Bishop+Deodato+Starbuck+Mangione
First of all, i’m going over this Deodato(which is the cover art above) live version of Do It Again and I realized I heard the best thing ever which is just ONE guy whistling really loud in the middle a key solo like it was the only record he had at home. These 4 tracks have something in common other than just being old, you can file them all under Yacht Rock which is an amazing genre of music if you like your brass section epic, your bass guitar lines soft and smooth, your keys saturated like off white stage light glare and most importantly strings being played like your in a 70’s spy movie chase scene in speedboats. It’s an easy genre to rip on i’m sure for people that don’t dork out on the certain instruments that I mentioned before but if you take all the labels off of it or any bad memories then this music has a lot to offer in my opinion.
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frank says:
February 6, 2009 at 9:19 amBTW the actual cover for that Deodato album is much cooler.
http://sinistersaladmusikal.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/deodato-2_b1.jpg
CTI always had the nicest packaging. And those inserts where you could send away for frameable reproductions of their album cover art!
Shelby White says:
February 6, 2009 at 9:49 amJakub, Totally awesome picks for this morning. Especially ‘Save it for a rainy day’.
Jakub says:
February 6, 2009 at 9:56 amShelby White –
Glad you liked them, I keep looking to see if anyone wrote back but opening the comment section with only one eye squinting ;)
Hopefully we can get some more tracks like this on the blog that people hopefully can appreciate
I like your blog btw!
Alex says:
February 6, 2009 at 10:18 amLike Shelby said, great picks for today!
Tim says:
February 7, 2009 at 1:13 amHello Jakub! Very smooth.
That Starbuck song is sampled by Jason Forrest in his track “Skyrocket Saturday” by the way… a track that also samples “Baker Street” and “Stuck in the Middle With You.” Jason is the best – anyone that wants to hear what it might sound like if Girl Talk listened exclusively to 70s/80s MOR (and actually had an ear for musicality – oh, snap) – check JF out! http://tinyurl.com/jasonforrest
Peter Stoinov says:
February 7, 2009 at 1:55 pmThank you SO much! You just described something I was trying to define for myself in the last 14-15 months – Yacht Rock.
Just LOVE that kind of music – “like your in a 70’s spy movie chase scene in speedboats”. This is the most accurate description you can get :)
Something that probably is not all that connected with these songs but I always thought that it has that 70’s sound is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O5IpNxYGlU
Robert Huston says:
February 8, 2009 at 9:47 amThis just made my day, now I ready for some sketching! Thanks for sharing!