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Daryl Hall Says He ‘Never Understood’ Yacht Rock, Calls the Pseudo Genre a ‘Joke’
Daryl Hall rejects association with yacht rock pseudo-genre, calling it a joke and saying his music doesn't fall under that description.
"First of all, yacht rock was a fucking joke by two jerk-offs in California, and suddenly it became a genre," the musician said, noting that he doesn't believe anything he does fits the definition In a recent interview on Broken Record, the podcast produced by Rick Rubin and hosted by Justin Richmond, the musician slammed the genre’s entire premise and distanced himself from any association with it. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the director acknowledged the unfavorable attitude some artists associated with yacht rock, like Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, have toward it — but he still sees the richer value in it.
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