Christopher Cross "Sailing" C/D

Likeable, but not really Classic.

whst is it with his fascination of pink flamingoes? (it's kinda like the swirlies/ostrich thing)

the verses to this song are really gorgeous. the chorus and solo bit are dull, lousy follow through.

Remember the DJ Icey Drum & Bass remix of this song?

Good. I don't, either.

I think I'll always like this song, just as I did when it came out, but I wouldn't want to hear it too many times in one sitting. Once every couple of years would be ideal.

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I DON'T CARE HOW CHEESY IT IS IT'S STILL BETTER THAN DEF LEPPARD YOU ASSHOLES

nerdy guy with a goatee singing soft rock. reminds me of Christian Rock.

hahhahahah YACHT ROCK

"The canvas can do miracles / Just you wait and see" is very C.

I was pondering the relative merits of Cross's "Sailing" vs Rod Stewart's "Sailing" just last week. Chris's > Rod's, no?

Jesus fucking christ, this song.

I don't like how he replaces serenity with tranquility.

oh sorry, redmond. We agreed on other threads, though. Thanks for your input.

Nice video. Cross was so tragically doomed as a pop star.

The canvas can do miracles

every word is a symphony

"all caught up in the reverie" underrated?

Look I'm drunk, and you are out of bounds, man. Why do you want to make me play this song agian?
Bless you for posting, though, thanks :)

I can't do it. I don't care about young people who like hip hop.
This song is paradise, heaven on a plate.

Nice video. Cross was so tragically doomed as a pop star.

Upside: He's wearing an Earl Campbell Houston Oilers jersey, which is like triple nostalgia for me. "Sailing" + the long-gone Oilers + Texas in general. Such sweet sorrow.

Downside: Add a helmet to that outfit, and no one could blame you for mistaking him for a mongoloid. Anyone who looks like that dude is automatically doomed as a pop star. Also, everything he did after that was painful.

But I say classic. It's a lovely, lovely song. I don't think it's cheesy at all.

Must ask, though: wtf does he need a double-neck guitar for? Was the next song in the set "Stairway"?

I don't know. But I have this whole album on my iPod, and I am a happy man. I'm an adult contemporary asshole, I guess.

Noodle Vague, are you out there?

wow, this song "Poor Shirley" is really cool. Wow. Christopher Cross forever.

love this song. the album is also pretty good (although I don't like "ride like the wind" too much. "minstrel gigolo" is great).

this is the song that will be played at my funeral at the marina

the marina of the lake leman ? (near mercury's statue)

I remember reading a review of CX, where they said "his songs don't actually say anything" which I thought a bit severe.

Then I though to myself, hmm. "Sailing... Takes me away to where I'm going.."

Yep.

I love this song. I also love 'Arthur's Theme' (in fact the latter is one of my all-time favourite songs), but what is Christopher Cross's problem? I've watched a lot of the videos of him on youtube and he has this peculiar habit of moving away from the microphone in the middle of words, and maybe not enunciating them properly in the first place. I would almost say it sounds like he's not singing properly at times. The effect is at its worst on the live concert videos but you can even hear him doing it a bit on some lines on the records. It's very strange.

he's shy ?

Yes, he seems shy. But lots of performers are shy people and it doesn't stop them singing properly. I just wish he wouldn't clip some of his words quite so much, although I realise the clipped thing is part of his style, to a degree.

CHRISTOPHER FUCKING CROSS

AAAAAH RIDE LIKE THE WIND wow

To me, that's as good as Journey, really it is. I know people might laugh at me, but really.

"minstrel gigolo" is great).

Can't believe this song got a shoutout on ILM. Bless you.

YACHT ROCK FOREVER LOL

eheh, I keep having the episode with the songwriting contest when I think about c.cross and "sailing", now...
and yeah, the 1-2 punch (if you can talk about punch about c.cross...) "sailing"/"minstrel gigolo" is such a great ending.

Christopher Cross was the Sea And Cake of his time -- or vice versa.

Thanks for posting, Mackro!

But AleXTC, I never thought I'd be able to share my love of "Minstrel Gigolo" with another human being. Wow. It was on a b-side of one of his singles (Arthur's Theme???) and I adored it, I absolutely loved it.

I've got a couple of live versions of Minstrel Gigolo, too. I hate to admit it, but I love playing these with some early Sheen Easton.

Must ask, though: wtf does he need a double-neck guitar for? Was the next song in the set "Stairway"?

― tits akimbo (kenan), Monday, March 23, 2009 9:22 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark

Really feeling the weight of this post here. I don't want anyone to get me wrong, a double necked guitar is pretty unpardonable. I understand.

Can he be pardoned for it being 30 years ago? Prolly not because any self respecting musician had given up double necked guitars well before 1979.

But yeah, still somehow Christopher Cross is cool. I have no idea how he gets away with this.

I don't understand why the double-knecked guitar is seen as an issue. Of course, I am aware of its association with the likes of Jimmy Page, but if Cross wanted to use one, so what. As you said, it was thirty years ago. No doubt punky people found it objectionable then, but how is it still objectionable or laughable?

More importantly, I would like to have your opinion on the peculiarities of Cross's singing technique? (see my earlier post).

Ooh! So bossy! That's kindof sexy, I reckon, dubmill, but to each his own.

I certainly didn't mean to be impolite, Mr. Dubmill except that an alternate version of Love Will Tear Us Apart is pounding in my ears and Joy Division happens to be the best band in the universe, but that isn't your problem.

Well I read your posts again and I'm not sure what your complaint is exactly. That is the way Mr. Cross sings. As to You Tube, though I can't really comment on that, I haven't seen a lot of him on you tube. I merely accept the way he sings and it's enough for me. It doesn't strike me as deficient in some way.

My complaint was clearly stated. It is that he appears to cut off words at the ends of lines when he sings them. It's certainly more obvious when he sings live, but I hear it a bit occasionally on records as well.

I don't understand why, if can just accept the way he sings, you can't accept his choice of guitar. But whatever, we'll just have to disagree.

Look, dude. Chill. I love the way he sings, I don't to complain about it. I love the sound of his guitar, too. I might light-hearted fun of an instrument no one in their right mind would play today with any credibility: a double necked guitar. It was my attempt to have fun with the thread, man, but it didn't diminish the ultimate CHRISTOPHER CROSS LOVE in my VEINS. Got it?

Both of you chill.

The problem with the double-necked guitar is not so much that it's an artifact, it's that it's so obviously, hilariously unnecessary.

double guitar + over sized oilers jersey against starry backdrop is a super cosmic vibe

Xpost. Doesn't he move away from the mic to breathe in?

kenan OTM and the fact is, I don't CARE what he does, guys, I really really don't care. This song is like crack, I'm serious. Absolute musical perfection, check it.

This song was the basis of an inspirational video that was played at the beginning of Navy boot camp.

In like 2005

Been going about these guys on the VALERIE thread, but some of you might enjoy College's synthpop cover of 'Sailing'

This song is str8 fire biutiful

i just played this in itunes and in the bit where the picture of the sleeve should be there was a picture of

ronald reagan

― frankie driscoll, Sunday, April 22, 2007 8

lol

love it.

it bothers me much more that this is 33 years old than, say, 'guns of brixton' does

I DON'T CARE HOW CHEESY IT IS IT'S STILL BETTER THAN DEF LEPPARD YOU ASSHOLES

― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Friday, January 2, 2009 3:58 AM (5 years ago)

<3

http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/earles_and_jensen/earles_and_jensen_christopher_cross.mp3

this was the first digitally recorded #1 iirc

1980 Texxas Jam
(June 21) - Cotton Bowl in Dallas (General Admission - $16.50)

Eagles
Cheap Trick
Foreigner
April Wine
Sammy Hagar
Christopher Cross
Point Blank
Le Roux
Savvy

Notes: Savvy was bumped at the last minute by The Eagles management. Show lineup confirmed by Steve Jones of Savvy. Christopher Cross, who already didn't fit on the hard rocking Texxas Jam stage, was resoundingly booed at the outset of "Sailing", then later cut his set short after throwing up on stage due to heat exhaustion. The Eagles refused to play at first and were an hour late going on due to issues with the 'Hard Rock' line up.

it's like the weak sauce altamont of the 70s

'hard rocking'

open with "fast lane", "already gone" & "witchy woman" into whatever. what's the problem?

Chris Cross'll make ya
Chuck chuck

"Sailing" is ok. I like the bridge part.

Wasn't it covered by 'NSync or Backstreet Boys or something?

yeah...he participated too