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>It's a sappy 80's ballad. I may be wrong but to me, the term
>yacht-rock is used to symbolize the type of coked-out, slick
>west-coast rock of the late 70's where smooth fusion jazz,
>R&B/soul, the softest aspect of FM/arena-rock, slight elements
>of country/roots-rock and expensive LA studio musicians with
>"jazz-chops" (think the guys in Toto or the types of dudes
>you'll find on a Steely Dan record) kind of bled together.
>Basically, individual songs (not necessarily their entire
>oevres) by Loggins&Messina, Ambrosia, Michael McDonald/Doobie
>Brothers, Steely Dan (maybe too "edgy" due to the
>vocals/lyrics), Christopher Cross etc.
Steely Dan's turning point is Aja, and a lot of their music from 1976-forward tilted more heavily toward jazz than other styles of music. But I think the description you dropped is dead on.
If it sounds like 1979-80 Doobie Brothers, it's yacht rock.
Case in point, even some R&B/funk artists were playing music in that style. Gap Band ("The Way", from GAP BAND III (1980)) and Con Funk Shun ("Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold", from FEVER (1983)) come to mind.
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