Exploring Yacht Rock Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross (Episode 4)

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[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

When I got divorced I bought a 38 foot ketch in San Francisco and sailed her to Baja, Mexico. This was the song I had playing on the stereo when I sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. Evertime I hear it I think of the ex-wife and the sense of freedom of starting a new journey.

[@hubrisnaut]

I watched a video where a guy did that. I am pretty sure he was sailing a ketch, solo for sure. I lost track of his channel as he didn't post much. I wonder if it was you?

[@susanhall4063]

That’s beautiful. Music helped me so much after my divorce. Music saves me every time. Thanks for the reaction.

[@IslaSkye123]

When I was growing up in the 70s everyone just called it Soft Rock.

[@jazzmaan707]

The SOUTHERN CROSS is a Constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. Even though it is the smallest of 88 Constellations, it is the most famous and recognizable Constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. This song, on Large Speaker will blow you away.

[@stubyles1654]

The Southern Cross are the Stars that are on our (New Zealand) flag and also the Australian flag and obviously a constellation in the sky above us so this song has a deeper meaning for us. I believe stills wrote it after his divorce and it's about finding himself and figuring out life's problems when you are at sea in an expanse that is bigger than life itself and the problems we face navigating it.

[@frederickclanahan1]

Their harmonies are undeniable

[@someoldatheist6712]

I cant even count the number of times i've listened to this song and i still get chills listening.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Best three-part harmonies in rock. Wonderful song - The line "we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do" hits me every time. The song feels personal for quite a few people here in New Zealand - he's describing a boat journey from the US (starting in Avalon, on California's Catalina Island) down to the south Pacific (past Papeete and the Marquesas in French Polynesia). The Southern Cross is a constellation only easily seen in the Southern Hemisphere - our equivalent of the north's Big Dipper. Its even on our national flag.

[@cherylbogdan5044]

Yeah, when I listen to any of this I feel floaty, sometimes speedy or trippy. I'm 76 and will always love this time period.❤

[@hubrisnaut]

Hi guys, I built fishing boats and worked on the ocean as a fisherman and lobsterman. There are a lot of references in this song that might not make sense to people who have never sailed or been around the culture of the sea. Like a "reach", a "following sea", "the trades", " The Marquesas", "midnight watch", "all my flags are a-flying" etc. The name itself is a reference to "The Southern Cross" which is a star constellation used for navigation below the equator, where you can't see the North Star. It really is a beautiful song that uses those references to tell and build up an emotional story. It seems idyllic and romantic to think of sailing as only freedom but there is a lot of loneliness, sometimes gripping fear, and time to think about regrets and happiness, who we are, set in the enormous sea of the universe, which is spiritual..

[@liamoconnor2429]

Not to mention Pape'ete. I'm glad you commented. As an old sailing nut, I still get a kick out of all the references in this song.

[@hubrisnaut]

@@liamoconnor2429 I do love this song. I bring the references up because they are setting a tableau for the emotional crux of the song that I would like people to grasp..

[@liamoconnor2429]

@@hubrisnaut you obviously know your stuff. I always think of this song as a map to the south seas. It makes me nostalgic for my past.

[@hokiedoo]

David Crosby owned a huge sailboat when this song was written and the Southern cross is referring to a star constellation that is only visible South of the equator sailors used it for navigation for centuries.

[@curtismarsh4528]

"Cool Change" from the Little River Band, fits in with your Yacht Tour. Plus it's a great song.

[@DanielFrost21]

Hey T and T, great selection and reaction. CS & N had some of the most beautiful harmonies. My favorite from them is "Helplessly Hoping".

[@kateandgeraldsmith2711]

One of my all time favorite songs 😊

[@lisalovemc717]

Such an awesome song. I sing this at the top of my lungs whenever its on, especially when driving.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Great song! So beautiful and tasteful

[@thomaslaurin2024]

The ultimate Yacht Rock song is your personal favorite "Sailing"!!!

[@maineman9447]

Yacht rock, lol. Nobody who made any of these songs popular had a yacht or called it yacht rock. Soft rock or folk rock, applies to some of these, but yacht rock implies only rich people, not a feeling of being taken away 😂

[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

Steven Stills album "Manassas" was named after his boat. Crosby was onboard his schooner "Mayan" when he wrote the song "Woden Ships".. He owned Mayan for 4 decades. when his wife ws killed in a car crash he sailed Mayan from Florida to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Crosby started sailing dingies as a kid in Santa Barbara. You may associate boats with "rich people" but I associate them with peace, freedom.,and adventure. When "sailing on a reach in a following sea" you are not thinking about your bank account.

[@pnwcruiser]

You need not be rich to own and live on a sailboat, in fact quite the contrary is entirely possible. You do need to be willing to work hard while living a minimalist lifestyle, which most probably won't enjoy long term. The payoff...you won't enjoy the same freedom anywhere else on this planet and for some there is an instinctive appeal to experiencing our natural world while connecting with the the wind. I should also note, while the lifestyle can be intoxicating the seas abide no excuse, meting only consequence.

[@maineman9447]

@@RickZackExploreOffroad I grew up on the coast of Maine. Almost everyone I knew had a boat of some kind, mostly sailboats and/or fishing boats. Manassas was a fishing boat. Just because someone owned a boat or wrote a song about one doesn't make their music "yacht rock". The Beatles "Hey Jude" was about John Lennon's son. So, I guess every song with a similar feel should be labeled "child rock"? Plenty of rockers owned sports cars, so I guess they all played "sports car rock". Your argument has nothing to do with my point. "Yacht rock" is a ridiculous label.

[@maineman9447]

@@pnwcruiser I grew up on the coast of Maine. Almost everyone I knew had boats. Sailboats, fishing boats, dinghies, the occasional yacht. Because you can feel free on a boat (which is absolutely the case) doesn't make all slower songs "yacht rock". And yes, you can work toward owning a yacht without being ultra rich, but when you say the word yacht, a very high percentage of people are going to think of luxury and money. I like these reactors and have complimented them before, but I'll stand by what I said, that "yacht rock" is a silly label.

[@pnwcruiser]

@@maineman9447 But "Yacht Rock" rolls off the tongue better than "Cruising Sailboat Rock"😉. I lived in MA and sailed out of Buzzards Bay for a number of years. Enjoyed NE waters, particularly those of Maine.

[@dianemiller3040]

I've never heard of the term "Yacht Rock" until now. Ironic that this song is about a yacht. lol Another awesome song from the super group that included Neil Young from timer to time.

[@vickiroman189]

This is my favorite song of all time. It touches me in a way I cannot explain. Their live version is fabulous.

[@pnwcruiser]

Your yacht rock journey is a great idea 🙂, and all your reaction videos are terrific.

[@kbrewski1]

Its really a Soft Rock/Easy Listening journey. Before some dopes tried to bastardize the music.

[@roydownes2458]

"She is all that I have left/And Music is her name..."

[@leetroy3129]

This is my favorite CS&N song! I love the lyrics Think about how many times I have fallen….✌️❤️

[@pamagnolia]

One of my favorite bands!! Great song!

[@ArlynMeylan-jo7hq]

Beutifull soulful smooth heartfelt wonderful 😊😊

[@thundernels]

The best part of listening to Yacht Rock is debating how to define Yacht Rock.

[@joelcanfield9987]

Dark Star is another excellent song on this album, I believe you might enjoy.

[@dlove7141]

“ you’re the only woman” by ambrosia.. one of the biggest slow rock songs on the 70’s..

[@kbrewski1]

Actually that's impossible. That song came out in 1980. Plus, as a big Ambrosia fan I would recommend the classic Holdin on to Yesterday, Time Waits for No One, and even How Much I Feel before that one.

[@gerib4234]

First heard this as a 14 year old. I knew how beautiful this was even back then. I'm loving your journey with this genre. We always called it soft rock, I don't know exactly when the term yacht rock came about, but in my mind they're not the same. Example: KC And The Sunshine Band is definitely not soft rock but considered yacht rock. Same could be said about Steely Dan. And many other bands. Loving this journey with y'all ❤

[@davidavi8554]

Love this song... Wished you watched the video version though.

[@williamlucas4656]

Both David Crosby and Stephen Stills our sailors and have lived on the ocean for periods of time, sometimes as a matter of necessity.

[@goldenruletv7301]

The definition of classic.

[@troys6965]

I've long wondered if the last line in the song refers to the old Southern Cross Hotel in Key West, Florida.

[@olliemerritt9279]

Great song! Beautiful harmony!

[@kingjames6568]

Hey guys, enjoyed your reaction, as always! If I may be so bold to suggest you drop anchor on the yacht for a moment and go ashore to react to Tom MacDonald's newest called "God Mode", you won't regret it. Then, you can get right back on the yacht, though your legs may feel a bit more wobbly.

[@irisdurant1]

Digging this

[@757optim]

CSN was a supergroup. (And sometimes Y).

[@mitzifrancis9843]

So happy you enjoyed this one! When I read and thought about the lyrics way back when, the song was even more special.

[@ronaldtucker1262]

Song just made me think of all the recent Viking movies and their adventures sailing.

[@brandonjones1349]

Best boat song EVERRR

[@NN-vy8re]

An astronomical sign....compass

[@John_Locke_108]

You should check out Lee Shore by Crosby & Nash. It's absolutely beautiful.

[@chuckwhite3176]

Great song from my high school days.

[@mikemiller3069]

I was in my 20s when this came out but there was no such term as "yacht rock" that I had ever heard of. It is a more recent term that is being applied to older music.

[@MikeStarr1000]

You do Exile yet? - "kiss you all over" So many smooth AF soft rock choices from mid-late 70's

[@bobdelp2023]

OHHHHHH YES, MY FAVORITE CSN SONG GUYS, HAS BEEN FOREVER!!! 👍😊HOPEFULLY IT'S THE ORIGINAL AND NOT THE CUT DOWN VERSION! HAVE A GR888888 WEEKEND T AND TASHA!💯

[@AW11-e4h]

🤘🤘

[@wgdavis5353]

Hi TNT, That was Stephen Stills on Vocals... ♠Mr.G..

[@007ndc]

Incredible harmonies 😊

[@bobdelp2023]

RIGHT ALBUM COVER, ALL 19 TRACKS ARE SUPER GOOD!👍I WOULD SAY FOR SURE TO GO FOR ( WOODEN SHIPS )😊

[@conniekat3424]

I consider this song to be a guilty pleasure...everyone knows it...but few will admit they really like it...LOL. Dang why are so many people trippin on the term 'yacht rock'...defined as a style of smooth, tuneful rock music popular especially in the US in the late 1970s and early 1980s...which means by definition it most certainly fits!

[@IslaSkye123]

It's odd to call it yacht rock when it was known by and called soft rock in the 70s.

[@conniekat3424]

@@IslaSkye123 I found this: The term yacht rock was coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, who connected the music with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of boating.

[@kbrewski1]

​@conniekat3424 Close to accurate. Yes, it was "coined" (ie made up) long after 70s and early 80s soft rock/easy listening. The term Yacht Rock did not exist in the 70s and 80s. And it arose from an Internet Parody in the 2000s by a group of Gen Xer comic wanna bes because they hated Micheal McDonald. The parody is like a 7th grade SNL and is still on YT. It was NOT a way to celebrate those types of songs, it was a DEROGATORY PARODY, A SPOOF. IT WAS INSULTING AND INACCURATE ON TOP OF IT.

[@michaelhoward900]

Kokomo would be a nice tune for your category.

[@kbrewski1]

Blech.

[@markgreene6349]

This is not yacht Rock this is something new that everybody is doing now to bottle or box everything... It's just good rock and roll from Crosby stills Nash & Young

[@jeffjones6221]

Great tune

[@Summermute7]

❤🔥❤️🔥❤️

[@philiphughes9556]

So glad you're doing this "yacht rock" trip... my teens years live again!

[@ogkevdc]

Jay Ferguson “Thunder Island” should be on your list.

[@larrywalling4682]

Shore rock 😎🪂

[@kbrewski1]

As I said in your Steely Dan Hey 19 reaction, "Yacht Rock" is a made up long after the fact term created by an early internet parody in the 2000s. It was a derogatory term applied to soft lite rock songs. Back in the 70s and 80s when most of these songs were created, there was NO SUCH GENRE CALLED YACHT ROCK. Having said that, IF YACHT ROCK WAS A REAL GENRE, this actually would make sense as a "Yacht Rock" tune. Its actually about going recreational sailing, taking a trip on a boat. So this is one of the few songs called "Yacht Rock" that logically fits the made up silliness. CSN were great writers and harmony singers, and they captured the feel and language of sailing the seas. Btw, the "Southern Cross" is the prominent star formation you see most prominently in the Southern Hemisphere, and actually points to the North Star. Thus, recognizing the Southern Cross was essential to navigating a boat at night. Hence, the name and reference.

[@greenbeatsred]

Really great song, awesome reaction! I thought of another group that might fit this genre, Pablo Cruise and their songs, "Ocean Breeze", and "Island Woman".

[@kbrewski1]

I Go to Rio also

[@lisahunter4387]

check out Todd Rundgren

[@robinschulze934]

Never thought of this group as Yacht Rock , Southern Rock yes !!! But love the song!! But now that I’ve listened to it I can see Yacht Rock!!

[@kbrewski1]

"Southern Rock"?? Crosby and Stills were not Southerners. Californians. The LA scene. Laurel Canyon hippies. Nash was from England. See Woodstock, the Laurel Canyon documentary etc.

[@rondogg50]

Hey guys, I can barely hear you at all the music loud enough, but you guys are at a whisper. I’m not turning everything off just to hear you.

[@LEFTOVERDISHES]

The music industry calls this type of music "Adult Contemporary" Most people call it soft rock Yacht Rock is a silly and misleading name

[@c.h.62]

please react to ..EAGLES....Those Shoes

[@kirkkimball-martinez2402]

Yacht Rock, is that a term you guys came up with?

[@kbrewski1]

They didn't make it up. They are reading stuff on Wiki etc. The term was created in the mid 2000s as an INTERNET PARODY by a group of comic wanna bes who hated Micheal McDonald. It was a lame attempt to label all soft rock/easy listening music as "Yacht Rock".

[@kirkkimball-martinez2402]

@@kbrewski1 Wow! Thax for the FYI, Yacht Rock, for me sounds rather corny

[@adelsuleman5042]

Can u react to ‏the silence alexandra burke

[@Deborahtunes]

FYI: "Yacht Rock" is a derogatory term for certain types of pop/rock bands/artists. It's not meant to be complimentary at all to these musicians...

[@kbrewski1]

Exactly. I especially bristle when I hear the made up after the fact term applied to Steely Dan, which is sophisticated sometimes very complex Jazz Fusion Funk. I highly doubt if someone would run up to Donald Fagen and say "You guys were a great Yacht Rock band" he'd be overjoyed. Fagen's heroes were Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Dave Brubeck etc, Jazz Legends. And I doubt if a Jewish guy like Fagen who grew up in Jersey and Becker from Queens who were anti establishment hippy English majors in the late 60s at a small liberal arts college were big "Yacht" guys, lol.

[@Deborahtunes]

@@kbrewski1 ~ 👍 Do you know who coined the term "Yacht Rock"? Or when they began using it? I honestly don't understand why these bands are looked down upon now. They made great music, that millions still enjoy. Certainly better than some of the junk released today...

[@kbrewski1]

@@Deborahtunes I posted a few comments in this reaction and in their recent Steely Dan reaction explaining it. Basically it was from an internet parody in the mid 2000s by a group of fairly lame SNL style comic wanna bes who despised Micheal McDonald. They apparently thought that McDonald, who sang back up on a bunch of Steely Dan songs, and then became the Doobie Brothers lead singer before starting a successful solo career featuring his "blue eyed soul" voice, was too "everywhere" and ingrained in American music, so they created this derogatory video parody in about 10 parts in the early days of the internet. They took aim at all soft easy listening pop/rock of the 70s and early 80s as lame "yacht rock" for well to do white "yuppies" etc. Unfortunately this got noticed by some radio station corporate suits programmers and the newer digital radio stations like XM, who glommed onto the idea to lop all soft rock/easy listening type songs into "Yacht Rock" for marketing purposes. So what started out as a putdown and derogatory label got all lumped into this new made up genre. Steely Dan was guilty by association because they used McDonald's vocals on songs such as Pretzel Logic and Peg etc. Lmao 🤣

[@Deborahtunes]

@@kbrewski1 ~ Oh, I didn't know about that. There's always that one, or a few, who have to ruin it for everyone else. Just because THEY don't like it...😒

[@mcsegeek1]

Its probably been commented on already, but the term "yacht rock" doesn't mean songs about yachts or boats. Its a slur that basically makes fun of the musical tastes of the super rich. And CSN is 100% legit, and definitely not yacht rock.

[@BROU-bb2uc]

It's the only song of their's I like.

[@kbrewski1]

Suite Judy Blue Eyes Wooden Ships Long Time Gone Teach Your Children Carry On Long Time Gone Guinevere Deja Vu ???????????!!!😮 And that doesn't even include their Neil Young collaborations (Ohio, Helpless, Woodstock etc)

[@marybreiner5]

I'm not sure that I would call C S N yacht rock. They are so much more.

[@kbrewski1]

I don't even really recognize the made up genre of "Yacht rock", but if there was such a genre, this would be one of the few songs I would legitimately call Yacht Rock, because it is a soft pop/rock hit from the 70s that is ACTUALLY about a yacht or sailboat and sailing! So this song fits, like Sailing by Christopher Cross, Margaritaville by Buffet etc.

[@Fizzledark]

I don't think I would call Crosby, Stills, and Nash "yacht rock."

[@somersetcace1]

Apparently I really like Yacht Rock.

[@gregm3406]

CSN is yacht rock now?

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

CSN Is soft rock but the style of this song is yacht rock.

[@Widkey]

Yeah I wouldnt call southern cross a yacht rock song. This isn't a yuppie song or ambrosia or player. It's a different vibe.

[@user-mo6tz6oh9i]

Not an apt term- yacht rock. NO!

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

We didn't create the labels.

[@ogkevdc]

Lighten up Francis…

[@888jimm]

If you are not sure if its Y.R. ...listen to XM 311 :)

[@kbrewski1]

They are part of the problem.

[@c.h.62]

AMBROSIA...HOLDING ON TO YESTERDAY...its YACHT ROCK

[@kbrewski1]

FANTASTIC SONG, A CLASSIC. NOT "YACHT ROCK".

[@c.h.62]

@@kbrewski1 more soft rock...lets try BOAT DRINKS by Jimmy Buffett

[@kbrewski1]

@c.h.62 Lol. Why not go with the obvious>Margaritaville? Pretty much the ultimate Yacht Rock tune if such a genre existed.

[@hubrisnaut]

The best "yacht rock" song is "Rio" by Duran Duran, in my humble opinion. ;0)-~

[@timconnor5695]

Please do a Night Rangers song, Goodbye

[@randyparmley5009]

Look in the 70s there was soft rock an inbetween was rock the harder stuff was hard rock no such thing as yacht rock get things right .

[@davidtullis2810]

I always called this stoner rock .Take a puff and sit back and float with the music. Yacht rocksounds moreof rich people not the common people that these artist are aiming at

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Hahahhaah.... what the industry has classified as "Stoner Rock " is waaaay different than this.

[@davidtullis2810]

​@@TheAdventuresofTNTwell that's how I enjoyed it when it first came out

[@davidtullis2810]

Yacht rock is a made up term from 2004 I don't agree with this classification of music

[@user-mo6tz6oh9i]

I disagree with putting every singer and group into a niche. Music is too creative to have that done to it.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Unfortunately, the industry has done this to help the audience find artist with a similar music styles. And yes, I agree, it puts creatives musicians in a box because they become limited in scope in the style of music they can produce.

[@wgdavis5353]

Who in the He** named that and what does it mean?? ♠Mr.G..

[@allendixon7700]

I've been doing CO UN. T. R. Y country music, yeah, it's so wonderful. Douglas Wyoming WO AMA N sayinging the country songs sleeper. Super sexy songs like that could be a sexy supermodel. A sexy secret supermodel for victoria accept her singing country song

[@suecook1326]

Add this song to your list. It involves paddle boats near New Orleans so it qualifies, doesn't it? It's a masterpiece by The Doobie Brothers prior to Michael McDonald joining, my favorite era! "Black Water" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKSzZKV8f6-eZ7s

[@kbrewski1]

Nope, paddling a canoe on a river stretches it to even more absurdity.