[kj] So 80s

[Karen Weil]

Yacht-rock! Love that term! VH-1 actually had an entertaining program on 
yesterday, about the 40 greatest softrock songs of all time -- and several 
of your picks were on it! ; )
Ah yes, back in the day ...

k.w.
San Diego
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From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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> What about Toto ("I saw the rains down in Affffrica...") or Christopher 

> Cross...? ("Sailing")

>

> "Along with Michael McDonald, Toto, Kenny Loggins and, to a lesser degree, 

> Hall and Oates, Cross formed the backbone of the so-called "Yacht Rock" 

> genre of adult contemporary music, which captured the imagination of 

> would-be sailors everywhere in the late 1970s and early 1980s." --  

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cross

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Brendan Quinn wrote:

>> I swear to fucking god I was raised listening to Lionel Ritchie AM,

>> sometimes the folks would change it up once and a while and I'd get a few

>> weeks of Phil Collins AM.

>> Sitting in the car on the way to play rugby, which I couldn't stand,

>> listening to Phil, getting motion sickness cos Dad thought he was Nelson 

>> PK,

>> and nausea from the cigarette smoke...great times!

>>

>> ;)

>>

>>

>>

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