Girls who like the Beastie Boys

Do they exist? What version of the Beastie Boys do they like? What parts of the Beastie Boys don't they like? What's the band's appeal/non-appeal to women? Does Ad-Rock being married to Kathleen Hanna matter?

― Ethan Stanislawski, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

In my experience, they are the same girls that really liked 311 at the height of their fame.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

hi

― (name) in (some place i'm not from) (buzza), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

What's the band's appeal/non-appeal to women?

o_O

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

What's the band's appeal to non-women?

― nakhtar donetsk (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

weird thread. my wife likes the beastie boys. at least she has all the records up to check your head, i think. she doesn't like 311.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

generally, like all white girls in my experience

― john jjjusten jingleheimer smh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

I like them, and am a girl. I don't know why they'd appeal to me any differently than the way they appeal to a guy. I saw them live a few years ago and enjoyed myself. I guess I don't really know enough about the band to have an opinion on what 'version' I like - I have a couple of their albums and I like em, that's all. And I never liked 311 much.

― franny glass, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

the beasties boys appeal to women: "hey ladiiiiieeees!!"

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

it's chill to hear them talk IMO

― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

girls

― several interesting cans of chili (askance johnson), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

Maybe 90% of the girls I knew grewing up liked Beastie Boys.

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

― (name) in (some place i'm not from) (buzza), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

the beastie boys are a very popular band for women and non-women

― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

Maybe 90% of the girls I knew grewing up liked Beastie Boys.

This, except replace "grewing up" with "in my teens and twenties."

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

That's what I meant.

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

: )

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

My wife likes the Beastie Boys. At least through Hello Nasty.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

The big question is, who is Ethan Stanislawski?

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

And do the girls like him? And if so, which version?

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yea...
To all the Brooklyn girls
To all the French girls
To all the Oriental girls
Chinese...
Japanese...
To all the Swiss girls
To the Italian women
To the Upper East Side nubiles
To all the Jamaican girls
And to the topless dancers
Australian...
And Brazilian
To the Southern Belles
To the Puerto Rican girls
To the stewardesses flying around the world...

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

I can't really say who loves the Beastie Boys today, but definitely around the time of Check Your Head and Ill Communication, it seemed as if love for the Beastie Boys was nearly universal among the girls and guys I knew.

― Moodles, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

girls who do boys like they're girls who like the Beastie Boys

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

classy english pop lyrics

― nakhtar donetsk (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

generally, like all white girls in my experience

― john jjjusten jingleheimer smh (Whiney G. Weingarten)

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

first day of 8th grade I developed a crush on a girl cause we were both wearing the same beastie boys t-shirt (aloha mr hand). never talked to her though.

― mizzell, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

... ever?

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

ever ever?

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

I mean 8th grade is a long time

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

first day of 8th grade I developed a crush on a girl cause we were both wearing the same beastie boys t-shirt (aloha mr hand). never talked to her though.

― mizzell, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:11 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol I had that shirt in high school

― ENBB, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

? I know plenty of women who dig the Beasties (at least up through Ill Communication, after that I don't know anyone who seriously pays attention). I'm married to one of them, another is in my band, etc.

― "Information by surprise" is even legal in Sweden (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

I don't think my wife even knows who 311 is for that matter

― "Information by surprise" is even legal in Sweden (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

what's interesting is that now literally not one person likes the beastie boys at all

― goole, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

I still do, thought To the 5 Boroughs was a huge pile of shit. I remain foolishly optimistic about Hot Sauce Committee.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, hoping HSC will be the Hello Nasty follow-up that never was.

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

To the 5 Boroughs was "Weak Sauce Committee".

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

This is how I once reviewed TT5B

Q: Why is the new Beasties album named To the 5 Boroughs?
A: Because the appropriate name, Some Old Bullshit, was already taken.

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

... ever?

― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ever ever?

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

never ever, not that i remember

― mizzell, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 20:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

Northern State! Long Island represent.

― ENBB, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

heaps of chix love 'sabotage'

― midiverb II program 49 (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

I think the Beasties have changed some of their lyrics to a few of their early songs because they decided in hindsight that they were offensive to women and to gays

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

omg the rapping in that Northern State video is HORRENDOUS

― "Information by surprise" is even legal in Sweden (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Northern State: Too Shouty? [Started by Sterling Clover (s_clover) in January 2003, last updated 7 minutes ago by lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej)] 1 new answer

Girls who like the Beastie Boys [Started by Ethan Stanislawski in December 2010, last updated 11 minutes ago by "Information by surprise" is even legal in Sweden (Shakey Mo Collier)] 42 new answers

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

does anyone (of any gender) rep for "the mix up"? i remember thinking it was kinda underrated and fun at the time but tbh I havent revisited it in the three years since then

― swvl, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 01:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

Do Luscious Jackson like the Beastie Boys?

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

as a girl who listened the fuck out of the Beastie Boys as a teenager: there's tons of reasons why I like them, but none stand up to gender-based analysis (unless it takes a feminine sensibility to think that a certain sample sounds cool or w/e). I'd probably give similar reasons for liking lots of other bands with dudes in, don't see why these guys are a special case

still probably ws Mike D though - perhaps this is the key to their non-men appeal

― verhexen, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

Still? Now?

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

wow. he was always my fav but no, not now.

― ˙❤‿❤˙˙❤‿❤˙ (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

I don't think my wife even knows who 311 is for that matter

would be v happy to return to "not knowing who 311 is" day myself... aahhh, innocent ears

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 03:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'm female and I can claim to like Beastie Boys, I have Sabotage and Intergalactic memorized. I suppose that's a minimum requirement.

― ILM Flipping - I Kelsey Grammered Your Thread (MintIce), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 13:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ethan Gaymead >>> Ethan Stanislawski

― missingNO, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 13:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

show me some men who look like old lesbians.

Girls is my favourite Beastie Boys song, btw although it ironically only has 1 girl and she just likes 2 members.

― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

Perry Farrell is not a Beastie Boy.

― erin brokovich (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

^so naive

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

In 1987 the girls in my sixth grade homeroom all owned Madonna's True Blue, the guys Licensed to Ill.

I loved both :/

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

Perry Farrell is not a Beastie Boy.

lol'd so hard @ this

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

Girlies holla! <3 the Beastie Boys for all time!

What a weird question. Is a naming thing for the original poster perhaps? It says Beastie *Boys* therefore: no girls allowed.
Because that would cause problems for my love of Men Without Hats, Boyz II Men and Men At Work.

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 9 December 2010 03:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

And if so then I have questions for Men Who Like the Weather Girls.

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 9 December 2010 03:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

My wife brought more Beastie Boys albums to our household than I did.

― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 9 December 2010 06:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

So is ilx's Ethan Stanislawski the real Ethan Stanislawski, or just a parody sock? Here is an excerpt from his blog (cherrypicked for Beastie content):

Oh Boy, I’m In Print! Talking About Marnie Stern, Marissa Pasternoster, Cathy Santonies in Venus Zine

Posted on | August 14, 2010 | No Comments

Say this for Navin Johnson, he made his print debut on page 73. On page 79 of the Fall Issue of Venus Zine, you’ll fine a piece by me, the first thing I’ve written that’s been printed in a non-college newspaper since I tried/decided to make this a career.

Yes, that is me, a straight dude, writing *that piece* on female guitarists, You know, the one that gets mentioned in every interview with Marnie Stern/Screaming Females/Kaki King/Heart etc? Well, the subject in general is broached here, with kind words, case-by-case evaluations, and invoking the “so you’re a lady who plays guitar; what’s that like?” style of questioning as little as humanly possible. Since the article was submitted, Marnie Stern announced her new album (self-titled) with a track titled “Female Guitarists Are The New Black” (would that make these guys the Beastie Boys? MAYBE):

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Thursday, 9 December 2010 10:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

kathleen hanna is grrrl who likes a beastie boy:

― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 9 December 2010 12:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

they're so cuet

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 9 December 2010 13:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Left to Right: Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride

― She Got the Shakes, Thursday, 9 December 2010 13:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

I knew more guys than girls who owned Madonna CDs.

― i hope i read about your suicide in the paper (u s steel), Thursday, 9 December 2010 14:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ha that rogan, wood, mcbride pic is great

Also I have so much love for Horovitz and Hanna.

― ˙❤‿❤˙˙❤‿❤˙ (ENBB), Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

King Ad Rock has excellent taste in women. And him and Hanna: cutest couple ever!

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

Please make that cast happen in a biopic.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 December 2010 18:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

It's in a sequel video to "Fight For Your Right to Party"

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Thursday, 9 December 2010 18:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Please make that cast happen in a biopic.

they'd have to cgi MCA skinny

― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Thursday, 9 December 2010 19:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

Hey guys thanks.
FYI I'm a music blogger/grad student, and I just wanted to do an open shout out for responses from the gleeful anarchy that is ILXor for a piece I'm working on. If you want to follow-up google me; (maybe we can work on some tracks, I got some shit right here.)

― tynansanger (Ethan Stanislawski), Friday, 10 December 2010 03:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

we have lots of questions for u

― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 04:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

your ideas are intriguing to us and we wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

― people for the slutty/common/american way (kkvgz), Friday, 10 December 2010 12:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

my girlfriend loves the beastie boys

she is so white btw

― generally, like all white girls in my experience (King Boy Pato), Friday, 10 December 2010 13:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

tynan's anger

― missingNO, Friday, 10 December 2010 13:14 (2 years ago) Permalink