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I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The gleaming yacht sound was, in part, always defined by a group of LA-based session players and composers who worked across a range of yacht bands, informing their specific tone and level of musicianship. Some of these artists talk about the yacht phenomenon and being part of the scene back in the day. The series explores how the music adapted from the the bearded sensitivity of the '70s to the bombast of the MTV '80s, and how a satirical online drama contributed to a revival of interest and enthusiasm for these sounds in the digital era.

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StatusEnded
Original NameI Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock
First Air DateJune 14, 2019
Last Air DateJune 21, 2019
Seasons1
Episodes2
Episode Runtime 59min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesIWC Media
NetworksBBC Four
Episode 2
S01E02

Episode 2

Katie charts the progress of yacht rock through the 1980s, when it became the soundtrack to America in the Reagan era, and when artists like Toto, Hall & Oates and George Benson created a technicolor second wave of a super smooth sound.

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