:-(
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gutted.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fucking hell and salute and RIP
This stings, a lot. Was just rocking Check Your Head yesterday for the first time in a long time. RIP
― Silky Slim (dan m), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really sad.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh shit, wow. RIP.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
film/video work underrated imho
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow, unexpected. oddly i just put paul's boutique on my phone this morning after not hearing it for a couple of years.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
! Aw. RIP
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
He did so many great things. Oscilloscope is a great little indie film label. RIP.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck cancer for reals
― llurk, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucking cancer, man
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
WOW.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had no idea he was still sick.
rest in peace
jesus
this feels so strange
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
R.I.P.
― how's life, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just saw this on Twitter. Holy fucking shit. Dude was only five years older than I am. :(
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucking cancer
― stet, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
good work Adam RIP
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Very, very sad about this.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is horrible, fuck this
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP -- hitting home, really. Makes me feel old, makes me miss being in HS. Ugh.
― Dominique, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
terrible news. RIP :/
― crüt, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
way too young
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
so weird
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it's rare that celebrity death reminds me of my own mortality but holy fuck, MCA?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ this. fuck.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Horrible, horrible, horrible
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, this blows. RIP
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
directed by MCA:
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn this sucks. he always seemed like the best rapper/coolest dude in the group.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― dayo, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have not heard uh, anything since hello nasty i think but the beasties were staple listening pretty much everywhere in high school and are thus hardwired somewhere in the fog of adolescent nostalgia. RIP :(
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucking gutted by this for real, just...love this guy
rip dude, you were the coolest
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
wife is in tears, feeling v bummed
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
WTF horrible horrible. It was supposed to be such a minor 'whew good thing we caught this in time' tumor at the time. How can we fucking kill cancer?
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was like three years from this
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP
― 'scuse me, while I Rim the Sky... (snoball), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
rip
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man, looking at recent pictures is just the saddest fucking thinglove to this guy and his fam
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ooh, fuckin' hell, did not expect that. Licence to Ill is going on right away.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had no idea he was even sick. really surprised and saddened. rip
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am so bummed!!!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
urgh. really thought he had beat cancer? RIP.
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
really want to cry a lot about this tbh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I actually just called a friend who is probably the biggest B Boys fan I know and left her a message saying I'm thinking of her which sounds so weird and lame but I know she's going to be devastated.
So so sad.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I missed the story from last month that he wouldn't be able to attend the RRHOF induction, which I guess would've at least been a strong indicator that something like this was around the corner. As it is, though, I feel like I've been slapped with a flounder.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
gotta road trip this afternoon -- think it's gonna be 3 hours of Beasties now
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
i haven't listened to the b boys on the regular in many years but man they really have meant a lot of me. mca owned, then and forever imo.
― omar little, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gah, too soon. RIP
― Jeff W, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Genuinely horrible, and like everyone I know on facebook/twitter is just overflowing with earnest grief. This is the most unexpected and tragic music death news in a long time. Gutted.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cookie Puss <3
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP.
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
So sad, I just read the 33 1/3 Paul's Boutique album a couple weeks ago and was reflecting on how wonderful and unique these guys are.
― dsb, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw shit, no way. love you man, we shared a name.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
rest in peace beastie dude!
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't know how to express how i feel here, I can't think of ANY musician's death that hit me this way
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
those videos of them playing basketball as old men seem extra sad to me now :(
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, this just seems shocking to me. I didn't even know he was ill. RIP.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
xhuxk on Facebook just now, with a link to this: "RIP MCA. i still owe you one."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=laQLHlIBUmg
(Yep, that's him.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me: MCA from the Beastie Boys just died!Coworker #1: Which one was he?Coworker #2: The white one.RIP, MCA.
― kate78, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
(part of) a p big formative influence on stuff I listen(ed) to... prolly more than anyone who's died for a looooooooong time tbh
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh dag. :(
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
its making me smile to see my facebook and twitter light up with outpourings of love. also, four different people in my office now have beastie boys tunes playing on youtube
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know chuck put a voodoo hex on those guys years ago...
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm not BLAMING chuck, just saying...
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kate: A co-worker heard be on the phone and came over all concerned and was like OMG I'm so sorry was that a friend of yours?!
Ned: xhuxk is the one getting pranked?!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Regional Tug (irrational), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have to listen to other things for work but i want to be blasting 'paul's boutique' so bad right now
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
ENBB -- yup.
Here's xhuxk's piece:
http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/chuck-eddy-lay-it-down-clowns-the-beastie-boys-take-over-1987/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, RIP
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
that prank clip is awesome, them giggling and hightailing it away, fkn priceless
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
cranking License to Ill, imma roll through the whole discography fuckit
seriously, blasting paul's boutique neighbors hate check your heard queued up
― Dominique, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Massive suckage.
― Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just found out. Oh man... One of the most inspirational people in music for me
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is really making me depressed. I feel like we are all living in cancer's world.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
this really is the worst thing.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh fuck now I'm really gonna cry
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
As I just muttered on FB: Sudden realization of a moment I'd almost forgotten -- I had seen the Beastie Boys once live, Lollapalooza 1994. Person I was with said I was dancing like a crazy idiot during "Sabotage" in particular. And you know what? All good with that, because MCA murdered that bassline and then some. So RIP indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg that photo!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Isn't it great?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know a band are truly all encompassingly loved when even Duran Duran are posting an rip message.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
saw them at the Greek in Berkeley abt 5 years ago, the whole crowd acapella sang Paul Revere and it was hands down one of the best concert moments of my life
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not a great quality video, but still awesome.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good lord what a sobering downer. RIP
― Spectrist, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hornblower
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
baby MCA @ 1:00
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
mca was the best, hope you're having fun in whatever passes for buddhist heaven, you soundtracked a lot of my life
― the late great, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
'so whatcha want' was the first single I ever bought, and hello nasty was one of the first albums I ever bought.
― dayo, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
My favorite Beast. rip
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
just thinking back to the days when my freshman dorm was covered with two of those gigantic 6' x 4' posters. one from the "Sabotage" set and the other from an Ill Communication promo shoot, with a Check Your Head regular size poster bridging the two. wish i had the pics scanned in now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
"So Whatcha Want" was our outgoing answering machine message that year
Happy rebirth Adam!!!
rimbaud108 9 minutes ago
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP cool dude.
Besides the jams, seemed like a good model of how to be a grown-up rock star.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
i wore my aloha mr hand Beasties shirt til it fell off me in rags
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP, Adam.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Gutted.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
also a great model of how to evolve as a human being while being able reconcile and own your past.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
My wife's very upset about this, and I am too. It's essential to remember just how important Licensed To Ill was in the world of '86, it pulled everything apart and then stuck its giddy tongue out. I saw them at Glasgow Barrowlands in '87 and they were phenomenal even (or especially) then.
Even though this is Britain, I remember just how down everyone was after Kurt died, and how Ill Communication in '94 was sort of a "I Want To Hold Your Hand"-type transformative moment, lifting everyone's spirits again and definitely on the side of life. Which makes Adam's passing all the sadder; Christ, he was only seven months younger than me and like a lot of other people I thought he'd beaten the cancer.
All I can advise to everyone today/tonight is: find all the Beastie Boys music in your house and play it proudly.
Farewell to a crucial figure and, I'm sure, a splendid fellow.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd never thought about Ill Communication's massive transatlantic success that way, Marcello, and it makes sense.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you're cranking Paul's Boutique, this comes highly recommended (they recorded this commentary for the re-release, it's great)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
In 1999, Beastie Adam Horovitz wrote a letter to Time Out New York apologizing for their youthful indiscretions on that first album, saying he wanted to "formally apologize to the entire gay and lesbian community for the shitty and ignorant things we said on our first record. There are no excuses. But time has healed our stupidity. … We hope that you’ll accept this long overdue apology."
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^always thought this was a nice move by the beasties and really reflected how all of them grew as ppl over time
exactly!! hard to think of many artists willing to actually say this on the record
― first mca now bear wtf at this day already (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah mad respect for that
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah this was one of his great moments too
I want to say a little something that's long overdue the disrespect to women has got to be through to all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends I want to offer my love and respect to the end
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
and now it's the end
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
DANCIN AROUND LIKE YOU THINK YOU JANET JACK SON
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP. Fond memories from both "CookiePuss " days on through to the Tibet benefit shows
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
What the..?
Shit.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I slept in his bed once, and barfed in his mom's commode (he wasn't there). RIP duder.
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
! remy
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha just saw that beasties + elvis costello snl thing, somehow i never knew about that
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn, way too young.
Fuck cancer. RIP dude
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3idyiGk8H1rqkji8o1_500.jpg
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn, man.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh damn, break my heart a little more why don't you.
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
goddamnit, fuck I'm at work
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
jeez that picture made me cry a little bit in my office
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
horrible unintentionally funny xpost
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh jeez Edward that pic ;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shit shit shit. From all appearances one of the nicest guys in rock & roll, and a real booster for his favorite bands to boot. I grew up with the Beastie Boys - how come I never went to see them? Just so sad.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know that pic is total </3 and it feels goofy to talk about a pic capturing the soul of a man but there it is
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yup
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
not goofy
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
that picture is really heartbreaking. sad for him, but also for his family. his daughter's only 14? horrible.
― rayuela, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Unbelievable. How sad.
― *tera, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn this sucks.
nothing to add but RIP and hell yeah gonna crank it up when I get home from work.
I have a vivid memory of walking around the streets in the Castro (on a visit to a friend) after Ill Communication came out, listening to a tape of it over and over on my Walkman.
― sleeve, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, May 4, 2012 11:38 AM (17 minutes ago)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Playing Paul's Boutique in office as quietly as possible, trying not to look at that picture again.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm actually surprised at how sad this is making me but now i'm trying to keep it together at my desk. dammit.
― rayuela, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
terrible, and very sad. rip.
― goole, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
jeez, this is bumming me out in a major way. I dropped after hello nasty but all their records up to and including that one were on seriously heavy rotation all throughout my high school years. and he seemed like a good dude too. rip.
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Statement released:
http://www.beastieboys.com/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Very sad. I remember seeing them first on the bill at one of those Def Jam shows, back in '86 or so. They weren't very well known back then, and they were getting booed pretty much from the moment they hit the stage. (And this was at a very large venue.) Still, they were falling over themselves laughing, MCA most of all. I recall getting a weird sense of, I don't know, freedom, watching this. I think about it every time I have to speak in front of a large group of people. I still aspire to have that kind of "fuck all y'all" confidence. I guess it was a pretty meaningful moment for me. RIP, MCA. Way too soon.
― henry s, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
He seems like a pretty good model for how to live a life.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
― billstevejim, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Listening to this mix right now: http://soundcloud.com/dj-format-c-1/beastie-boys-mix-by-dj-format-c
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP MCA. I'm gonna bump Licensed To Ill like 3 times tonight. This dude was the best and the world is a little worse without him.
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
good TV moment at 2:45....
― billstevejim, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
aside from the music, I think the Beasties in general were really ground zero for a certain cool R&B/jazz/classic/punk axis collector mentality...like dudes that dug bad brains and old R&B and early hip hop and sonic youth etc...sorta the wax poetics mag aesthetic...i couldn't imagine, say, numero group existing w/o them
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kinda pisses me off that the three of 'em will never have a chance to actually do this, just walk down the street years and years on and swap stories:
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
awww
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^yeah those getups are what I was thinking of when I ref'd the b-ball video upthread
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://gizmodo.com/5907730/deceased-beastie-boy-adam-mca-yauch-is-every-single-twitter-trending-topic-right-now
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/05/remembering-grand-royal-beastie-boys-brief-brilliant-magazine/51944/
M*tt, these were great
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were, yeah
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was 16 and at this summer college program when Paul's Boutique came out and I remember walking to the record store the day it was released, buying it and bringing it back to play in our dorm's common room and being floored by it. I was expecting another goofy, fun Licensed to Ill and instead it was this incredible other thing.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
License To Ill was the first "real" tape I ever bought back in 7th grade, and Paul's Boutique was the first record that I ever remember looking forward to. Check Your Head came out right before I graduated high school, and Ill Communication came out during a particular decadent era of my college life and I have really fond memories of all of these eras. I saw them once at an outside venue in Pontiac, Michigan with L7 and House of Pain (lol 90s), and technically I saw one song from them at Lollapalooza in 1994 before I got kicked out.
Anyway this is pretty sad because unlike other recent big music deaths he seemed like a legit decent person who would probably still do some interesting shit later in life instead holing up and becoming a drugged out / crazy recluse.
― joygoat, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh shit, I still have issues of Grand Royal at my parents' house somewhere.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a couple issues of Grand Royal stashed somewhere. So classic.
I think I still have my faded circa-'98 Beastie Boys shirt somewhere at home. Going to try to dig it out to wear when I'm out with friends tonight.
― mh, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
really ground zero for a certain cool R&B/jazz/classic/punk axis collector mentality
yeah, I'd go further and say they were an archetype for how pretty much every music hipster/geek operates today. Like, is pitchfork quite the same site in a world where the beastie boys didn't exist? It's not like they were the first people to ever be way into all kinds of music, or even all kinds of *cool* music, but nobody really pulled off an aristic statement pulling all of that knowledge and love in like paul's boutique, or their 90s records. I think this is part of why MCA dying means something to me, despite not having listened to the BBs records in years. I *feel* a part of whatever generation guys like him belonged to /blogging
― Dominique, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
artistic, duh
― Dominique, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah dominique that's definitely what i was trying to get at, said better
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
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― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't want to be at work right now.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
An incomplete and off the top of my head ramble from the past hour:
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2012/05/adam_yauch_dead_mca_beastie_boys.php
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow. Shit.
Some friends of mine and I went to see the hip-hop exhibit at the Brooklyn Academy of Music some years back. It was springtime and there was no one there but us and Yauch, who was alone and perusing the exhibit quietly. On the way out, we found it striking that the Lubavitcher Jews went straight toward him and not toward us, who were about as Jewish looking as it gets. There was a brief moment that felt very "one of us ..." as we looked over our shoulders to see them proffering him a lulav and etrog, likely oblivious to who he was.
This is a sad.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
with certain musicians their own overwhelming fannishness informs their music, thurston moore and the beasties come to mind
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp to dominique and matt
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
The time between Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique took forever. And when PB sounded nothing like LtI, I was a little disappointed at first. But the more I listened to it, the more I got into it, the more I could hear that beer-drinking frat rappers were moving them and us forward into a new direction…
I think I heard the first side of Check Your Head every morning for six months my freshman year in the dorm. Though I got sick of it, I still taped the CD longbox up on my cinderblock wall.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, that's a good jewish twist on the celebrities-just-like-us meme xp
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Didn't have quite the same agewise impact on me cuz when I was in college all I was hearing was "Cookie Puss," but I bought the first 4 albums (Paul's Boutique on cassette) and my best friend claims they copped some of their behavior from watching him at parties at Bard. (saw them at L'looza 94 too)
also heavy Jerry Lewis influence obv
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
TRAGICRIP
― nakamura, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
in high school, for my friend's birthday i made a mix cassette tape where i laboriously compiled not songs but clips of our fav bboys lines. i would never do this now, so it's too bad that this mix is lost forever, on a lone cassette tape out there somewhere...
― rayuela, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just finding out about this now--big surprise, even though I knew there had been health issues. It was so exciting when they went #1 with their first album; as key a moment as Nevermind grabbing #1. (Who'd did they knock out--Peter Cetera? Jennifer Rush?) I had interviewed them a few months prior, and they were so funny and so obscene, I wrote it up under a pseudonym--I was still passing on my writing to my parents, and I didn't want my mother to read it.
― clemenza, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't he found that distributor oscilloscope. because they do some great stuff. ditto grand royal magazine (RIP).
i admit i've never been an unqualified fan of the BB but they all seem(ed) like interesting, likable dudes.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry to hear this, RIP.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
when i was 10 or 11 licensed to ill came out and i didn't like it that much and completely missed the boat on paul's boutique, but i picked up check your head on a whim and it didn't leave my car's cassette deck for months. definitely a game-changer for me w/r/t how i listened to music, it led me into soul-jazz and funk and all sorts of good shit. ill communication and hello nasty had similar lengthy runs in my car. this is really unexpected, i thought he had kicked it. i guess i haven't been paying attention. damn shame.
― omar little, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
really ground zero for a certain cool R&B/jazz/classic/punk axisthis is otm -- i know i discovered a bunch of random things via the beasties ... jimmy smith's root down, for one, which led to a big dive into that kinda organ stuff.
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, ditto on that.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i guess when i was in h.s. i was somehow on this precious deep soul tip and i thought of the BBs fans who were just being exposed to this deep vein of black music as johnny-come-latelys. but that has a lot to do with h.s. social politics and now i totally get how they could be an awesome gateway drug.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
precious = precocious
maybe precious too.
(Who'd did they knock out--Peter Cetera? Jennifer Rush?)
In the US, it was Bon Jovi.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, i'm probably a johnny come lately. to some extent, listening to paul's boutique made me realize the vast depths of american music -- almost as much as, say, the anthology of american folk music. i might've ended up liking the source material more than the beastie boys, but gotta give them their due in getting me there!
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here's an interesting thought: was Yauch the first of his peers (hip-hop, alt-rock, whatever) to let himself go dramatically grey?
I had a cassette dupe of "License to Ill" on one side and "Invisible Touch" on the other. I used to listen to it on a boom box on canoe trips down the Brandywine River.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe they weren't alone in this, but they were also central to a huge rekindling of interest in Led Zeppelin (outside of just classic-rock stations) when they sampled "The Ocean"; Schoolly-D and others followed in short order, and it went from there.
― clemenza, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, May 4, 2012 3:20 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the later collab, "beastie jovi," was pretty great IIRC.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Eh, the Zep stuff was Rick Rubin's doing.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
listening to the audio commentary vid for 'check your head', pretty great (from a production nerd standpoint anyway). still love how integrated the samples + live instrumentation is on that record, massive drum sound too. apparently yauch was the one who came up with the led zep-style cardboard tunnel for the kick drum.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
bboys were just one musical vector of a number for me but they specifically unearthed a few dope artists/beats i dunno how long it would've taken me to find otherwise
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm sure that's true, but of the thousands of teenagers who may have been found out about Led Zeppelin via Licensed to Ill, my guess is that they almost gave credit to the Beastie Boys rather than Rick Rubin (if they even knew who he was). (xpost)
― clemenza, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
(drop the "been")
― clemenza, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
things the Beastie Boys introduced me to:
Idris MuhammadLee "Scratch" PerryWild StyleBlack Oak ArkansasKool Moe Dee vs. Busy BeeEddie HarrisThe Turtles
remember this being a total HOLY SHIT moment:
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
From Tim Sommer.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Toss up between him and Lee Ranaldo?
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
add The Meters to that list for me
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think yauch was super gray back when lee was just getting some salt and pepper (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought he was getting better. Fuck this shit.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i hadn't been following what was going on but when they finally released the album i assumed he was gonna be okay! so sad. i didn't even realize he missed the HOF induction last month.
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i lost my grandmother a few weeks ago, and have felt really numb to celebrity passings since, but feel really sad about MCA. he seemed like such a decent, hilarious and talented guy, and was always my favourite beastie boy. they were the exact definition of cool to me at a certain age, and probably still now - i started wearing puma suedes because of them, and lookit i'm wearing a pair right now. and they pointed me in the direction of so much amazing music. SO much. a decade or so ago, backstage in glasgow, i got to meet him and even held his baby for a few minutes, and he was as cool as you could ever have wanted him to be.
after he didn't make it to the rock and roll hall of fame a month or so back, i feared the worst. such a shame. listen to those beastie commentaries if you haven't already. they are awesome.
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
this one made me laugh: http://www.criterion.com/explore/57-adam-yauch-s-top-10
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
When I was in college in the 90s my group of friends often disagreed about what should be playing on the stereo at any given times. Usually it was a fight between Grateful Dead and Classic Rock vs. Rave music. Beastie Boys seemed like the one thing that made everyone happy.
― Moodles, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I still have a couple of the Grand Royal magazines. They seemed like the coolest thing in the world when they first came out. B-Boys were definitely ahead of the game with the whole unearthing of retro culture.
― Moodles, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's hard to even think of all the stuff I was intro'd to by the beastie boys. I definitely checked out Lee Perry because of a name drop in a Beasties song, and their instrumentals got me into 60s/70s Soul Jazz breaks.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn, rip. didn't even realize he was still sick. ;_;
iirc remy bean has a great story concerning yauch, not sure he posts anymore tho?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh he's around
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean), Friday, May 4, 2012 1:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Wanna hear this story sometime.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apologies if this has already been posted but it cracked me up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/arts/l-ch-check-it-out-one-goat-on-account-996904.html
― polyphonic, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean),
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh ha
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
the version i got in person was longer and funnier
I still have a vivid memory of this guy Peter I worked with at a record store right when Licensed came out. He was quite large, wild red hair, horn-rimmed glasses, and (no exaggeration) he had the album memorized word for word within days of its release. Working the floor on a packed Saturday afternoon, with Peter on cash lip-synching to "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" (with lots of corny hip-hop moves thrown in), was really something. Also remember him describing and quoting from the Joan Rivers appearance the following day in great detail: "Do I detect a note of jealousy?"
― clemenza, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
other things the Beasties introduced me to:
Lee DorseyRichard Pryor's standupEddie Harris' "Silver Cycles"Led Zeppelin (to some extent, heard Rhymin and Stealin before I heard the Ocean for ex.)
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rod Carew
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i got lee dorsey & eddie harris from them, too
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Beasties basically introduced me to late seventies sitcom pop culture.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
they also made me think there must have been some minor Knicks player named Evan Bernard
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is the only time i've ever really felt bad after hearing a celebrity died. fuck...
― BringTheAuBonPain, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooh also Les McCann and Eugene McDaniels
xp
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i missed their heyday but in 98 every time i turned on mtv i hoped to see the "intergalactic" video
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the Whatcha Want video and the Sabotage video had a similar pull for me.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Intergalactic is a great one too!
I went to Space Camp between 4th and 5th grade. To shuttle us between our dorms and the giant warehouse that Space Camp was in, we had this bus driver who seemed really old at the time but was probably about 20 and basically like Otto. We were a rowdy bunch of kids and you could smell your back sweat getting stank against the 90-degree interior seat cushions of the bus, but he knew how to keep us quiet -- "If you all sit down, shut up, and don't throw anything out of the windows, I'll playLicense to Ill each time you get in." It had come out the winter before but I mean that shit was a rare, hot currency among 9- and 10-year-olds. So we did as told and he popped the tape in and we all felt like the coolest, most rebellious little shits that week.
― Dare, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoa
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yauch's mom talks to the NYT briefly about his passing:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-of-the-beastie-boys-dies/?hp
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha Dare, that is great
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIPFuck you, cancer.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
the beastie boys are the three stooges of rap. moe howard died may 4, 1975.
― omar little, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
A guy I knew in high school was an obstinate Beatles/Robert Fripp/Richard Thompson/early blues fan was also the very first person I knew who had a copy of License To Ill. I remember visiting him in his dorm room and we'd blast that and Psychocandy like a couple of idiots.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Mets are all using Beastie Boys as their walkup music tonight
Super bumer. Wrote some thoughts here.
― dronestreet, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i saw them at the ritz for the first show (i think?) of the licensed to ill tour and its still one of the best shows i've ever seen. but i was in high school and probably really drunk. i was up against the stage and got my picture in newsweek magazine. i was bruised from head to toe. skinheads, jocks, b-boys, it was friggin' mayhem. packed to the rafters.
jon pareles review of that show has a great headline: ROCK: THE BEASTIE BOYS, RAP-METAL GROUP
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/29/arts/rock-the-beastie-boys-rap-metal-group.html
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am now listening to Hello Nasty and am about to open my second beer.
RIP once more for good measure.
― sleeve, Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
unlike many people itt, I was taking no news as bad news, but that's made it still feel sudden.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:45 (3 hours ago)
this is on facebook, does anyone want to post?
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Born and Bred in Brooklyn, U.S.A., they call him Adam Yauch, but he's M.C.A. RIP Adam. #beastieboys #nosleeptillbrooklyn
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― omar little, Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is kinda fucking me up. they represented so many firsts for me. first album i ever bought myself with license to ill. maybe first non-kiddie album i owned period? and even at age eight i knew you wanted to grow up to be the one in the leather jacket who hadn't shaved in three days. entire crowds of children losing their shit like the audience at a black flag show whenever the roller rink dj would plsy a beasties song. first album i ever really had to work to get with paul's boutique. (so many years in between! i thought they'd fallen off the face of the earth. then i saw the "hey ladies" video on vacation and made my parents drive me to every place near colonial williamsburg that even remotely seemed like it might have records. then not being able to make heads or tails of it for months.) i feel like you could almost explain what happened in the 90s, musically and maybe just pop culturally, to a space alien by playing it the three 90s beasties albums.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
My wife just suddenly broke into the chorus of "Girls" last night during dinner. Been dancing to Check Your Head with my two year old for the last hour.
Anyway RIP, damn that dude was way too young.
― Darin, Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
also everyone otm about the trickle-down influences thing. fugazi may have said they were influenced by dub in interviews but the beasties actually gave you artists, albums, whatever to track down.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 5 May 2012 00:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Almost forgot I saw the Beasties live in '92 in Tempe. Great show. This is fucked up. We've already lost musicians from my youth for reasons of drugs, suicide and murder, but now they're dying of natural causes. too young RIP
― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't believe i never saw them. RIP. the beasties were such a presence growing up, it's not right, too young...
― arby's, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
its funny to watch hey ladies video now and all i can think of is beck and fatboy slim.
― scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gotta love the blog journalism:
http://globalgrind.com/entertainment/ll-cool-j-wants-hip-hop-preserve-adam-yauchs-legacy-details
LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys came up together. So when he heard the news that Adam Yauch has passed away, it was no surpise to find out that the "Walk This Way" rapper from Queens wants the world to preserve Adam's legacy.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
One of the best shows I've ever seen was Beastie Boys/fIREHOSE/Basehead at the Troc on Philly maybe around '91 or '92, not long after "Check Your Head" came out but before everyone suddenly realized they were still awesome. It was a school night.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
fIREHOSe opened when I saw them too
― President Keyes, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is so great in every respect:
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
karaoked a gleeful Fight For Your Right tonight for MCA, wherever he is
feel so sad, like we lost a spirit guide or something
but I fkn love this thread right now, all these stories fill me with joy at what he & the Beasties gave us just by being enthusiastic funny earnest awesome music nerds/musicians
fuck fuck fuck
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Didn't see if this was posted before, but Sasha Frere-Jones' piece in the New Yorker is great
Love this bit...
In the summer of 1986, I lived in Manhattan near Union Square with my first girlfriend in a duplex owned by a very trusting and foolish adult. In August of that year, my friend Tom Cushman gave me an advance cassette of “Licensed to Ill.” The liner was red letters printed on a white J-card, with either the Def Jam logo or Columbia’s or both. I was as obsessed with the fact of that cassette as the music. We knew somebody on a major label? And it was the Beastie Boys? This was a band whose 1983 single “Cooky Puss,” which is often described as the Beasties’ first “rap” single, is an extended, semi-capable funk vamp over which Mike prank calls a Carvel ice-cream store and somebody scratches a Steve Martin album (and the first Beasties E.P.), not capably. The single is about as commercial as a bag of dead spiders. It also represented the New York we grew up in, where a club like Danceteria would show loopy homemade videos on C.R.T. monitors and dance records were whatever records the d.j. decided to play while you were dancing.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also...
Rather than being perceived as the first draft of Ali G, the Beasties were taken at face value; many threads got tangled in one of hip-hop’s breakthrough moments. Rap is ridiculously profane and loopy and perfect and anybody can do it and you can use any music you want! Ok bye! And then, two years later, on “Paul’s Boutique,” they took the idea even further: maybe you could rap every word you knew over every record ever made. Sure, why not.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
you must be talking about GRRRRUNGE
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
It feels like saying goodbye to my youth suddenly. I know it's stupid and silly. But god damn you cancer. This guy seemed such a sweet and lovable guy. I feel especially sad for his daughter, a mere 14, so she really doesn't deserve this. :-( I thought he had pulled through. I remember the announcement. :-((
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 5 May 2012 08:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP. What would the 90's have been without the Beasties? Saw them a couple of times in '94 and it was awesome.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 5 May 2012 08:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sad news. Fight For Your Right is my earliest memory of actually hearing music, think I was 5 or so and I can remember instantly repeating the chorus to my parents.
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Saturday, 5 May 2012 08:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah it's really sad. I've barely even thought about the Beastie Boys for years, I suppose they slipped out of fashion at the end of the 90s and didn't quite come back in properly, Paul's Boutique excepted maybe, and I'd lost the need for music like that in my life since so never went back to them. But now I want to listen to pretty much all of them again - Ill Communication was the album for me, being 15 at the time, and yeah if you look back as an older listener there were always better rappers and probably better hardcore bands but the whole package they bundled it up into was so much fun and totally irresistible.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 10:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
And yeah hip-hop for white people whatever think about how many listeners ears they opened up and how many great artists they pointed those listeners in the direction of.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 10:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
his short from last year is free to watch on mubi this week
http://mubi.com/films/fight-for-your-right-revisited
― caek, Saturday, 5 May 2012 11:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Say what you will about Coldplay generally, but I'm down with any tribute that's sincere.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
it is a testament to something that chris martin did not break character as Sensitive Rock Bro Frontman one time during that.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
i kept waiting for him to crack-up at some point. maybe on the porno mag line he will crack up? here it comes. and...no. no. just keeps on being chris martin, heartfelt man.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
more NYT fun:
`CH-CHECK IT OUT'
One Goat, on Account
To the Editor:
I had the great pleasure of reading your unsolicited critique of the "Ch-Check It Out" music video ["Licensed to Stand Still" by Stephanie Zacharek, May 16]. It took some time to get to me, as it had to be curried (sp?) on goatback through the fjords of my homeland, the Oppenzell. And in the process the goat died, and then I had to give the mailman one of my goats, so remember, you owe me a goat.
Anyway, that video is big time good. Pauline Kael is spinning over in her grave. My film technique is clearly too advanced for your small way of looking at it. Someday you will be yelling out to the streets below your windows: "He is the chancellor of all the big ones! I love his genius! I am the most his close personal friend!"
You journalists are ever lying. I remember people like you laughing at me at the university, and now they are all eating off of my feet. You make this same unkind laughter at the Jerry Lewis for his Das Verruckte Professor and now look, he is respected as a French-clown. And you so-call New York Times smarties are giving love to the U2 because they are dressing as the Amish and singing songs about America? (Must I dress as the Leprechaun to sing songs about Ireland so that you will love me? You know the point I make here is true!)
In concluding, "Ch-Check It Out" is the always best music film and you will be realizing this too far passing. As ever I now wrap my dead goat carcass in the soiled New York Times — and you are not forgetting to buy me a replacement! Please send that one more goat to me now!
NATHANIAL HORNBLOWER
Manhattan
The writer, whose real name is Adam Yauch, is a member of the Beastie Boys. He directs their music videos under the pseudonym Nathanial Hornblower.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's funny because I definitely haven't given more than one listen to anything since Hello Nasty, and I was not anticipating that changing, but on the other hand it has hit me really hard.
Though as a couple of people upthread have said, just because he's not making music for me any more doesn't mean he wasn't being a great force for good in the world, and he would almost certainly keep branching out. Kind of surprised I never knew he was behind Oscilloscope.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Coldplay is the oddest tribute I've seen - on the one hand fuck no! on the other I'm kind of touched by how far his influence spread, and that the band must have spent some time on this, when absolutely no-one would have expected it of them.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
well fuck me i cried during that goddamn coldplay tribute fuck you ilx
― balls, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm not meaning to hate on Coldplay here, but Chris Martin has always seemed to be more than a tad self-conscious about his coolness factor or lack thereof, so his love of the Beastie Boys is surely a no brainer, as there was literally no one cooler than the Beastie Boys.
Just talked to a friend who I guess, back in the day, was one of the group's #1 Toronto fans, and hung with Adam the most. She said he was the nicest guy, and that his lifestyle was so clean and had-been for years - vegan, no drinking (I think?), no drugs, not even smoking pot. She's pretty shocked by his death, especially because she had lost touch and, in her current life, hadn't really been following the group.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
the beasties more than any group (except maybe tmbg) are a symbol of my childhood and adolescence...this feels like the milemarker from which i will know ever after i am an adult and i don't like it.
i saw them at bonnaroo in 09 and remember not having high expectations, you know, about ten minutes of beasties then i'll go see david byrne. but they put on one of the best shows of my life...i remember being really disappointed after a 60 minute set that they weren't the headliner that night (which was either springsteen or phish).
― humba (NZA), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jesus Christ me too and I really didn't expect it
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
my little girl was dancing real hard to Check Your Head while we went grocery shopping this morning. Up until "Time For Livin'". That made her cry.
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Saturday, 5 May 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Soul fireAnd we ain't got no water
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Saturday, 5 May 2012 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought I had written a pretty good bass part until a few years later when I realized I had subliminally stole it from Track 6 of License to Ill.
http://soundcloud.com/r-mantlebakken/come-on-inside
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, actually watched and will remember the coldplay video. if I meet him in hell, we'll shake hands
― Dominique, Sunday, 6 May 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really emotional watching then get inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame right now
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 May 2012 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha mixmaster mike chopping it up on the wheels with a nuclear assault t shirt is about perfect for the era that birthed the beasties
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 May 2012 01:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is hilarious: Adam Yauch's top 10 films released by Criterion http://www.criterion.com/explore/57-adam-yauch-s-top-10
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, May 5, 2012 2:50 PM (4 hours ago)
yeah
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol at that criterion list [sniff]
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, May 6, 2012 1:56 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, May 6, 2012 1:59 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm. but the vibe was kinda ruined when we had to watch Kid Rock and Travie McCoy butcher them. Questlove and Black Thought made up for it though.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really fucking loved that Questlove had the ABA basketball logo on his kit.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've seen that banana photo in a couple places accompanying obits/death coverage and it always brings a smile to my face
― some dude, Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Perhaps I'm out of it but I blessedly don't know who that travie guy is
Yeah the performance was just ok
So far bette midlers speech about laura nyro and-surprisingly- Mick Hucknall of simply red subbing for rod stewart have been the highlights
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Travie McCoy is the dude from Gym Class Heroes and did that "Billionaire" song recently. I'm sure you've heard some stuff he's done.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Awesome, SNL just showed a short little snippet of the Beastie Boys as tribute after the fake news. Has the show ever done that before?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i feel like i might've seen something similar before but still yeah, it was nice, especially using that 'love and respect to the end' part of "Sure Shot" as the clip
― some dude, Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Seems like Roy Orbison died on a Friday and the next night, they showed him doing "Crying" in its entirety (at 11:53 pm CST)
― pplains, Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
keeps hitting me
so sad for his daughter
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 May 2012 05:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
vegan, no drinking (I think?), no drugs, not even smoking pot.
he stopped smoking cheeba / that was part of the key
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe the least assholey thing I've seen in Perry Farrell in a while:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/perry-farrell-remembers-adam-yauch-20120504
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 6 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Watching their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame right now on HBO. Just Ad Rock and Mike D. Industry folks must have been tipped so this could happen before he passed away.
LL Cool J said they were the ones who played his demo to Rick Rubin which is how he got signed.
Ad Rock read a note from Adam -- whose folks were in the audience. Pretty special.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 6 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Forgot about them being in Beat Street for about five seconds.
― pplains, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
All their stuff was such a huge celebration of life. We went to the baseball park on Friday night and they were playing "Johnny Ryall" between innings while the kids ran laps around the concourse. Beeps and I walked past two concession guys who were trading off lyrics to "Paul Revere". There was sadness, but this weekend has definitely felt like more a wake than a funeral.
If this is how you mourn a poet, I hope we do it like this every time.
― pplains, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
"They're busting mad rhymes with an 80% success rate. I believe that qualifies as 'Ill. At least from a technical standpoint."
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 6 May 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
was MCA not on that ep?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
MSG playing beastie boys during the knicks/heat game
― dayo, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― crüt, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn that coldplay thing was awesome and i fucking hate them
― first mca now bear wtf at this day already (frogbs), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
isn't there a Mark Sinker essay about the essence of a "band" w/r/t Rolling Stones and Public Enemy ( or was it NWA?) somewhere? anyone know what i am thinking of, any links?
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
nope - how chillingly prescient
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually the chillingly prescient part is
Fry: "Back in the 20th century I had all five of your albums." Ad-Rock: "That was a thousand years ago! Now we got seven."
― some dude, Monday, 7 May 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2012 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― first mca now bear wtf at this day already (frogbs), Monday, 7 May 2012 02:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
they have eight tho, bet yr forgetting The Mix-Up
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm not sure that one really counts
― first mca now bear wtf at this day already (frogbs), Monday, 7 May 2012 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I always forget that one
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
It counts(ish). It's not like In Sound From Way-Out, where it was just a comp of previously heard instrumentals. It's a collection of new recordings. No one paid it any attention, though.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mix-Up ≠ In Sound, frog
Yauch feeding an interviewer mushrooms:
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 03:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ xpost
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 03:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
sic, that vid is fucking awes
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 May 2012 04:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 May 2012 04:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I bought 'In Sound From Way Out' on LP when it was first released, and I seem to remember there was some kind of hoop you had to jump through to get the damn thing. Like, coupon in Grand Royal mag or something like that? Hell, I'm old, don't remember. I *did* think that the thing had a lot of exclusive instrumentals, but I looked at the Wiki entry just now and, yeah, I guess it was just the stuff from 'Check' / 'Ill' with like two exclusives
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
In 3's is :D
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 04:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the first pressing, on "gold" (yellow) vinyl, was originally mail-order only; then after the initial rush of orders, leftover stock was sold to indie or OS record shops - I bought it in-store in Australia, anyway.
No exclusive tracks - Son Of Neckbone was off the Sure Shot 12", and Drinkin' Wine was a Jimmy James/Frozen Metal head b-side - but many of the CYH/IC transplants were different mixes or edits, or vocal-less versions of tracks that originally had chanting or singing.
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 05:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
the video for Mullet Head is sadly instrumental, but it lets you focus on him shredding both bass and powder:
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 05:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why did MCA have to die. Couldn't Drake or Lil' John have died instead.
kebab52 1 day ago 22
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Monday, 7 May 2012 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel like we could poll the guys quoted on his wiki page
Yauch died at age 47 on May 4, 2012.[1][26] The cause of death was not immediately known.[27] Upon his death, Russell Simmons of Def Jam Records said that Yauch "was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive artist, who I loved dearly." Ben Stiller tweeted that Yauch "stood for integrity as an artist."[11] Joel Madden of Good Charlotte said of the Beastie Boys: "We wanted to dress like them, talk like them, and we wanted to make music like them."[10] Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam said that Yauch was "a crazy talent whose contributions with his band were inspirational and consistently ground breaking".[28] Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote, "We looked up to the Beastie Boys a lot when we were starting out and how they maintained artistic control making wicked records but still were on a major label, and the Tibetan Freedom Concerts they organized had a very big influence on me personally and the way Adam conducted himself and dealt with it all impressed me a lot. He was a mellow and [very] smart guy. May he rest in peace".[29] Eminem said in an interview "Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world and I think it's obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others".[30]
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Monday, 7 May 2012 06:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do not understand your beef
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 07:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
youtubes are acting funny for me so apologies if this was already posted
bboys on chappelle's show, never aired
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
always dug this '92 letterman appearance, it was the moment I had to admit ok maybe this going back to playing instruments is gonna work for them
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i know but it's only *kinda* counted for me, i see it as more of a 'side' thing like Aglio e Olio, yes it's album length, but it's not really a "Beastie Boys" album
― guess it's Honker Burger tonight...#fml (frogbs), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
they thought it was but hey if you ascribe to death of the author guess you won
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait, why are we arguing this
― guess it's Honker Burger tonight...#fml (frogbs), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
new board descrip
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
we're arguing about it for the sake of my futurama joke
― some dude, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.thealternateside.org/120507/beastie-boys-thank-fans-and-friends-love-and-support
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
love both those clips
― Dominique, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 08:20 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you don't find it hilarious that a member of one of the best rap groups ever dies and his wiki has ben stiller, pearl jam and good charlotte in tribute?
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
reposting the Chappelle/Beasties clip -- it's getting taken down all over the place which sucks bc it's AWESOME
http://www.egotripland.com/beastie-boys-chappelles-show/
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow that is really some letter of the law bullshit
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't wait until we are even banned from describing clips with the written word.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
clip is doooooope
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
...and it's gone again. that was a great clip.
can someone repost where they can't find/get to it?
― alpine static, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh crap hang on, is that version gone now?
ha it's like a virus
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
viacom's a little bitch eh?
that clip should be seen by everyone!
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^^^^^
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
cant embed it on facebook :(
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's alright...by the time you'd finished your fb post, the video will have been ganked offline.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe just post a link to this
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=beastie+boys+chapelle&search_sort=video_date_uploaded
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Odd how little coverage, if any, the mainstream media has given this
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was on the front page of cnn.com over the weekend.
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
front page of NYT too
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Made the front page of the NYTimes (below the fold). (oops, xp)
Didn't catch the network news that night, but there was about a 2-minute piece on the CBS morning show on Saturday (and it totally sucked; only clip was FFYRTP, completely omitted Yauch's Buddhism/work for Tibet, and ended with some bullshit tagline like "this 'bad boy' will be missed").
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
My mum knew about it, so there must've been some coverage.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't see it on network news fri or sat. - guess i missed it. Currently, cnn.com home page has only a mention of "artists pay tribute" as the fifth item under the "entertainment" listing
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
well that's what happens when you die on a Friday
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's crazy, they had a good segment on NPR and I've seen a lot of coverage.
The Washington Times article lives up to the newspaper's batshit insane rep
― mh, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I saw a couple quick things on local news and Diane Sawyer.
I checked MTV and VH1 a few times and saw nothing more than a 60-second MTV News thing with Sway interrupting an episode of Ridiculousness.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 May 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm sure VH1 wanted to run something but Jim Shearer hasn't been able to stop weeping long enough to get in front of a camera
― some dude, Monday, 7 May 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Theres like 9 MTV/VH1 channels now, you'd figure at least one of them could've played some B-Boy retrospectives..
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 May 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I watched the whole music video collection w/the band commentary turned on to start my day yesterday.
― mh, Monday, 7 May 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i remember watching this when it aired
(@2:39)
― it's smdh time in America (will), Monday, 7 May 2012 22:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Billy CorganAlthough I did not know Adam well, I respected him as a spiritual warrior who fought strongly for peace in this world. And whether he ever knew it or not, he had a lot to do with my own spiritual awakening. He led with his heart, and in the conversations we had that's what stands out most; that he was real to his core.
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 7 May 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
We can only hope that MCA made Billy a better person
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
that noise is MCA's corpse groaning
― mh, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wonder what AdRock and Mike D will make of all the people coming out of the woodwork to say 'a few words'
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably be nice, not say too much, and go on being pretty chill guys
― mh, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
That MTV compilation vid IT'S SO GOOD
― poxen, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
history as it happened
― mh, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
lots of coverage here; on Friday it was the second lead story on the main BBC site for hours.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
i certainly can't think of any other musician that i've heard memorialized extensively on the local rock and hip-hop stations
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
"sometimes overrated as a live act" loool Loder you tool
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
re MTV compilation clip.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wasn't Loder the one who said something about drugs/nicotine when William burroughs passed at a ripe old age?
― mh, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow @ that video
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was this posted? If not...it's one of my fave tv performancesSo Whatcha Want on Arsenio with Cypress Hill
This Live at PJ's on Letterman is great too, love the way the Late Night Band just totally slots in with that groove
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't care if we keep posting the same vids over and over
moral panic in australia, the tube 1987
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that MTV Music Awards comp. is an awesome watch.
― UnderControl, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 08:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/rip-mca-supercut-of-adam-yau.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
erhttp://www.youtube.com/embed/at5TbukcBDY
goddammit
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's cool!
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 02:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk if this already got posted but hot damn
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 02:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
hahaha
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
<a href="http://gawker.com/5908629/requiem-for-a-white-mc";>Slightly bizarre/distateful memoir of a 'beef' by a dude whose place in history seems not so certain as MCA's</a>
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh, i dunno, that's a pretty good piece.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol figured that was 3rd Bass before I even clicked on it
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
beef always seemed really one-sided to me, 3rd Bass defensively attacking their peers to make a name for themselves.
never understood how the Professor Booty verses were determined to be directed at 3rd Bass - did the Beasties say that in an interview somewhere or something? cuz the disses are pretty generic
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's kind of a shame that I've seen the Beastie Boys be awesome two or three times, but the last time I saw them, at Stubbs in Austin playing a "surprise" SXSW gig, they were slop-city.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Twere great both times I saw them. Once on IC tour at Brixton and earlier at Town & Country Club where they were co-headlining with Henry Rollins. Beasties played first so they were done by 9pm allowing me to get home nice and early which I appreciated. I'm not v rock n roll.
― pandemic, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno, I found that pete nice piece kind of touching in its honesty.
In reality, and despite whatever the Voice cover said, the Beasties had already broken the perceived "street barrier" for white artists performing in a black medium: their 12-inch single off of Licensed in 1986, "Hold it Now, Hit It," had done the job. The record got major play on KISS-FM and WBLS with tons of spins by Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Mr. Magic, and Marley Marl. For any MC at that time, white or black, recognition like that on the Friday or Saturday mix-shows was the epitome of success.
^ 100% OTM. I knew the beasties from the "she's on it" single and it was cool but also kind of a joke, but when "hold it now hit it" dropped, that was a real rap song and everybody recognized it and it remains to this day my fave beastie jam.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm relieved to hear that MCA was black enough for prime minister pete nice
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
3rd Bass always struck me as chumpy in much the same way as Vanilla Ice...white dudes trying to be black rappers instead of just rappers. I think that's why Eminem broke through, because you don't ever mistake that guy for being a black rapper. He's just a rapper.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
the first 3rd Bass album is a classic IMO, so much great prince paul, sam sever, simulated dummies production and they were really good rappers, one of my favorites of that era
that article felt sort of uncharitable and weirdly self-obsessed.
however, a couple nice pieces of trivia, which i'm always thankful for:
1) professor x was 3rd bass's manager! amazing!
2) DMX was Just Ice's beatboxer!!!! crazy
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
3rd Bass, Henry Rollins, Vanilla Ice ... it all comes together!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that Professor X bit was news to me, that's bizarre
I went back to that first 3rd Bass album awhile ago and it really didn't hold up imho
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^OTM
the first time i saw the beasties, at brixton for ill comms, their different flavours didn't really gell like they do on record, but i have a boot of them in new jersey in 1992 that is simply fantastic.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
The only time I've seen them was 2007 at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, I think I said that upthread somewhere. It was one of their 'greatest hits' shows they did when the MixUp came out. They were awesome, whole show was like a big party.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:57 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
MCA's "dancin' around like you think you're Janet Jackson" line on Professor Booty was pretty clearly aimed at Serch.
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i liked the cactus album at the time, but haven't heard it in forever
"we are looking for the brooklyn-queens"
^ i thought this was a gay joke
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've always heard that, but there were plenty of dancing rappers at the time. Cube had lyrics dissing dancing rappers too, were those all aimed at Serch?
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
3rd bass invented the gas face so theyre cool as hell forever for that
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
love pop goes the weasel tbh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn, Shakey. Did 3rd Bass take shots at Ice Cube before he started dissing dancing rappers?
The Gas Face, Brooklyn Queens, Steppin' To The AM, Products Of The Environment and a few other tracks on the Cactus still hold up pretty well. I mean what, late '80s Prince Paul and Bomb Squad tracks aren't enough?
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
rap beef magic eye
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
pete nice always had nice suits
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
ade is otm tho
― The Reverend, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
So many wack M.C.'s you get the T.V. bozackAin't even gonna call out your names 'cause you're so wackBut one big oaf whose faker than plasticA dictionary definition of the word spasticYou should have never started something that you couldn't finish'Cause writin' rhymes to me is like popeye to spinachI'm bad ass move your fat ass 'cause you're wack sonDancin' around like you think you're Janet JacksonThought you could walk on me to get some ground to walk onI'll pull the rug out from under your ass as I talk onI'll take you out like a sniper on a roofLike an M.C. at the fever in the D.J. booth
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean, it's probably about 3rd bass because who else would it be about?
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
its funny i heard those lines a million times but never once thought about who it might be about, or that it was about a specific guy at all
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Vanilla Ice? MC Hammer? anyone? rappers routinely attack anonymous targets.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
a lot of classic dis tracks drop really specific clues even if they don't name the target outright - referencing particular lines of the target's or stylistic tropes or whatever. the closest thing that Professor Booty has to any of those is maybe the fat ass/dancing line but even that's pretty vague. imho.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
like, that's hardly No Vaseline or Takeover or even the Real Roxanne
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
More like Heavy D? Chunky A? The Fat Boys? or MC Serch?
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
shakey, who else ever really dissed the beastie boys that publically?
1) Hammer and Vanilla Ice dance but are not remotely "fat asses"
2) Serch is pleasantly plump but i like my white rappers w/some junk in the trunk
3) "Thought you could walk on me to get some ground to walk on" > who else used dissing the beasties to gain rep like 3rd Bass...also the "started something you couldn't finish"
4) Dissing is so out of character for the Beasties, they really occupied their own little world, it would HAVE to be for some reason, someone calling them out, i.e. 3rd Bass
5) Sure, it's vague compared to No Vaseline but I've heard way more vague stuff in disses before, so it's not like this is some unsolveable mystery
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh by the time CHY came out I had completely forgotten 3rd Bass had dissed the Beasties at all (they had moved on to the GasFace and Pop Goes the Weasel - kinda funny how this band's best tracks are all dis tracks lol)
I'm not saying you guys are wrong - the contextual clues are there - just that they completely went past me with their relatively generic nature.
who else ever really dissed the beastie boys that publically?
there's dis lines on LTI iirc. Granted they're also vague and pretty joke-y but they're there.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was a schoolboy on the other side of the planet but I still took "someone who'd dissed the Beasties on record to aggrandise himself, who has a fat ass, and dances like Janet Jackson" to be Serch (and was amused/pleased that Pimp Minister Pete Nice got let off)
also The Gas Face came out before Sons Of 3rd Bass afaik
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 11 May 2012 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Has any rapper ever dissed the Beastie Boys, besides 3rd Bass?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 May 2012 02:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
have any other rappers ever dissed 3rd bass?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 11 May 2012 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay, i'm wondering if that's the same DMX. it really can't be right? DMX doesn't beatbox.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 May 2012 05:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
he goes WHATHAH WHAT
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 May 2012 05:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_DMX ?
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 11 May 2012 06:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds right
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 May 2012 06:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pete Nice article is interesting, but shows a complete lack of understanding of the Beasties as a punk band -- which is no sin, but leads to not getting the Beasties at all.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://networkawesome.com/2012-5-11/beastie-boys-infomercial-for-hello-nasty
― Three Word Username, Friday, 11 May 2012 12:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought it was common knowledge that that DMX started out as a beatboxer in the '80s and that that was how he got his name. apparently Just-Ice worked with a guy called Human DMX, who was neither that DMX nor Davy DMX, though.
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 12:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberheim_DMX
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, 11 May 2012 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe Pete Nice talked a drum machine in that anecdote?
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 12:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
talked TO a drum machine
Wasn't DMX the DJ in Material, among other Laswell projects? Like Herbie Hancock's "Rockit?"
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 May 2012 13:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
that was D.S.T.
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 13:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
i feel like i'm in a room full of tuomases
Not to worry, I'm sure knowledge of this sort of thing will become more widespread and valuable in the future, so everything should even out.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 11 May 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
if only there were some sort of computerized information store we could access
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe connected via a series of tubes
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just think it's dumb that 3 different guys named themselves DMX.
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Friday, May 11, 2012 9:45 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i know, i can't even
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, May 11, 2012 10:07 AM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there it is, the dumbest post
"Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Guitar Slim, Johnny Guitar Watson... blues musicians sure are dumb assholes."
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fair enough.
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
But now name me some other rappers named after specific drum machines.
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
these guys all are (or started out) as human beatboxes, not rappers. that's why they're named after the most common drum machine of the era in which beatboxing flourished.
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
gr8080 started out as a beatboxer
― max, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, May 11, 2012 10:20 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
D-Nice called himself "the TR-808" a lot, Ready Rock C was the "Human Linn Drum" etc etc
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
And let us not forget Def Jam main man Russell Simmons.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i lolled
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
^
― crüt, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
D-Nice called himself "the TR-808" a lot Tbf he did say you could just call him d nice
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
so Pete Nice was named after a guy named after a drum machine, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait, there a d-nice and a pete nice? so confusedd
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also I knew davy dmx but not human dmx
Though I think it's kinda weird for pete nice to drop it in there and have ppl not assume he's talking about DMX....dude had been around for awhile before he blew up, with that born loser stuff, but it's not out of the possibility that a really young dmx and just could have performed together
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Edward III, it's ready to get them confused, just remember pete nice was the prime minister of canada at the the time and also rapped in the ny scene, camron and company did a concept album about his life called ”diplomatic immunity”
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Though I think it's kinda weird for pete nice to drop it in there and have ppl not assume he's talking about DMX....
to be fair it was a Deadspin editor's job to clean this up, not Pete Nice's
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pete Nice probably forged the anecdote like he forges baseball memorabilia amirite
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
said editor probably didn't know there was any other DMX's
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
listening to "Goin' Way Back" right now...this is one of the best rap songs ever
75 and the Black Spades
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
my 2 favorite ppl in that song are Muscleman Ron and the homie Zignaut
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
what happened to this beautiful thread
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah "going way back" is an all-time jam
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
what did you guys DO while I was asleep, jeez
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
sparked a Davy DMX revival and got schooled on the ways of old bluesmen.
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Worse ways to spend an evening imo
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nicky Wire dissed the Beastie Boys in the press and even in song
― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably wasn't worth it, bringing 3rd Bass into the thread.
― how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm glad I was asleep
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
xx-posthe was punished for that by having to wear a banana suit though
― zappi, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was thinking this morning about MCA, and how his gruff voice would have transformed really well into old age.
― how's life, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't click on this photo link unless you want to be bummed out. (Yauch at the Jackass 3D premiere in October 2010)
http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2012/05/04/13/59/nURjQ.AuSt.55.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, there's this:
― Grusin' Gang (Andy K), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, May 11, 2012 2:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, May 11, 2012 2:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
THAKIG U
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
very nice
― Moodles, Saturday, 12 May 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
sweet
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Never thought graffiti would make me tear up.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah...
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
OMG
http://gawker.com/5910370/kids-reenact-sabotage-to-honor-the-memory-of-the-late-mca
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just watched that. Nuts.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that's great! a friend of mine is pals w/ the dad.
― it's smdh time in America (will), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's awesome, but they could not have picked a less MCA-centric track, bass aside.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The bass is that song though, ad much as the suspenders and mustaches.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
so great, thanks for posting that phil, made my day!
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
errrrr, maybe a bit too much now.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
uhhh at logo
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 18 May 2012 04:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm sure Yauch would rather these people spend some time reading up on Tibetan oppression or do a shift at a soup kitchen, but I'm not gonna deny people the opportunity to deal with his death in a way that makes them comfortable.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 May 2012 04:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
re: Sabotage not being Yauch enough--the video is the definitive Nathaniel Hornblower Production, so there's that
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Sabotage" video is credited to Jonze, not Hornblower (whereas "Sure Shot" is credited to both)
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, there's the misconception lately but it was definitely a Jonze video
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
aha I stand corrected
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
This short Q&A between Fricke and Adam Horovitz made me choke up again.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beastie-boys-adam-horovitz-opens-up-about-adam-yauch-he-was-in-charge-20120523
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I blame Scik Mouthy for pointing it out on twitter
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
When we were in Los Angeles, doing Paul's Boutique, he got this crazy apartment in Koreatown. And he made "A Year and a Day." What happened to the three of us together and all that crap? But I heard that track, and it was some heavy shit. He rapped his ass off. Adam bought a jet pilot's helmet, rigged it with a microphone and recorded the song wearing that helmet.
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love the bit about the tree. "Anything is better than that tree."
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
that tree is dope, I had a poster of it on my wall.
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
good morning.
i wanna give thanks to Mike Kearny for putting together MCA DAY yesterday.
i feel like a bunch of us been walking around lonely bumping into walls.
you got us together, outside and in the sunshine. thank you.
-adam
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
aww
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
The bit about Gratitude made me well up.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love those interviews - there's one with Mike D too. Great that they pay homage to him (prompted by Fricke) by telling these little specific stories about tracks. It's easy to slip into the broad sweep when you're summing up a life but reading about something geeky, like how he made the beat for Paul Revere is so much more powerful to me.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mike-diamond-on-the-beastie-boys-last-recordings-with-adam-yauch-20120523
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's a really nice, personal way of doing it.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Westwood posted this home video from the Raising Hell tour in London, and it is INCREDIBLE: Drunk Beasties, LL Cool J swapping the mic on Slow & Low, MCA stagediving straight onto the floor, Lyor Cohen diving after him to smack anyone who touches him, Russell Simmons rapping along with his head uncovered, LL AND LYOR DOING THE WHOP TOGETHER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xyrizURRt3o
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 01:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
Elroy was straight up thuggin' in that vid.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 03:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
saw this billboard up in hollywood last week
http://i.imgur.com/ehV7A.jpg
― buzza, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 05:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
http://news.yahoo.com/beastie-boys-rappers-bars-ad-181533934.html
― Jeremy Spencer Slid in Class Today (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 August 2012 16:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
Won't be rocking the ads.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 11 August 2012 17:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
ha
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 11 August 2012 19:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
rechristened today
― mizzell, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
aw <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
they gave him a park in Canada?
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:55 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
no Canada has been renamed Adam Yauch Park
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:56 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Got more hits than Stompin' Tom Connors
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I dropped my draws she said welcome back bacon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
*drawers
Logo of NYC Parks. Did you know that NYC park employees all have "Park Names," Shakey?
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:09 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I guess they probably do on that TV show as well.
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i thought park names were just a thing under commissioner Stern
― mizzell, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:14 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Probably right
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:16 (2 weeks ago) Permalink