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Yacht
Rock: A Dockumentary (2024)
 
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Directed
by:
Garret Price |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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GENRE
Documentary |
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NORWEGIAN TITLE
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary |
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RUNNING
TIME
95 minutes |
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Produced
by:
Madison Cross
Adam Gibbs
Garret Price |
Written by:
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Cast includes:
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CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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Themselves |
Michael McDonald
Kenny Loggins
Christopher Cross
Steve Lukather
David Paich
Steve Porcaro
Questlove
Fred Armisen |
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Review
Most rock documentaries are about
adulation; this one is about adulation via ridicule. The genre label
now known as 'yacht rock' derives from an obscure, low-budget web
comedy series from 2005 of the same name, in which some of the stars
of the late 1970s and early 1980s soft rock scene in Los Angeles –
people like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross,
Steely Dan, and the Toto guys – are parodied and ridiculed. However,
the basis for it all was the web series creators' love of the music
these guys made, and this is the phenomenon explored so brilliantly
in this new HBO documentary made by Garret Price. Many of the most
famous 'yacht rockers' of that era, such as McDonald, Loggins,
Cross, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, and David Paich, appear and
talk willingly about the scene they once were a part of and helped
form, while others refuse to take part, telling director Price to
"go fuck himself" when he calls them up (Donald Fagen of Steely
Dan). The inclusion of this sound clip is just one of the many gems
that make Yacht Rock: A Documentary into one of the most
enjoyable and enlightening music documentaries I have seen in a
while.
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