Daryl Corridor Shares His Opinion on ‘Yacht Rock’ Classification

Although the likes of Corridor & Oates is likely to be closely related to the contentious ‘yacht rock‘ style, Daryl Hall himself has expressed disdain in the direction of the classification.

Used as a strategy to seek advice from the tender pop-rock and blue-eyed soul of the ’70s and ’80s, the time period ‘yacht rock’ was initially coined by makers of a 2005 mockumentary series of the identical title. The collection itself was a well-liked one, lasting from 2005 till 2010 and even leading to a 2024 HBO ‘Dockumentary‘ that explored the style in deeper element.

Nevertheless, whereas the likes of Michael McDonald and even John Oates have been receptive to the unique present, Corridor is singing a far totally different tune. Within the journalist episode of the Broken Record podcast, Corridor informed interviewer Justin Richmond that he’s removed from a fan of the idea.

“That is one thing I don’t perceive. Initially, yacht rock was a f–king joke by two jerk-offs in California, and all of a sudden it grew to become a style,” he defined. “I don’t even perceive it. I by no means understood it. It’s simply R&B with perhaps some jazz in there. It’s mellow R&B, easy R&B. I don’t see what the yacht half is.

“Individuals misjudged us as a result of they couldn’t label us,” he continued. “They all the time got here up with all this sort of crap, tender rock and yacht rock and all this different nonsense. And none of it, none of it actually describes something that I do, actually.”

In 2007, Oates reflected on the success of the Yacht Rock collection, explaining that it was the “starting of this entire Corridor & Oates resurrection,” and even noting that “lots of issues have occurred due to Yacht Rock.”

It’s little shock that each Corridor and Oates have differing views on the matter, provided that the pair’s 2024 dissolution was given an air of finality when Corridor claimed in March that they’d by no means once more carry out collectively. “That ship has gone to the underside of the ocean,” he defined. “I’ve had lots of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I’m sort of used to it.”

The Corridor & Oates dissolution first started again in November 2023 when the pair grew to become embroiled in a authorized dispute. Described by Oates as “a really boring enterprise challenge,” the crux of the difficulty started when Corridor filed suit in opposition to his former companion over Oates’ try and promote his half of the duo’s three way partnership Complete Oates Enterprises to Major Wave Music with out Corridor’s consent.