Wow well done interesting about box sets, but the price of used vinyl being what is it some times it's cheaper to buy a reissue of titles.

I watched the documentary of Yacht Rock it had it moments about the musicians and record I forgot about from back then , Growing up with music didn't make feel nostalgia about it. It's great for people who didn't grow up with the music. Sure maybe it was done trying to get a cash grab for records of this era. It was like watch standing the shadow of Motown that was done better. Also maybe go back and watch 20 Feet from Stardom, As for today music I take or leave it, I do like some new Artists and trust me I older than the demographic that is target to.

All way putting shit in a Box so that it can easily be sold.Music is Music .

The Shaboozy song is a cover... of a rap song.

Crashing the joint is essentially how Dylan got his start. I'm sure he had a gleam of respect for soy bomb... but he certainly showed him up with an all-time cool.

I have to say this. You really should've made the investment to see the movie before doing this video. There *is* a story arc in the movie as 'Yacht Rock' being a thread that is woven into all types of musical genres that spanned from the early 70s into today. One major subject that none of the clips you've seen touched on is how this music (and most of the musicians) fell out of favor commercially in the late 80s until the Hip Hop/Rap community started picking up on the songs and sampling them. That's the part of the movie that really peaked my interest, because that thread leads into the Neo-Soul/RnB movement that's going on right now (Thundercat working with Kenny Loggins/Michael McD, etc) Hip Hop introduced that music to a new generation in the late 80s/early 90s and the momentum is still being carried over even now. There's even a 'Yacht Soul' Sirius XM channel now, which really surprised me! The movie was a bigger thing than just guys opining over their music careers and wanting credit - it showed how this music influence spanned the decades and popped up in places you'd never thought it would. It's really a good documentary that you should watch. And for context, I'm also a Jazz fan who grew up with this music when it was out in the 70s/early 80s and was a fan of early Hip Hop/Rap in the 80s and early 90s before it went 'gansta' 👎🏾👎🏾 Cheers!!! Edited to add - And now I'm a new subscriber! 👍🏾👍🏾

Gatekeeping American soft rock lol. Who would have HBO Max or Sirius XM anyway lol wow pathetic controversy kill me now

Thanks for this. I'm an adult who in my youth had to endure the dreadful period when so-called Yacht Rock ruled the rock FM radio airwaves. Call it character building. I therefore enjoyed the gentle poking fun in the HBO documentary. The movie didn't take itself very seriously, which I consider the right attitude going in. A little later I watched Rick Beato tearing his hair out over the film, because the backup studio people were "really good musicians". I watch Rick faithfully, but I had to laugh at the way he blew a gasket over the supposed desecration of this after the fact genre. Lighten up Rick.

The term Yacht rocks has been around since the 1990's if Im not mistaken. Technically it suggests music for people who own yachts or it's just a nonsensical way to categorize music yet none of the record labels use it to describe their releases. Jimmy Buffet did some videos on a yacht, he was on ABC Records. Steely Dan was also on that label, does it mean they were yacht rock? The term means nothing and there is no so called controversy as you stated. People either like the artist or they don't and they sure don't care how it's categorized. It seems that youtube channel hosts want to find controversy in whatever to drive people to their channels. It's getting boring frankly and Rick Beato was correct that it is a meaningless term. Donald Fagen's response when asked to be part of the doc was great and appropriate. It is a insulting term.

You don’t get it.

It's an insulting name for a lot of good music.

LOL about "adult contemporary"--I was a college student in the early '80s and I used to joke about that term (or "adult rock"): "I'm not 21 yet; should I be listening to this?" 😂

If not for those guys coming up with the term Yacht Rock we wouldn't have all these great tribute cover bands like Yachtly Crue and Yachty By Nature keeping the smoothness alive!

I'm tired of Rick Beato and his get off my lawn mentality. And yeah watch the documentary!

Yacht Rock is no different than Hair Metal. It's a term fans came up with to describe their tastes. Everybody just chill and enjoy the music regardless.

Journalist labels are all stupid. Progressive rock is BS. Indie rock is BS. There is no so-called genre that has artists/bands that are all closely linked.

So some shitty company is stealing the valor of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell for no good reason? That *is* extremely wanky!

Again, the real creators not making anything while the corporate hogs make billions. I'm a capitalist but the systrm is f'ed.

Jazz/classical guy here. Don't bother with rap.

great point. these records were made during the golden age of studios.

Well done. I watched Mazzy's earlier. Lol.

I think the yacht rock dudes need to get a sense of humor.

the term reveals a lot about the modern left, rich white elites, globo-commies. anti-American.

it’s like BUTT ROCK

We agree on most of this. But selling re treads allows for the labels to invest in new artists. Hit makers always supported new artist development. And most of those expanded reissues have the support of the original artists.

Yacht Rock is a Good Name to have.. Yachts are about High Class Chilling Refinement .. it's calling this music a refined brand of Rock.. a Higher Class of Rock..Just my own observation.. I say eat the cake and ride the Yacht Annie Mae!!

Jimi Hendrix never referred to his music as "psychedelic". An interviewer once asked him "what do you call the kind of music you do", and Hendrix said "..I don't know, we are trying to do like a freaky blues type of thing.." I've never heard Pink Floyd or the Beatles (1966 and later) refer to their music during the Sgt Pepper era as "psychedelic music". Someone already mentioned Nirvana having the same issue with "Grunge". I actually put those Artists mentioned in my computer as Soft Rock so if I do a search, the computer takes me to Christopher Cross, Al Stewart, Steely Dan, Seals & Crofts, Michael McDonald, etc. If you remember, record stores labeled their record bins "Rock", "Soul/R&B", "Jazz", "Classical", and "Pop". So, as you see, it's somewhat a marketing strategy so people can find what they want. However, they could have just listed everything alphabetically without the labels and maybe sold more records by someone just seeing a cover of a Pop or R&B album had they not chose a certain section to browse. Ok. Enough small talk. I'm out!

Beato overreacted ..the term YACHT ROCK has now put a lot more money in the pocket of all those musicians who made those tunes a LONG TIME AGO. Sure its a silly name for the genre or whatever is close to that 70’s 80’s jazz rock dance music that continues to be popular. I watched the HBO doc….it is ok …it is sometimes boring sometimes interesting doc…they are not insulting any musicians! Like I said it is making them popular and at least some more money off of old records…a lot I like ,a lot I can pass on but the musicians were great and the Yacht Rock name does not make them any less great…love Beato but he was railing about nothing really. The Documentary is helping the musicians not demeaning them!

That's how I got into classical and jazz. The pop music industry wasn't churning out stuff I liked anymore. And that goes back to the early nineities!

Harmless Dave promotes a lot of 80s-style "melodic rock" bands and albums on his KZbin channel. And new bands influenced by the Eagles and the 70s country-rock genre.

Hmmm , it's interesting to find out "yacht rock" wasn't only about sailing in fancy boats , & having piña coleadas ... I thought it was only about Jimmy Buffet & Christopher Cross. Maybe the "genre" is in constant evolution & expanding.

Well, I do enjoy the music, but I hate the name. Some people call it smooth rock, or west coast sound. I call it classic hits. I know, nobody asked😁

Has anyone actually been on a yacht? What was the music like?

I've subscribed to Rick 8 years ago when he talked about Andy Wallace. But recently he's got into the "old man yells at the clouds" era of life.

It amazing how these manufactured controversies snowball just because there’s money to made. Every other thing is a controversy and it’s because this type of content gets eyeballs and spark engagement. I guess it’s just a sad testament to how easily folks can be manipulated.

Sadly the brain-dead are taking over. Why would anyone with any self respect need somebody to categorise your music for you It's incredibly sad that the vast majority of people can't think for themselves. It's like the emperors new clothes. Rick Beato is the small child that shouted out the emperor is naked when all those making shed loads of cash with this utter nonsense are laughing at you all the way to the bank.

I'm in my 60s and have no use for most of today's production line dance-pop or rap or heavy metal. I like melody and lyrics and artists who can play their instruments. I don't need great music from the '60s and '70s remixed with the bass & drums cranked up in the mix. I watched Rick Beato's video and then made 2 CDRs of Christopher Cross' music for my collection.

Did you see what Fagan said to them? He told them to ef offf

Rock the boat, don't rock the boat (baby).

Rap used to be for a certain demographic. Sorry that country music is thought to be only for white people.

The same people that go to Eagles and Fleetwood Mac concerts and want to hear their songs exactly like the studio, how boring!! You want or musicians? may want to hear improv, and or changes to a song, the majority of the people that like that are non musicians. Adult Contemporary?? who listens to Radio anymore Radio is Dead. I want to rock out as I get older not wimp out. I call it typical crap, more of the softer version of these classic bands. Yacht rock, who has a yacht?? Stupid term, I call it soft rock, these bands were versatile enough they could do many styles, or versions of their hits.

The whole stink is that the term "Yacht Rock" is just straight up derogatory. Summing up this great music with a stereotype insinuating that the main consumer would be a rich, white dude on his yacht, is insulting. It is just indicative of the times we live in, where all rich, white people are considered ignorant and evil. Forget that this is some of the best, most complex, thoughtful and beautifully harmonic rock music that has ever existed.

It's not just nostalgia. Yacht rock is good music

You should see if you can get Rick Beato on your show.

I think the issue is simply the term "Yacht Rock". I know one can say what's the big deal it's just a name someone coined but it's a pejorative like "Cocktail Music" or "Elevator Music". Donald Fagan was right to be upset with Steely Dan's music being lumped into that category.

In the 70s and onwards we called this music LA music or West Coast music. I am Swedish and play music on a hobby level. The interest in music made you become a nerd and read carefully the album covers to see if your favourite musicians were on the vinyl record you were interested in. I understand very well Rick Beato's frustration with the concept of Yacht Rock! But OK; I see this discussion from a musician's perspective and as a non-American!

You will never ever see any kind of book, newspaper, magazine,interview, tv show, movie from that area the late 1970s to the early 80s refer to the term yacht rock at all. There is no reference to it. This is what is called revisionists history. Some dude decided to write a book and create a film documentary and create the term yacht rock. You could make a case for the use of the word grundge rock was used for the sounds of bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden's. However most of the groups like Nirvana didn't like the term. The term was applied at the time it was being released not after the fact. Again some dude came up with a marketing term to use for yacht rock and made money. Its so lame it was originally refered to as adult contemporary or contemporary music.

I can never un-see this train wreck..sooooo cringe

Don't you think, the jocularity over this music & subsequent moniker originated, from a place of love? Anyone, offer ideas, as to why the name" Yacht Rock," seems to generate ,so much animosity? I love a lot of the music; haven't heard any music buffs, musicians, producers et al ,bash this coterie of tunesmiths. I've yet to get a cogent explanation, why this tag is so "insulting". Love trivia, but I respect the fact such info often seems meaningless to most. Everyone has a right to his/her opinions.

I like yachts...I'd own one if I could afford it....peace