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VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs
Stereogum/VH1 ^ | May 31, 2007 | staff

Posted on 06/04/2007 6:16:21 PM PDT by pissant

Edited on 06/04/2007 6:21:13 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Actually this list itself ain't bad, it's just most of the songs that are [deleted]. But not all, of course -- there's plenty of yacht rock to love. And who better to rank these tunes than VH1? There must be some holdovers from before the celebreality pox. Tomorrow night, Video Hits 1 will air their televised countdown of the Top 40 soft rock tunes, but go ahead and take a gander now and see if they hit the Marx.

40. Bertie Higgins - "Key Largo"

39. David Soul - "Don’t Give Up On Us"

38. Peter Frampton - "Baby, I Love Your Way"

37. Leo Sayer - "When I Need You "

36. 10cc - "I’m Not in Love"

35. Extreme - "More Than Words"

34. Dan Hill - "Sometimes When We Touch"

33. Cat Stevens - "Peace Train"

32. Kenny Loggins - "This is It"

31. Richard Marx - "Hold On To The Nights"

30. Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"

29. Debby Boone - "You Light Up My Life"

28. America - "Horse With No Name"

27. Lionel Richie - "Hello"

26. Harry Chapin - "Cat's In The Cradle"

25. Anne Murray - "You Needed Me"

24. Phil Collins - "One More Night"

23. REO Speedwagon - "I Can't Fight This Feeling"

22. Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson - "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"

21. Orleans - "Still the One"

20. Captain & Tennille - "Do That To Me One More Time"

19. Michael Bolton - "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"

18. Toto - "Rosanna"

17. Juice Newton - "Angel Of The Morning"

16. Bread - "Baby I’m - A Want You"

15. Journey - "Open Arms"

14. Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"

13. Carpenters - "Superstar"

12. Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"

11. Olivia Newton-John - "I Honestly Love You"

10. Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"

09. Hall and Oates - "One On One"

08. The Doobie Brothers - "What A Fool Believes"

07. Kansas - "Dust In The Wind"

06. Air Supply - "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"

05. Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"

04. Barry Manilow - "Mandy"

03. Rupert Holmes - "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"

02. Styx - "Babe"

01. Christopher Cross - "Sailing"

Say what you will about this list, but we're with #1 (love us some Chris Cross). Also, whatever happened to the Yacht Rock guys? Weren't they developing something for VH1? Maybe they'll talk about it when it airs tomorrow. Too bad we won't be watching.


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To: andyssister

That’s the one! :-)


141 posted on 06/04/2007 7:58:28 PM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: pissant
30. Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"

Good tune. Stuuuupid lyrics.

Gold was (is) a fine guitarist and excellent arranger/producer. He produced and did the guitar work for Ronstadt's "Heart Like a Wheel." His father wrote the them song to "Exodus." His mother sang in big Hollywood movies for lip-synching actresses who couldn't sing.

He joined up with a 10cc guy in the 1980s to form Wax. They had some up-charge hits UK-wide ("Systematic," "Right Between the Eyes").

If we're looking for soft-pop schmaltz, why isn't Dan Fogleberg this list?

142 posted on 06/04/2007 8:06:18 PM PDT by JCEccles (“Politics ain’t beanbag” Finley Peter Dunne)
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To: pissant

Hey, pissant...thanx for the CBOTW earlier...NOW...would you happen to have a pic of the back side of this album?


143 posted on 06/04/2007 8:21:45 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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To: JCEccles
If we're looking for soft-pop schmaltz, why isn't Dan Fogleberg this list?

From Dennis Leary:

"Judas Priest was on trial because (whining) "My kid bought the record and he listened to the lyrics and then he got into Satan and blah blah blah blah!" Well, that's great. That sets a legal precedent. Does that mean I can sue Dan Fogelberg for making me into a p*ssy in the mid-seventies? Is that possible? "Your honor, between him and James Taylor, I didn't get a BJ until I was thirty-one years old. I was in Colorado, wearing hiking boots and eating granola. I want some money right f'ing now."

144 posted on 06/04/2007 8:24:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: pissant

A list w/out Muskrat Love is merely a piece of garbage.


145 posted on 06/04/2007 8:27:46 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (Forty on the highway, forty in the driveway.)
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To: JCEccles

Dan could out cheese alot of these guys.


146 posted on 06/04/2007 8:29:28 PM PDT by pissant
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To: mozarky2

Alas, I do not.


147 posted on 06/04/2007 8:29:45 PM PDT by pissant
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To: InvisibleChurch

A travesty.


148 posted on 06/04/2007 8:30:38 PM PDT by pissant
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To: agent_delta

You know how I know you’re teh ghey?


149 posted on 06/04/2007 8:57:30 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
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To: JRios1968

Cause you’re husband told you?


150 posted on 06/04/2007 11:13:33 PM PDT by agent_delta
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To: Petronski

Before coffee, jeez.....


151 posted on 06/05/2007 5:03:14 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: agent_delta

[I’m Hooked on a Feeling right now.]

Better version is the Unka-Chacka version by Rusted Root.

By far the best background vocals ever.


152 posted on 06/05/2007 5:15:40 AM PDT by cyclotic (Support Scouting-Raising boys to be men, and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: pissant

03. Rupert Holmes - “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”

Yuck. One of the worst things ever put on wax.


153 posted on 06/05/2007 5:19:59 AM PDT by kidd
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To: pissant

I was on hold yesterday and the company had The Last Farewell by Roger Whitaker playing on hold. Sorry, it’s a great song.

“There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor, Tomorrow for old England she sails...”


154 posted on 06/05/2007 5:20:06 AM PDT by cyclotic (Support Scouting-Raising boys to be men, and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: dfwgator

Dennis Leary is only second to Sam Kinison as my hero


155 posted on 06/05/2007 5:38:35 AM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: cyclotic

They left out all classic music from the list


156 posted on 06/05/2007 5:43:52 AM PDT by pissant
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To: cyclotic

I have to admit, Roger Whittaker is a guilty pleasure. There is just something about his voice. And the lyrics are pretty cool, too. His Christmas songs are the best. Save this post for I will never admit this in public again.


159 posted on 06/05/2007 7:06:22 AM PDT by Ragtop (We are the people our parents warned us about)
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To: pissant
1. Muskrat Love

The cooing part.

Nibbling on bacon, chewin on cheese,
Sammy says to Susie, honey, would you please be my missus?

Hey Piss, I love ya.

160 posted on 06/05/2007 2:12:16 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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