Soft Rock Hits of the 70s - search

I watched a looooong infomercial for soft rock CD set last week. It had Air Supply sitting in sofas and talking about the hits. I've had Into The Night in my head ever since. Soft rock!

I heard about that, haven't seen it.
yay this thread! i got ignored bringing this stuff up on the country rock thread. like BIG difference huh who knew.
Nicolette Larson's "Lotta Love" sent me on a tear with this stuff a few months ago, I'm starting to match names to songs, having last heard most of these in my mom's car growing up. Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year? doesn't add anything to the thread but I ate it up.

i meant last month

I saw it. Rupert Holmes lip-synching to "Escape" was too much.

I watched a looooong infomercial for soft rock CD set last week. It had Air Supply sitting in sofas and talking about the hits. I've had Into The Night in my head ever since. Soft rock!

lolll I saw that thing too. it started out awesome but was we kept watching and watching, my wife and I were like "wait a minute, that's not soft rock, that's just a shitty song." there seemed to be a lack of focus.

have i ever told you guys how much i hate the term Yacht Rock and all it's ironic bandwagon jumpers?

the only difference is yacht rock is a stupid name

-- jaxon, Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:00 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

yes

jaxon: approve/disapprove?

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/Timdogg3/staysmooth_V.jpg

Sentimental Lady, Bob Welch (or the Fleetwood Mac version)

Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year

Please, the word is "softsational."

Deej, the thing is I would probably go to that if I wasn't going to a house party tonight. Then again, it's sort of on the way home.

i think the flyer would be better w/out the part calling people 'smooths'

i also fear the number of my-name-is-earl ironic mustaches.

that said i'm totally going

If 10cc count as soft rock, then search 10cc in general.

that flyer looks fine except for the attire part.

a lot of nü balearic beardo dance acts are addopting this schtick too. and even though i like the music, it is a bit silly

see bay area dreamchimney duders: hatchback, windsurf, etc

i think those yacht rock skits are funny but yeah, cut it out. deej overdosed on my ambrosia the other night fyi.

hah i didnt even notice the attire

overdosed on my ambrosia

o_O

man that night sucked! fuck schubas

wow. just wow.
Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0

haha...well, it helps to understand that Exile came from a country music background...(which might explain the singer's boots)...funny thing, back when that video came out I had NO idea I would one day be laughing hysterically at it...it just didn't seem so out of place back then...

he looks like he should be in spinal tap. great song though

ha! a friend of mine made a comp called "Couples' Skate" filled with lots of the stuff mentioned above. I'm going to need to get a copy asap.

Funny my dad used to bump that Exile song and even had me put it on a mix cd for him last year. I love the production and the wobbly bassline. Great stuff. I would kill to hear this in a dive bar.

http://www.jasonhare.com

He's the king of '70s soft rock - he understands its ridiculousness, but openly loves it despite himself. (And avoids the kitschy fashion trappings, which is a quadruple plus.)

more ridiculously great random 70s tunes...

Sanford Townsend Band: Smoke From a Distant Fire
The Four Seasons: December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
The Manhattans: Kiss and Say Goodbye
The Spinners: Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
Glen Campbell: Southern Nights

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE

rock on, soft rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYyEaQnT60&NR=1&feature=fvwp

sounds like you have mental problems, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxQsaQ9FtQ

yeah, sounds like you have mental problems. man.

balaeric is a nice update, but lacks a certain gravitas without the skeezy vocals.

i'd like some real "nu soft-rock," and that bon-iver related stuff isn't it.

Promises - baby its you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekK5d7AI9hA

Real Nu Soft Rock?
Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0li04zmCPM

these songs, looped forever.

steve folbert -- romeo's tune
paul davis -- cool night
chris rea -- fool if you think it's over
gino vannelli -- living inside myself

Chris Rea really gets a great wurly sound out of that grand piano!

Haha, saw this thread last night and bookmarked Daniel's four-song post to listen to at work.

Get to work and Paul Davis' link is already grayed out because apparently I too have gone that route myself.

so that one song isn't really called "Boo If You Think It's Over", gotcha.

Kinda weird to catch up to some of these songs for the first time since I was six.

a few more

seals & crofts -- diamond girl
rupert holmes -- him
robbie dupree -- steal away
robert john -- sad eyes
randy vanwarmer -- just when i needed you most
mary mcgregor -- torn between two lovers
dr. hook -- sexy eyes
cliff richard -- we don't talk anymore

some of these are obvious. what i really crave are a few great songs of this era and genre that weren't released as singles. i want nu-soft rock, with that skeevy 70s vibe.

sick links bro

Daniel, Scott Seward posted a very special version of that Rupert Holmes song last year on this thread:

A thread for Rupert Holmes, the Pina Colada song dude

It's ... it says a lot.

Angry Eyes - Loggins and Messina
Al Stewart - "Time Passages"

Yes x10000 for those two classics.

Not sure if this fits because this is a legitimately great song, no camp value at all:

Murray Head--Say It Ain't So Joe. Yes, it is the One Night In Bangkok guy.

Here are two with plenty of camp value:

Maureen McGovern - The Morning After

And this is one is going hit your soft rock spot: The love theme from Same Time Next Year. Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor - The Last Time I Felt Like This

Crank the Mathis song.

Daniel, Scott Seward posted a very special version of that Rupert Holmes song last year on this thread:

A thread for Rupert Holmes, the Pina Colada song dude

It's ... it says a lot.

― pplains, Monday, January 13, 2014

can't . . . stop . . . crying . . .

that maureen mcgovern song is great.

Trying to think of something a bit obscure (from 1970):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAdiSPcAVqQ