Bechtolt was born in Astoria, Oregon and began playing music as a teenager, dropping out of high school to play drums in his brother's touring punk band. He started working with electronics in the late 1990s and began releasing solo records under the name YACHT in 2003. Nearly all of his recordings have been distributed by both Marriage Records and States Rights Records.
Claire Evans came of age playing in bands in the underground noise scene of Los Angeles, and was part of the Portland-based The World Court. She has presented her PowerPoint performances at MoMA PS1, The Kitchenand the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and has collaborated with Bechtolt on literally hundreds of projects since they met in 2004.
In 2003, Bechtolt was commissioned to create a full length audio/visual electronic pop opera by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). He performed with his group The Badger King with bandmate Marianna Ritchie (a Wolf Colonel and Dear Nora alumnus who went on to record alone as Manta, and then Mantar).
In 2006, Bechtolt collaborated with Khaela Maricich as half of the pop group The Blow to release Paper Television. Bechtolt toured extensively with The Blow, providing beats and backup vocals until quitting the band in 2007 in order to focus on his work in YACHT.
In January 2006, Bechtolt was commissioned for two performances for the New York based art and technology platform Rhizome, as part of their "Crap-tops vs Laptops" show. In February 2006, he performed at the Museum of Modern Art's P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and produced an hour-long internet radio program with Clear Cut Press; a Northwest-based publisher of new literary work.
In 2007, for the release party for YACHT's album I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real, Bechtolt performed a concert on an actual yacht on the Willamette River in Portland.
The 2009 release, See Mystery Lights, was the first to feature Claire Evans as a group member.
YACHT live performances include dancing as well as elaborate PowerPoint presentations. Bechtolt documents his professional and sometimes personal life via video, text, and images on his blog.
In 2010, YACHT expanded to include The Straight Gaze; a backing band of 2 additional members. Bobby Birdman plays bass guitar and sings backing vocals while Jeffrey Jerusalem plays drums. In this incarnation Bechtolt and Evans both play instruments.
Bechtolt is a co-founder of the Portland-based popular blogging web community Urban Honking as well as the producer, editor, cameraman and a writer of The Ultimate Blogger.
Both Bechtolt and Evans are vegans.
Sites: YouTube, SoundCloud, Discogs, Wikipedia, Twitter and www.teamYACHT.com
Second Summer
Yacht Lyrics
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Now when I wake up I rise for the sick or the poor,
You've been nice to the sun.
Now when we kiss, I feel like physics are true
The world, it spins,
My body, begins with you
Falling in to the sun
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out.
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out.
2 x
Can you stand by your love?
After push, push comes to shove
Can you stand by your man?
After shit, shit hits the fan?
A second summer of love, I wonder if it will not go out...
Can you stand by your love?
After push, push comes to shove
Can you stand by your man?
After shit, shit hits the fan.
When I first met you
Id thought Id forget you
Now when I wake up
I rise for the sake of a boy
Who belongs
In a song
Now when we kiss
I feel like physics
Are true
The world it spins
My body begins
With you
Falling in
To the sun
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out
After push
Push comes to shove?
Can you stand by your man
After shit
Shit hits the fan?
Can you stand by your love
After push
Push comes to shove?
Can you stand by your man
After shit
Shit hits the fan?
My heart has been hurt
So my heart is to work it
Feel
We wake up
We weather mistakes
Of a boy
And a girl
Who is strong
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out
A second summer of love and I wonder
If this time the sun will not go out
It will not go out
Can you stand by your love
After push
Push comes to shove?
Can you stand by your man
After shit
Shit hits the fan?
Can you stand by your love
After push
Push comes to shove?
Can you stand by your man
After shit
Shit hits the fan?
A second summer of love
I wonder if it will
Not go out.
A second summer of love
I wonder if it will
Not go out
A second summer of love
I wonder if it will
Not go out
A second summer of love
I wonder if it will
Not go out
Can you stand by your love
After push
Push comes to shove?
Can you stand by your man
After shit
"Second Summer" is a song by YACHT, an American dance-pop band. The lyrics seem to be about love, commitment, and the potential for a lasting relationship. The first verse mentions the uncertainty of the relationship at the beginning and the certainty of the relationship now. The line "you've been nice to the sun" is interesting because it suggests that the sun, which is known for being bright and warm, is somehow aware of the relationship and approves of it. The line "when we kiss, I feel like physics are true" implies that the relationship is somehow grounded in science, which could mean that it is logical and sustainable.
The chorus, "A second summer of love and I wonder if this time the sun will not go out" suggests that the relationship has faced challenges in the past and that the singer hopes that those challenges will not return. The repetition of the chorus and the question "Can you stand by your love?" in the bridge highlights the theme of commitment and standing by each other through difficult times.
Overall, the song reflects a hopeful, upbeat tone that encourages listeners to believe in lasting love and commitment, even when faced with challenges.
Line by Line Meaning
When I first met you
I thought I would forget you
Now when I wake up
I rise to help those in need
You've been nice to the sun.
You've been good to everything and everyone around you
Now when we kiss, I feel like physics are true
Our love feels so real, like it abides by the laws of the universe
The world, it spins, My body, begins with you. Falling in to the sun
Everything starts and revolves around our love, like the center of our own universe
A second summer of love and I wonder If this time the sun will not go out
I hope our love will last forever and not fade away like the sun
After push Push comes to shove? Can you stand by your man After shit Shit hits the fan? Can you stand by your love After push Push comes to shove? Can you stand by your man After shit Shit hits the fan?
When times get tough, will you still be there for the one you love, even when things go wrong?
Writer(s): Jonathan Warren Bechtolt, Robert John Kieswetter, Claire Louise Evans
Contributed by Evelyn K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.