Why was yacht rock, jazz-funk, soul, and sophistipop stigmatized by the rockcrit intelligentsia and hipsters for years? The cream of the crop of that stuff got shafted

You're talking about a generation that idolized and mainly consisted of unwashed hippies, so music that was smooth and polished was perceived as lacking authenticity.

I like that Sade has chugging and guitar solos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcWHZc8s2I

>>127283603 (OP)
>rockcrit intelligentsia
Keep seething about people smarter and more cultured than you.

>>127283680
nice bait

>>127283603 (OP)
>It's as easy to see why radio listeners loved Toto as it is to see why critics hated them. Toto's rock-studio chops allowed them to play any current pop style at the drop of a hi-hat: one minute prog rock, the next hard rock, the next funky R&B. It all sounded great, but it also implied that music-making took craft rather than inspiration and that the musical barriers critics like to erect were arbitrary. Then, too, Toto's timing couldn't have been much worse. They rode in during the middle of punk/new wave with its D.I.Y. aesthetic, and their sheer competence was an affront.

William Ruhlmann wrote this in a retrospective review of the Toto debut in 2010. Thought it was an interesting theory as to why they pissed off critics so much.

>>127283733
I like how they just look like some dudes out doing karaoke after work.