Red Mosquito

wease wrote:He was mentioned in the third post.

By the Wikipedia bot. I meant a real mention.

My wife has banned me playing that Benny Mardones track again. Shame, absolute earworm.

I love yacht rock songs with harmonized choruses. These two are my favorite:

I absolutely love yacht rock. Steely Dan was my gateway drug.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I absolutely love yacht rock. Steely Dan was my gateway drug.

Great song.

Recently finished Michael McDonald's new memoir so his stuff is in heavy rotation right now. Man, what a voice and vibe. His first solo album is killer. I saw The Doobie Brothers open for Steely Dan in 2018, which was right before McDonald rejoined them again and I really wish he had been playing with them at the time.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I absolutely love yacht rock. Steely Dan was my gateway drug.

Fucking right. Good to have you back with solid content.

How could anything sound better than this?

The end of that intro is a little Zappa-esque. I thought they were about to get freaky, but it was short-lived.

Still, pretty cool.

michael mcdonald might have one of the best voices ever, but i dunno how you go from steely dan and the doobie brothers to the piles of shit he was releasing in the 80s.

I dunno I think his first two solo albums are really good. Haven’t gone further yet but I like those

maybe i'll check those out. his voice is amazing, i'm sure there's something i'll like. i just immediately associate his name with bad pop music from the 80s.

Anyone check out the new yacht rock doc on Max yet? I haven’t, but I will soon. My kid has been playing Tin Man by America on his guitar lately.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Recently finished Michael McDonald's new memoir so his stuff is in heavy rotation right now. Man, what a voice and vibe. His first solo album is killer. I saw The Doobie Brothers open for Steely Dan in 2018, which was right before McDonald rejoined them again and I really wish he had been playing with them at the time.

I’m hoping to get the book for Christmas. One of my favorite male singers.

I’m hoping there’s a large portion dedicated to the Dan since he pretty much owes them everything.

daft twat wrote:Anyone check out the new yacht rock doc on Max yet? I haven’t, but I will soon. My kid has been playing Tin Man by America on his guitar lately.

My cousin sent me a note about it the other day and said it was great. I’ve not gotten a chance to watch it yet.

wease wrote:

daft twat wrote:Anyone check out the new yacht rock doc on Max yet? I haven’t, but I will soon. My kid has been playing Tin Man by America on his guitar lately.

My cousin sent me a note about it the other day and said it was great. I’ve not gotten a chance to watch it yet.

Haha! Peg was a hood song.

Great doc. Lots of fun. Fagen’s response to the request for the interview is hysterical.

evidently steely dan isn't fond of being labeled as yacht rock. hopefully donald fagen doesn't read LV's posts here.

Haha! He didn’t like that at all!

Steely Dan invented yacht rock

I would expect no other response from Fagen, I love that crusty bastard