this is the yachats rock playlist. this playlist contains 67 tracks compiled specfically for our labor day getaway to yachats, or. naturally the title is a play on the term yacht rock and the number of tracks corresponds with my birth year.
melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
wistful: having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
two thirds of the songs below were released between 1972 and 1979, which is also the time period i grew to love music: some music my parents listened to, some i discovered on my own. all of these songs have a melancholic, wistful meaning to me, taking me back to simpler times.
let it be known, though, that it is more the music and the vocal harmonies that stir these feelings rather than the lyrics!
stats:
tracks in playlist: 67
average track length: 4:11
total playlist length: 4 hours, 40 minutes, 34 seconds
playlist files, also available in this youtube playlist:
- Al Stewart - Year of the cat (6:43)
- America - A horse with no name (4:09)
- America - Ventura Highway (3:31)
- Bee Gees - I started a joke (3:10)
- Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (5:17)
- Boz Scaggs - What can I say (3:01)
- Carly Simon - That's the way I've always heard it should be (4:18)
- Carole King - It's too late (3:55)
- Carole King - So far away (3:57)
- Carpenters - Close to you (3:41)
- Carpenters - Rainy days and Mondays (3:35)
- Carpenters - We've only just begun (3:05)
- Christopher Cross - I really don't know anymore (3:53)
- Christopher Cross - Never be the same (4:46)
- Christopher Cross - Ride like the wind (4:35)
- Christopher Cross - Sailing (4:18)
- Christopher Cross - The light is on (4:11)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - Cathedral (5:18)
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just a song before I go (2:14)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our house (2:59)
- Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the band (4:18)
- Don McLean - Vincent (4:01)
- Eagles - I can't tell you why (4:55)
- Eagles - New kid in town (5:04)
- Elton John - Rocket man (I think it's going to be a long, long time) (4:45)
- Elton John - Tiny dancer (6:17)
- Gino Vannelli - People gotta move (3:22)
- Gino Vannelli - Poor happy Jimmy (tribute to Jim Croce) (3:52)
- Gino Vannelli - Powerful people (6:14)
- Glen Campbell - Wichita lineman (3:04)
- Hall & Oates - Sara smile (3:08)
- Jackson Browne - Running on empty (4:58)
- James Taylor - Our town (4:04)
- James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her town too (4:32)
- Janis Ian - At seventeen (4:42)
- Jim Croce - I got a name (3:14)
- Jim Croce - Time in a bottle (2:27)
- Joan Baez - Diamonds and rust (4:46)
- John Denver - Calypso (3:39)
- Kansas - Dust in the wind (3:50)
- Kenny Loggins - Return to Pooh Corner (4:17)
- Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina - Danny's song (4:15)
- Little River Band - It's a long way there (8:44)
- Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a fine girl) (3:08)
- Michael Martin Murphey - Wildfire (4:48)
- Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the rain (2:50)
- Neil Young - Old man (3:22)
- Paul McCartney & Wings - Silly love songs (5:54)
- Player - Baby come back (4:14)
- Procol Harum - Homburg (3:49)
- Ray Parker Jr. - Mismaloya Beach (4:02)
- Rupert Holmes - Escape (the Pina Colada song) (4:11)
- Rupert Holmes - Him (4:06)
- Santana - Incident at Neshabur (4:56)
- Seals & Crofts - Summer breeze (3:25)
- Simon and Garfunkel - America (3:41)
- Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends theme (1:23)
- Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle (3:29)
- Steely Dan - Do it again (5:56)
- The Doobie Brothers - Black water (4:15)
- The Doobie Brothers - South city midnight lady (5:29)
- The Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes (3:46)
- Todd Rundgren - Hello, it's me (3:40)
- Toto - 99 (5:15)
- Toto - I won't hold you back (4:56)
- Toto - It's a feeling (3:10)
- Toto - Takin' it back (3:45)
more will be added for future trips to the coast!
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