# The Timeless Music of Yanni... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145 "2003-04-16T19:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/21 "2003-04-17T02:34:49Z")
oh my god i did a search on morpheus, so far 225 songs i’m gonna get me some free yanni ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/22 "2003-04-17T02:36:57Z")
oh god, someone shoot me…please ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/23 "2003-04-17T03:50:22Z")
_GOOD SEX MUSIC!!! … ohmyf_uckinggawd\* **Nothing** (other than the Kenny G - Michael Bolthead - djf750 threesome) could make Mr. Happy curl up quicker. ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/24 "2003-04-17T06:04:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Feh. You guys just don’t know good sex music when you hear it. Candles, dimmed lights, champagne and Yanni. > > \ \*\* Exactly. _sigh_ _Tho someone else is buying the expensive concert tickets, and I go for cheap CD’s._ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/25 "2003-04-17T06:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\* > I want to know how Yanni’s making that 45 mill…who _are_ these people buying his records? > > I’ve never actually met one. > \*\* My aunt, for starters. I’m ashamed to share genes with her. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/26 "2003-04-17T07:31:09Z")
His music WILL suck for all time, which I guess makes it kind of timeless. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/27 "2003-04-17T13:02:58Z")
Is YANNI related to ZAMFIR (the guy with the magic pan pipes)? I can’t imagine a worse torture than being tied down and having to listen to 2 hours of yanni! ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/28 "2003-04-17T17:17:06Z")
Yanni is the Doug Henning of contemporary music. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/29 "2003-04-17T19:16:04Z")
I thought for sure there was a “w” in his name. If there isn’t, then adding one makes it ironically relevant. Yawn-i. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/30 "2003-04-17T22:55:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*My aunt, for starters. I’m ashamed to share genes with her. \*\* I actually have _Keys to Imagination_ tucked away in my music collection. It’s actually not a bad album… I’m not a fan of any of the stuff that followed, but I will defend that first album. Now Kenny G, however, _that’s_ my definition of musical suckage. ---
**Author:** ![glilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@glilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glilly)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/31 "2003-04-18T02:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*What about Slim Whitman and Zamfir? \*\* [embarassing moment] I bought a Slim Whitman album and hung the cover on the wall as a joke, along with Milli Vanilli, etc. covers. My apartment manager came over and I showed her the illustrious collection, and she said “Oh, I like Slim Whitman.” [/embarassing moment] ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145/32 "2003-04-18T04:02:09Z")
Yanni and Rod McKuen are twins separated at birth. I pronounce it “Yawny.” I’ve seen Zamfir, he can remain reasonably entertaining for one or two hours. Yanni is reasonably entertaining for one or two femptoseconds. Michael Bolton, Yanni, Kenny G and John Tesh have, in a single generation, stalled musical progress for decades. Raising elevator music to an art does not necessarily constitute true art, in and of itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeless-music-of-yanni/169145.md?page=1)