IIRC they had released it on a 12-inch at that point. Going from memory, I think "Beastie Revolution" was the B-side of "Cookie Puss".
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
still pretty obscure!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:01 (two years ago) link
Yes, totally! That story blew my mind when I read it in the Beastie Boys' book
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
Here's the guy who did it, telling his side of the story (Beastie Boys talk starts at 1:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucrj3BP6vfY
― peace, man, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
^great find!
I might be conflating this with another story from the book, but I believe Adrock says that he took some of that money to a shop intending to buy a guitar, changed his mind on the spot, and walked out with a Roland TR-808 drum machine instead. And that ended up being the drum machine he used to program the beat for "I Need a Beat" by LL Cool J, the first release on Def Jam.
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
Nice! Thanks peace, man, that was an amazing find. I don't want to bestow too much credit, but given the chain of events that was set off by that settlement money, that ad man really did the world a solid.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
“that ad man”!
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
Agh, I just saw the 1:07 part and assumed he was an ad guy based on him talking about creating a commercial.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link
not too hard to believe that Beastie Revolution was this guy’s favourite record for a couple of months tbh
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
That's the Haysi Fantayzee guy? I'm shattered to see that he didn't wear that hat-thing for the rest of his life.
― bendy, Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
xp: ok, I had read the words Haysi Fantayzee before but never looked them up. I don't know what to think after watching that. I think I might have a fever.
― peace, man, Thursday, 5 May 2022 18:44 (two years ago) link
I ended up listening to a bunch of other clips from that interview. I had never heard of Haysi Fantayzee before. He tells some good stories. Super likable guy.
― beard papa, Friday, 6 May 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link