I really recommend the audio version of the Beastie Boys book. It's read by the guys, plus a whole raft of famous people who were on the scene at the time from Kim Gordon to John C Reilly. It's all put together in the same collagey/cut-up spirit as an actual BBs album
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2020 11:44 (four years ago) link
Spike Jones’s chapter is all-time trolling in the audiobook
― rb (soda), Thursday, 30 January 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
curators/gatekeepers that just could not WAIT to hip their core audience (suburban white kids) to all this super-cool stuff they were into. I dunno if that sort of role is even possible anymore in this day and age, their certainly aren't very many other bands that made a career out of it the way they did.― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 16:08 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 16:08 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
with reservations (much as i love em) and a difft and probably snootier core audience (partly where the reservations come in lol), sonic youth were also p committedly doing this i think
― mark s, Thursday, 30 January 2020 11:58 (four years ago) link
The Beatsie Boys, they are they coming home
― calstars, Thursday, 30 January 2020 12:29 (four years ago) link
oooh good call on Sonic Youth
xps
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
"Super Disco Breakin" is such an awesome way to open an album. I remember being 12 and cranking that on the Walkman and thinking it was just the coolest thing I'd ever heard
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
xpost Nirvana totally did that too, introduced kids to so much
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
well, it'sfifty cups of coffee and you know it's on
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Nirvana totally did that too, introduced kids to so much
they did, but I don't think it was their primary appeal, or motivation, or what they were best at
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
― frogbs,
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
like ime audience reaction wasn't "isn't it AWESOME to be introduced to so much cool stuff by this band!" as much as it was "this band is loud and angry and sad JUST LIKE ME"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
I would say from the outset the primary appeal of the Beastie Boys was that they fought for their right to partyI think you were too cool for Nirvana shakesI think the primary appeal of the Beastie Boys was their music just like Nirvana
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
a few years ago I downloaded some fan-made comp of everything the Beasties sampled, organized by album. its a ton of music but definitely worth checking out. since I've heard Hello Nasty like a hundred times it was a trip going through all this. just to name a random example here's an awesome track that was briefly sampled on "Putting Shame in Your Game"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLgfZukICI
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
I think you were too cool for Nirvana shakes
idk if its worth it to run down my personal Nirvana history but at the time I was a serious die-hard fan. For ex. I was extremely pissed when I couldn't convince any of my high school friends to drive into LA to see Nirvana at the Palladium in 1990 because they all wanted to go to some stupid Senior class party thing instead. I didn't have a car, so I missed it.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
I'm not really sure what Nirvana's tastemaker status is. Sure, they got people to get into the Meat Puppets. But Bowie didn't need the assist, and actually ripping off a song didn't draw much attention to Killing Joke (nor did Grohl playing on an album). Nirvana talked about the Pixies a bunch, but again, not sure they needed the assist.
Beastie Boys ... what did they hip people on to? Cibo Matto? Atari Teenage Riot? Mountain?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
VaselinesSlits
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
Daniel Johnston
(Nirvana)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
Oh, re: Nirvana? Good calls.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
The Wipers?
Raincoats
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
Killing Joke
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
I get a vibe from Cobain’s promotion of obscure artists that it was more of a reaction to success, the feeling that he did not deserve this level of fame and had an obligation to offload some of that attention and acclaim onto the musicians he loved.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
Cobain’s liner notes for the Raincoats reissue are so sweet and charming.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
uh other hip hopxp
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
this is from same song:I’m like "Sweetie Pie" by the Stone AllianceEverybody know I'm known for dropping science‘Cause I'm electric like Dick Hyman
Well, I'm not coming out goofy like the fruit of the loom guysJust strutting like The Meters with the “Look-ka Py Py"
Jimmy Smith is my man, I want to give him a pound
It's like Harlem World Battles on the Zulu Beat ShowIt's Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee
Bob Marley was a prophet for the freedom fight"If dancin' prays to the lord then I will feel alright"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
Beastie Boys ... what did they hip people on to?
off the top of my head for me personally:Eddie HarrisJimmy Smiththe Car Wash soundtrackKool Moe Dee vs. Busy BeeSlayerLee "Scratch" PerryLee DorseyChuck ChilloutBoogie Down ProductionsGroove MerchantThe TurtlesIdris Muhammad
lots more
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
They were real enthusiastic about Kid Rock before he was famous, so thanks?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
kiss!
https://html1-f.scribdassets.com/zry8qhcow37avdj/images/1-b88438ca88.jpg
― mark s, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
agree that this was their most unfortunate endorsement
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Too Short is to blame for Kid Rock
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
I think I still have the Grand Royal issues with Miami Bass and the Moog synth on the covers
one of the first music websites I went to a bunch was someone's breakdown of all the samples on Paul's Boutique. lots of gems!
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
i have a copy on a high shelf somewhere i think -- but my labyrinthitis makes me dizzy if i look upwards so i can't check sad lol
― mark s, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
one of my prized possessions is a framed, unfolded poster from GR with all kinds of different turntable models
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
I hung that same poster in many apartments until one day it got destroyed. I wish I had the foresight to save it / preserve it for later in life than just thowing it up on the wall in the shitholes I rented.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
Leaving aside writers, as a gateway into pop culture minutiae probably only MST3K did more for me than Beastie Boys.
― Chris L, Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
I get a vibe from Cobain’s promotion of obscure artists that it was more of a reaction to success
this is otm. Cobain gave off a strong sense of "ive got to make the most of my time as a celebrity to direct attention to my favorite obscure stuff" almost as a means of apology or penance. Beasties seemed like exploring & discovering different music and introducing it to people was one of their animating reasons for doing the band in the first place. Nirvana did not strike me as 'enthusiasts' in the same way, it almost felt transactional, like "while you're picking up our album make sure to buy a Vaselines or Half Japanese record to balance out the sin of us being on a major."
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 30 January 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Are we talking about fleeting samples and references as gateways? I mean, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
Though I suppose people who bother to seek out sources of those dozens or hundreds of samples might be more prone to finding music on their own anyway.
pre-internet hunting down sample sources was a very time-consuming and hit-and-miss endeavor
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
but yeah I noticed when the Beastie Boys namedropped, and then if I happened to be able to find a record by one of those guys, I would buy it
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
what more did you want them to do? personally take you record shopping?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
xp
"my two sealed copies of "Expansions"" for example (what Expansions was he referring to? McCoy Tyner? Lonnie Liston Smith? sometimes I discovered things by mistake!)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
create a magazine or something that promoted things aligned with their tastes???
Ad Rock sent me a care package full of Meters records and Godzilla toys when I moved into the dorms freshman year 🙂
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
Mike D once knocked on my front door and when I answered, all he said was "make sure you listen to some records by Curtis Mayfield!" before spinning around and walking away
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
Ad-Rock randomly appears on a few Japanese hip-hop records I have which is pretty amusing since I have no clue how their paths would cross. as far as I know they just called him up and asked him to do it
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
xpost Good advice, tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link