Third Edition of AM Gold or Yacht Rock?

I'll post a few songs, you give your opinion if you think it's in the AM Gold genre or Yacht Rock genre. There's no both. It's one or the other.

We'll start with unappreciated singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. He's best known for Stealers Wheel, his band with Joe Egan, who recorded the Top 10 song "Stuck in the Middle With You" in 1972. As solo artist, he took his experience busking on the London tube system and made the memorable No. 2 smash, "Baker Street"

For our little informal survey, I bring up his second most popular solo song, "Right Down The Line". It goes something like this,

You know I need your love
You've got that hold over me
Long as I've got your love
You know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line

So is the song more AM Gold or Yacht Rock?

I was at dinner on Sunday and this song was played in the restaurant. It doesn't need much of an intro. "If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me. UHHHHHH OOOHHHHH OHHHHHHH. No baby please dont go."

Peter Cetera probably can sing it better than I could. "If You Leave Me Now" was a No. 1 hit for Chicago in 1976.

Every time I hear the song, I think of the scene in Three Kings where it's played in the desert.

So is the song more AM Gold or Yacht Rock?

By the way, where the hell is Pete these days? I heard there was going to be a Karate Kid remake, so that means somebody needs to cover "Glory of Love".

Finally, we have America, with their classic smooth tune, "You Can Do Magic." This song is pretty much engrained in my brain thanks to steady dose of adult contemporary I was forced to listen to as a wee lad. Magic 103 WMGK Philadelphia is responsible for my adoration of yacht rock and 70s singer-songwriter music.

Comments

[Mark]

I'd say these are more AM Gold...they're just not as breezy as some of those Yacht Rock tunes. "Right Down the Line" and "Baker Street" are so effin' good. We must be about the same age because these are burned in my gray matter from hearing them as young'n.