So Daryl Hall went off on a rant about Yacht Rock. Hates the term, don't call Hall & Oates Yacht Rock, etc etc etc [View all]

I didn't bother with the link because it was a couple of sentences that I summed up in the subject line.

I happen to LIKE "Yacht Rock." Well, maybe 60 to 70 percent of it, like Jay Ferguson, Christopher Cross, America.

The other 30 to 40 percent is pablum to my ears.

And I don't CALL it "Yacht Rock." Soft Rock, maybe. The term is useful because if I go to Tidal or Amazon Music there are a LOT of Yacht Rock playlists, and I make my own playlists based on the songs I actually like.

"Sara Smile" is a PROTOTYPICAL "Yacht Rock" song. And that's not the ONLY Hall & Oates track that fits the definition, just the first one that comes to mind.

An unfortunate genre name, perhaps, but people seem to be at their happiest when they can label things.