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Before video killed the radio star, smooth rock ruled the airwaves.

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00:00You don't know me, but I'm your brother It rocks, but it doesn't rock too hard.

00:17The singers all seem to be saying, hey, it's going to be okay.

00:21It's perfect sitting down dancing music.

00:24Also known as Yacht Rock.

00:28L.A. in the 1970s.

00:30It was an amazing time.

00:31There's these really talented session guys who can play anything.

00:35Steely Dan.

00:36The Doobie Brothers.

00:37Toto.

00:38Kenny Loggins.

00:39Christopher Cross.

00:40Michael fucking McDonald.

00:41I'll be there for you.

00:44You have these sensational white musicians who have been acculturated on black music

00:49styles.

00:50You write what you hear, what you feel.

00:53A lot of the black stations picked up my first album.

00:56They made it a hit.

00:57It caused a buzz that we weren't used to getting.

01:01Just seemed to really connect with the audience.

01:04These artists provided the soundtrack of our lives, and then suddenly all that changed.

01:11The video killed the Radio Star thing.

01:12It was just absolutely true in my case.

01:14Top 40 careers have a natural end.

01:16They always do and always will.

01:18I expected to be totally forgotten by the end of the 80s.

01:22That's what a fool believes, Kenny.

01:24That's what a fool believes.

01:29The term Yacht Rock emerged from comedy show.

01:32All of a sudden this new genre we made up started to get embraced by the world.

01:37Yacht Rock.

01:38Yacht Rock.

01:39Where's my fucking yacht?

01:41I played on all those records.

01:44I always thought it was kind of flattering to be made fun of.

01:48I began to see that it was a kind of ass-backwards way to honor us.

01:53Obviously it made an impression on somebody.