The Michael McDonald Way
November 21st, 2008
Over the past couple years, there has been a growing surge of interest in the super smooth stylings of the great Michael McDonald. With a history of smoothin the edge off the Doobie Brothers and smoothing off the ladies panties with Steely Dan, it’s not hard to see why.
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First, in the 40-Year Old Virgin, the Mac graced (read:tortured) the fellas of SmartTech with a constant soundtrack “..if I hear “Yah Mo B There” one more time, “Yah Mo” burn this place to the ground.” The other night on SNL, Justin Timberlake eluded to his incredible Mike Mc impressions, and now I have recently been exposed to Yacht Rock. The DEFINATIVE history of the smooth and easy hits to spawn from ’76-’84. (AKA the McDonald hay-day)
So without further adieu, I present Yacht Rock! (5 more episodes after the break!) (Not really work safe)
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And just in case you’re craving more grey-daddy Mac, there’s this:
November 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pm
SqueakyCleanTyroneGreen said:
DUDE!! I came across this a month or two ago on YouTube and loved it. Tried to find it a little while later and couldn’t find it to save my life. Soooo glad you rediscovered my Yacht Rock Chronicles for me. Thank-you, Easter Bunny, bock bock!
November 21st, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Big Rob said:
This was my shit three years ago. Check out channel 101.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Kevin leDoux said:
I remember having seen the episode where Hollywood Steve was killing a homeless lady and being really confused about a year back. Now being a year wiser, I know what’s up…
channel 101 is killer.
Glad to have it in my regular rounds of the internets
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
misterlevitan said:
Thanks for digging these up. When I first stumbled across these on 101 last year, I watched ‘em all in one day. I never did figure out why Hollywood Steve was killing the homeless lady, though…
Now my question is who is going to take the torch from Michael McDonald in the next generation? Will it be Thom Yorke? David Bazan? Maybe it will be Ben Gibbard. Personally, I hope it’s that yodeling douche Colin Meloy.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Kevin said:
I feel that there is a lot of general hatred out there for the crackling voice of Conor Oberst. This jut might be your best Mike MaC candidate.