Favorite Sailing Songs

[sailingabe41ds]

"Calypso" by John Denver
"Sailing" by Christopher Cross
"Yo Ho, A Pirates Life for Me" theme from Disney Pirates of the Caribbean written by George Burns and Xavier Atencio
Abe

[sailingabe41ds]

Originally Posted by miketo

Theme from "Gilligan's Island".

Coast is clear no wife here...the only thing I can think of is Marianne or Ginger?

Abe

[murofsresiurc]

If I Had a Boat, Lyle Lovett

[japawil]

Cool change - Little River Band
Sailing - Mike Oldfield
Sail on, sailor - Beach Boys
Sailin’ - Cecillo and Kapono
Midnight on the bay - Stills-Young band
Vahevala - Loggins and Messina
Orinoco flow - Enya
Single-handed sailor - Dire Straits

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

No one else captures the subtly and beauty of cruising like Eileen. When she sings:

"If I killed the Captain," or "Do the Anchoring Dance", or "Working on my Boat", it brings a tear to my eye

You big softie, you!

This is why we love you, Mike!

Thanks for this Eileen Quinn reference Bob and Mike... I see I'll have to do some musical research.

Warmly,
LittleWing77

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by Olorin

Gordon Lightfoot:
Christian Island, The Ballad of Yarmouth Castle, Ghosts of Cape Horn, High And Dry, It's Worth Believing, A Passing Ship, Seven Island Suite, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.

Stan Rogers:
Barrett’s Privateers, Bluenose, Fogarty’s Cove, Lock-keeper, Make & Break Harbour, The Mary Ellen Carter, The Nancy, Sailor’s Rest, White Squall

I LOVE Christian Island! God bless Gordon Lightfoot. Also I agree with the Edmund Fitzgerald is, essentially, a downer (although my little brother memorized it and sung it at the top of his lungs while helming - so all of us know it by heart.)

And you all know what I think of Barrett's Privateers! (Meet me at The Lower Deck for a beer and a song...)

LittleWing77

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by sailingabe41ds

Coast is clear no wife here...the only thing I can think of is Marianne or Ginger?

Abe

Now THAT would be a fun thread, Abe. Get these guys to show their "true colours". LOL

Entertainment value might be similar to JC Reefer's Captain Ron Trivia thread...

Captain Ron Trivia
https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ia-239076.html

LittleWing77

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by japawil

Cool change - Little River Band
Sailing - Mike Oldfield
Sail on, sailor - Beach Boys
Sailin’ - Cecillo and Kapono
Midnight on the bay - Stills-Young band
Vahevala - Loggins and Messina
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Single-handed sailor - Dire Straits

These are totally cool! I'd forgotten about some of them...

(Don't you find Enya's repetition of sail away, sail away, sail away in Orinoco Flow tends to create rather stubborn earworms...?)

LittleWing77

[LittleWing77]

Oh! How could I forget!

Not strictly a sailing song (although "ridin' with the wind..." is in the lyrics). How 'bout a vote for

Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix?

Hendrix for-EVAH!
LittleWing77

[Spindrift NH]

Greatful Dead: Lost Sailor

[Joh.Ghurt]

Bad stuff from the New German Wave (80ies):
Spliff - Déjà Vue
Dschinghis Khan - Klabautermann


And even worse from the 60ies:
Freddy Quinn - Seemann deine Heimat ist das Meer

[Lodesman]

Sonny's Dream (Ron Hynes but covered by many)
Sailing on the Seven Seas (OMD)
Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Split Enz)
Come Sail Away (Styx) - not really a "sailing song" but seems it at the start. I could probably add another dozen songs that while not specifically about sailing, are sure evocative.