29 2011 07:45 PM |
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This is it! Turn up your portable radio because it's time for a back alley duel to determine the smoothest song of all time.
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| themetfairy Jun 29 2011 08:41 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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I'm not really into any of these songs, but of the three I went with Summer Breeze.
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| sharpie Jun 29 2011 09:36 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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1. I'm Not In Love (great lyrics, great production, great song)
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| Willets Point Jun 29 2011 11:18 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Oh dear, tied at three again.
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| Chad Ochoseis Jun 30 2011 07:29 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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A rout just wouldn't be smooth.
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| TransMonk Jun 30 2011 07:35 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Hilarity! My dad saw Hall & Oates last night in Milwaukee.
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| Edgy DC Jun 30 2011 07:45 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Why do they shoot all their footage in a cul-de-sac of storage sheds?
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| metirish Jun 30 2011 07:53 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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10cc all the way baby....
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| TransMonk Jun 30 2011 08:03 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Maybe they blew all of their budget on getting Hollywood Steve to do the intros.
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| Willets Point Jun 30 2011 08:17 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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"Its low-tech, bad-on-purpose aesthetic -- including crummy sound and laughable wigs -- is Web folk art, best enjoyed during stolen moments at the office, or enjoying a beer after cleaning out the e-mail "in" box."
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| G-Fafif Jun 30 2011 05:33 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Ace by a couple of whiskers over Seals & Croft. If you were bringin' "Diamond Girl" on the yacht, might be a different story.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 30 2011 05:40 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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I'm judging this by their Yachtrockiness and not how "good" the song is, necessarily, so I'm going with Summer Breeze.
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| G-Fafif Jun 30 2011 05:43 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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"How Long" for when the yacht is breezing along. "Summer Breeze" for when the breeze crashes the damn thing into the desert island. I can see that. But it's then that I'll wonder how long it will take to be rescued.
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| Edgy DC Jun 30 2011 06:29 PM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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10cc for a better world no matter what you're sailing. An ironic alternative context only gets you so far. And then what have you got? A mixtape without "I'm Not in Love." That's what.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2011 05:36 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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This whole poll is about an ironic alternative context though. Theoretically, you have another chance to get INIL on the tape when we consider the 10cc library. Not sure that Seals & Croft even qualify.
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| RealityChuck Jul 01 2011 06:55 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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10cc is by far the most talented of the group. "I'm Not In Love" is their second-worst song* (a parody of stupid love songs that people took straight), but it's far better than the other two.
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| Edgy DC Jul 01 2011 07:37 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Yeah, I know, but I'm not taking any chances letting any non gun-to-the-head context seperate me from my 10cc. 
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2011 07:46 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Not that I mind visiting the whole Yacht Rock phenomenon (I love it), but the beauty of the single-artist DIMT is that it forces one to confront the songs and not the artist, or the context. It's not intended to be a question of which guys are more talented.
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| Edgy DC Jul 01 2011 08:14 AM Re: Yacht Rock Deathmatch |
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Absotruthly.
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