I remember listening to the words of that song and thinking how effed up it was.
My kids love the “Pina Colada Song”, and about a year ago it came on the radio with my daughter in the car and she finally really “listened” to the words and said, “they were trying to cheat on each other”.
Sometimes, as Currie said, you’re just supposed to listen to Ann Wilson’s lovely voice and ignore the lyrics.
Kristofferson liked to tell the story of his 5YO son coming into the room while he was practicing “The Silver Tongued Devil and I” and chastising him that “You’re trying to blame your problems on someone else.” Later, the kid would learn that the two were pretty close.
I looked up “Yacht Rock” on Spotify.
One of the playlists that came up was “White Dad Summer BBQ” playlist.
They are not the same.
Trop Rock is mostly beach bum music.
Spotify took me into a deep dive on Trop Rock.
I listen to music by people that most have never heard of.
Jimmy is my go to, but I actually don’t really listen to him much anymore.