ha, yeah!
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 May 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
i wasn't making the point that "She's On It" is obscure because it's not on Spotify or anything, to be clear (although i was surprised that it's not even collected on any of their compilations).
Out of their whopping two multi-territory, wide-release, non-instrumental compilations, half of them were compiled by the band and not Capitol, and that one does include She's On It (although as the sleeve notes point out, only because Malcolm Young still declined a personal request to allow Rock Hard on.)
The Rock Hard 12" got re-released about five years ago on the Def Jam Classics imprint btw.
How and why did that track get left off Check Your Head?
The Beasties have always been firm believers in singles having b-sides
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 14 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
i'd rank the obscurity of beatie boys tracks this way...
0: hit singles1: fan-favorite album cuts and non-hit singles2: other album cuts from their first five albums3: other album cuts from their last three albums4: non-album tracks and outtakes etc that have appeared on major compilations or as album-reissue bonus tracks5: non-album tracks etc that were officially issued, but remain uncompiled (or rarely compiled)6: outtakes and ephemera that were never officially issued and remain uncompiled, but which leaked somehow (boots, w/e)7: stuff that has never even leaked and that basically no one outside the band has ever heard
all the shit we're talking about is at least moderately obscure, relatively obscure. seems a dumb word to get hung up on.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
can you rank every song on your ballot on the 1-7 scale thanking you in advance
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
my head hurts
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
sure, i'll pm you
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
I've been looking at a few online lists of greatest/favourite Beastie Boys songs (Rolling Stone, three or four others), and looks like I am way off on "Rock Hard"--not a single mention, even on a list of 38. Guess I'm just lucky that my friend Peter got me interested in them early. "She's on It," a little less clear--it actually made the Top 10 in the UK, and is still their third biggest hit there.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 May 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Mr Veg started with Beasties from Cooky Puss and was all over the Rock Hard EP, he had always led me to believe it was a lot more popular than it appears it was, so I'm kinda with you there, clemenza...still, hard to believe that a huge-sounding song like that didn't just blow up everywhere, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
If "Rock Hard" had gone #1 a year-plus before Licensed to Ill, I might never have been subjected to "The Final Countdown."
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/bandpics/europe.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 14 May 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
oof
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
You missed the Country Mike LP in between 5 and 6, recalibrate your scale before emailing Whiney
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
The Country Mike album is so bad. I hope nobody voted for any tracks from it.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
Posse In Effect is way too low!
― crüt, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
*37. "SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE" (1992) [157 points, 7 points]*
*37. "SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE" (1992) [157 points, 7 points]*
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
Something's Got to Give was in my top 5 - so profoundly stoned, with that spaced-out Planet Caravan vocal effect. When I first heard it I thought that another band could use this as the template for their whole sound.
― Get wolves (DL), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
The Beasties have lots of songs like that; things they never quite repeated but which you could see being worth exploring for a whole career - Gratitude being another. In fact, much of CYH is.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-F6QFcNxQ
35. "B-BOYS MAKIN' WITH THE FREAK FREAK" (1994) [172 points, 8 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Aw man some of the pics on that utube are great! I love AdRock
― pandemic, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
Ad-Rock's always been the cutest.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
I'm happy, though somewhat surprised, to see "B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak" this high. I've always loved it, but most of my friends see it as minor Beasties at best.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNmLMs7ugw&t=10m44s
34. "HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER" (1989) [202 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, timecode embeds are a fail. Click through if you want to hear it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
How will i ever hear "High Plains Drifter"
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
we can sing it for u
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
imma
high
plains
driftah
Can I do the drum fills
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Lol @ this dope beastie boys song being carried by Don Henley's drumming #endoftheinnocence
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
only good thing Henley ever did imo
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
well he hasn't died yet so
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
cause I'm mello like jell-ello
cool like lemonade
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
xpost we wait in hope
my man turned to me and said WHY ARE YOU HERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pKNmLMs7ugw#t=644s
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
made my getaway and thought that i had it made
― pandemic, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
otis seemed cool
you've got a mailbox on your bumper and bald front tiiiiiiiiire
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
houdini out the cuffs
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
OUTTA THE CAR LONGHAIRyour goose is cooked
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
SUUUZZZEEEE IZZZ UHH HEEAADDBAANNGGEEERR
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
\m/
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlMi6PvUDE
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
awesome
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
prefer Poison's cover
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyfV9sOhwnc
33. "COOKY PUSS" (1983) [202 points, 11 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
damn that's low
(I didn't vote for it)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for it, but down at the bottom of my ballot. I'm known on occasion to break out with a "I said I HOUSE ya" for no good reason.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
While C.P. himself was unforgettable if you were growing in up in NY/NE/FLA regions, I'd forgotten about Cookie O'Puss, who gets a passing shoutout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4TieV3QirU
― bendy, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I remember wanting a Fudgie the Whale cake for my birthday, but one of my friends got one for theirs and that changed my mind. Carvel ice cream was so nasty. Do they still exist?
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
some kind of licensed (and merely rectangular) ice cream cakes labeled "Carvel" are available in the freezer section of my local supermarket here in NC.
― bendy, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1nClHbCUqs
32. "THE MOVE" (1998) [227 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
A late cut. The best song on the first half of Hello Nasty.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link