(THIS) POLL REVERE(S) — ILM Artist Poll #19 — Beastie Boys RESULTS

Transitions - maybe one of my very favourite instrumentals of all time

Heartattack Man is totally essential to Ill Communication- bursts out of nowhere, smacks you in the funnybone, leaves without trace.

Also makes me wonder why hardcore and hiphop didn't get married in this way more often. Who else did stuff like this other than maybe Bad Brains?

I voted for both Funky Boss and Heart Attack Man, so thanks for this bonus bit (and the video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ri1Yb4YKOc

71. "EGG RAID ON MOJO" (1982) [71 points, 4 votes]

fuck me

55. "EGG RAID ON MOJO" (1982) [71 points, 4 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0dGCEXT3Y

54. "ALIVE/ALIVE AT YAUCH'S HOUSE" (1999) [73 points, 4 votes]

Alive is a track I like way more now than I did 13 years ago. Glad it crept up this high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Rs-I2K148

53. "LIVE AT PJ'S" (1992) [77 points, 4 votes]

Check the cd longbox!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSOe4VgJORk

52. "MULLET HEAD" (1994) [80 points, 3 votes. 1 first place vote]

Thanks to the bonus round, every first place vote will be accounted for. :)

Looooooooooove Live at PJ's...the way Ad Rock comes in on that is just all-time KLASSIK

Egg Raid on Mojo is fkin great too, didn't vote for it but it was on my shortlist

Also live at PJ's outro 'If you're drivin don't drink, and if you're drinkin don't drive" reminds me of my best friend's Dad - he was an AM radio DJ in my hometown & had a latenight sports-talk show, and his sign off was 'If you're going to drink and drive, drink milk and say alive' :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNB8pNqwrKw

51. "TOO MANY RAPPERS (ft. NAS)" (2009/11) [82 points, 4 votes]

Also makes me wonder why hardcore and hiphop didn't get married in this way more often. Who else did stuff like this other than maybe Bad Brains?

― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:29 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bad Brains had appx zero hip-hop influence afaik

I think about this alot though. I think the lineage is
• "Cookie Puss"
• The last 10 seconds of "Change the Style" by Son of Bazerk
• The first Body Count album
• The hxc tracks on Check Your Head and Ill Communication
• The Roots' "!!!!!!" [this is track three off Phrenology and YouTube is no help]

Bonus round tally

TIE 60. "LIGHTEN UP" (1992) [61 points, 3 votes]
TIE 60. "FUNKY BOSS" (1992) [61 points, 3 votes]
59. "SLOW RIDE" (1986) [63 points, 3 votes]
58. "HEART ATTACK MAN" (1994) [66 points, 4 votes]
57. "SLOW AND LOW" (1986) [69 points, 3 votes]
56. "TRANSITIONS" (1994) [71 points, 2 votes]
55. "EGG RAID ON MOJO" (1982) [71 points, 4 votes]
54. "ALIVE / ALIVE AT YAUCH'S HOUSE" (1999) [73 points, 4 votes]
53. "LIVE AT PJ'S" (1992) [77 points, 4 votes]
52. "MULLET HEAD" (1994) [80 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote]
51. "TOO MANY RAPPERS (ft. NAS)" (2009/11) [82 points, 4 votes]

I made a mistake upthread - Son of Neckbone was a b-side from Sure Shot.

wow -- "Live at PJ's" sounds dreadful.

57. "SLOW AND LOW" (1986) [69 points, 3 votes]

^ my only vote to place so far. too (slow and) low.

plus many/much cheers & thanks to dr. johnny! looking forward to the rest of the results...

^ my only vote to place so far.

since this is a good band that I care about deeply, can we not shit up this thread with this garbage

eh, was mostly an excuse to say thanks, johnny. save your "glory days" flexing for later.

― i am the official internet police officer, and i am here to SHIT ON YOUR THREAD (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:01 PM (8 minutes ago)

I like the thread, I'm shitting on your shitty post

yeah, that much was clear. enjoy whatever sad thrill you get out of your internet hardman routine.

fucking people, i tell you...

There have been 20+ of this sort of ballot poll and the statistical updates in the results threads are SOP. I really don't think you are capable of getting loud enough to shout it all down.

It's okay, if a bit redundant in that one could easily make a cdr comp of most of these tracks anyway these days.

If you had access to the multitracks to make the instrumental versions of the CYH tracks that had vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e8j3-TuzCs

50. "GIRLS" (1986) [83 points, 5 votes]

that's the one song of their that i can't reach for the dial fast enough when it comes on, glad to see it pulling up the caboose on the top 50.

Ha! Fitting start.

btw, their most-played songs on alternative radio, in order of most spins, at least as of a few years ago: Fight For Your Right, Intergalactic, Sabotage, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Brass Monkey, So What'cha Want, Girls, Paul Revere, Sure Shot

I cut "Girls" because it's a little too ugh, but I admit to a lot of affection for it. Some dorky friends of mine in college reworked it as a theme song for our dorm (all honors kids), as "Nerds." (Nerds! Do their homework/Nerds! Got no girlfriends/Nerds! etc etc etc)

I would listen to "Nerds".

braggin 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLfjhQG97I

49. "SHE'S ON IT" (1985) [93 points, 4 votes]

"I had nothing to do with it, man! My voice isn't even on that song. Those fools made the record when I was outta the studio. But I'm not makin' any excuses -- it's a jackass song." - MCA on "Girls," from a 2004 Entertainment Weekly interview

haha yet another reason MCA was way cool

i voted for "She's On It" but it was an admittedly contrarian move

fuck yeah

i majored in advanced beastie in college

She's On It is tops...and I have a fondness for Girls cuz it's silly

How on earth did Girls beat Slow Ride?

it's 20 times as famous?

it's better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgFhBzVrvI

TIE 47. "TIME FOR LIVIN'" (1992) [95 points, 5 votes]

i fkn love this song so much, it was in my 20 (I can't remember where)

*flails around cubicle pogoing wildly*

(sorry, no decent video options for this one...)

TIE 47. "FINGER LICKIN' GOOD" (1992) [95 points, 5 votes]

yah woo, time for livin! my favorite BBs punk track. glad it beat "girls", which i kind of hate, catchy as it is.

plus: How on earth did Girls beat Slow Ride and Low?

eatin' crazy cheese like you'd think i'm from paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFlW3UaQuU

46. "FLUTE LOOP" (1994) [104 points, 5 votes]

Flute Loop is really great on its own. Always kind of got camouflaged by the rest of the album for me, but I'm lovin' it right now.

Shake Your Rump was my own #1, and has been since pretty much the first time I heard it. I may not have fully understood Paul's Boutique when I was 15, but I understood that Shake Your Rump was otherworldly great.

btw I saw this yesterday

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46re32dRV1qzopi5o1_1280.jpg

I submitted 5 videos but I guess I'm not super bummed if no one else did.

In re Shake Your Rump (which was also my #1), lots of talk itt about great lead-off songs, but SYR is a perfect #2 song, a sucker punch after the drifting intro. You get that quick rattling snare fill, and then NOW I ROCK A HOUSE PARTY AT THE DROP OF A HAT...

I submitted 5 videos but I guess I'm not super bummed if no one else did.

I'm gonna tabulate the video votes soon. Just haven't done it yet.

i didn't post my vid votes cuz I knew they were still to come

Thanks for running this poll, Mr Fever. It's been awesome.

yes, thank you! the only silver lining about MCA's sad passing is that my enthusiasm for the BBoys has been completely renewed.

Great work JF, really enjoyed this. 'Shake Your Rump' is a nice surprise #1.

Tracks:

1. So What'cha Want
Jimmy James
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
Shake Your Rump
The Sounds of Science
Flute Loop
Pass the Mic
Get It Together
Car Thief
Gratitude
Skills to Pay the Bills
Something's Got to Give
High Plains Drifter
Sabotage
Remote Control
Egg Man
Rhymin' & Stealin'
Ricky's Theme
Hey Ladies
Song for the Man

Albums:

1. Check Your Head
Paul's Boutique
Ill Communication
Hello Nasty
Licensed to Ill

and then NOW I ROCK A HOUSE PARTY AT THE DROP OF A HAT...

Possibly the greatest single moment in their catalog. Sonic grenade.

http://sickmouthy.com/2012/05/20/how-is-pauls-boutique-psychedelic/

been busy all of last week, so i've only just caught up with this. terrific poll!

hey dom, where'd you see that mural? <3 it so much.

voted negotiation limerick file as my #1. when i was 17, i used to try and buy 2 copies of 12"'s and mess with 'em, and I played w/ NLF for hours upon hours and never got sick of it. still shit at dj-ing mind.

i fucking love the beastie boys.

Just noticed the other day that “Car Thief” samples “I’ll Bet You.” Think it’s the Jackson Five version but not 100% sure.

Yeah its not the Funkadelic version

And it’s certainly not the Theresa Lindsey version.

happy 30th to ill communication

License to Ill is not far from being 40!