Beyond Yacht Rock 2000 - Podcast Rankings and reviews

As a long time fan of the YouTube series and yacht rock music, this show is the definitive source for all things yacht rock. The made up genres are fantastic for anyone who is a music nerd and likes to hear four funny guys break down music in ways thought unimaginable.

I'm in complete denial that BYR is over, but I'm about a year behind, so it won't fully hit me for a while. Still, I had to come here and express my love for this podcast, which is equal parts smooth music and dong jokes, and is, overall, an absolute delight. I live in a big, anxiety-causing city, and listening to JD, Hunter, Steve, and David debate the Yachtski scale or rate top-ten songs by wrestlers or Canadians or Canadian wrestlers always mellows me out and makes me laugh on the subway. What started as a series of funny web videos has become a truly in-depth, labor-of-love podcast that has led me to so much great, smooth music. While the new genre episodes are always entertaining, it's thanks to the Yacht or Nyachts and the bone-throws that I'm now a legit fan of people like Dane Donohue, Bill LaBounty, Ned Doheny, Airplay, and Pages. And I've found a new appreciation for bands and artists I already knew, like Ambrosia, George Benson, and Ray Parker Jr. I find myself reading liner notes and getting excited to see people like Jerry Hey, Paulinho de Costa, and Victor Feldman in the ranks. I also find myself with Ocean City Defender's excellent "Yacht or Nyacht" theme song stuck in my head all the time. This podcast is in me like Peter Frampton, and I love it. Thank you, gentlemen, for your years of dedication to the smooth tunes, for keeping the fire, and for sharing your love of this sublime music with all of us who long to climb aboard the boat.

My God! This show is brilliant and quality. Funny and informative, and while it might sound like a pen of wacky fool-beasts, it’s actually four articulate and educated music/culture fans with strong opinions with which they are quite ready to slap one another in the face. Some of the genres are beautiful, others challenging, but each is given a fair shake. And if you’re not intrigued enough yet, they dissect the famous “More Cowbell” bit from Saturday Night Live to reveal the SHOCKING TRUTH.

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Hilarious with a surprising amount of info mixed in. Like Bill Cosby used to say each week in Fat Albert: coming at you with music and fun and if you’re not careful you might learn something before it’s done.