oh man, looking at recent pictures is just the saddest fucking thinglove to this guy and his fam
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh, fuckin' hell, did not expect that. Licence to Ill is going on right away.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
i had no idea he was even sick. really surprised and saddened. rip
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
I am so bummed!!!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
urgh. really thought he had beat cancer? RIP.
― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
really want to cry a lot about this tbh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
I actually just called a friend who is probably the biggest B Boys fan I know and left her a message saying I'm thinking of her which sounds so weird and lame but I know she's going to be devastated.
So so sad.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
I missed the story from last month that he wouldn't be able to attend the RRHOF induction, which I guess would've at least been a strong indicator that something like this was around the corner. As it is, though, I feel like I've been slapped with a flounder.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
gotta road trip this afternoon -- think it's gonna be 3 hours of Beasties now
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
i haven't listened to the b boys on the regular in many years but man they really have meant a lot of me. mca owned, then and forever imo.
― omar little, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DOMxm0o12c
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Gah, too soon. RIP
― Jeff W, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Genuinely horrible, and like everyone I know on facebook/twitter is just overflowing with earnest grief. This is the most unexpected and tragic music death news in a long time. Gutted.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Cookie Puss <3
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
RIP.
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
So sad, I just read the 33 1/3 Paul's Boutique album a couple weeks ago and was reflecting on how wonderful and unique these guys are.
― dsb, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfyMv5mG_Z8
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
aw shit, no way. love you man, we shared a name.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
rest in peace beastie dude!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03PdIMEnwXY
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
don't know how to express how i feel here, I can't think of ANY musician's death that hit me this way
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
those videos of them playing basketball as old men seem extra sad to me now :(
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, this just seems shocking to me. I didn't even know he was ill. RIP.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
xhuxk on Facebook just now, with a link to this: "RIP MCA. i still owe you one."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=laQLHlIBUmg
(Yep, that's him.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
Me: MCA from the Beastie Boys just died!Coworker #1: Which one was he?Coworker #2: The white one.RIP, MCA.
― kate78, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
RIP
(part of) a p big formative influence on stuff I listen(ed) to... prolly more than anyone who's died for a looooooooong time tbh
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Oh dag. :(
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
its making me smile to see my facebook and twitter light up with outpourings of love. also, four different people in my office now have beastie boys tunes playing on youtube
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
you know chuck put a voodoo hex on those guys years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laQLHlIBUmg
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not BLAMING chuck, just saying...
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Kate: A co-worker heard be on the phone and came over all concerned and was like OMG I'm so sorry was that a friend of yours?!
Ned: xhuxk is the one getting pranked?!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
― Regional Tug (irrational), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
i have to listen to other things for work but i want to be blasting 'paul's boutique' so bad right now
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
ENBB -- yup.
Here's xhuxk's piece:
http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/chuck-eddy-lay-it-down-clowns-the-beastie-boys-take-over-1987/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
man, RIP
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
that prank clip is awesome, them giggling and hightailing it away, fkn priceless
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
cranking License to Ill, imma roll through the whole discography fuckit
seriously, blasting paul's boutique neighbors hate check your heard queued up
― Dominique, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
Massive suckage.
― Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Just found out. Oh man... One of the most inspirational people in music for me
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
This is really making me depressed. I feel like we are all living in cancer's world.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
this really is the worst thing.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/2qsnmle.jpg
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
oh fuck now I'm really gonna cry
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
As I just muttered on FB: Sudden realization of a moment I'd almost forgotten -- I had seen the Beastie Boys once live, Lollapalooza 1994. Person I was with said I was dancing like a crazy idiot during "Sabotage" in particular. And you know what? All good with that, because MCA murdered that bassline and then some. So RIP indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
omg that photo!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't it great?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
you know a band are truly all encompassingly loved when even Duran Duran are posting an rip message.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
saw them at the Greek in Berkeley abt 5 years ago, the whole crowd acapella sang Paul Revere and it was hands down one of the best concert moments of my life
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvMoD70aMJw
Not a great quality video, but still awesome.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:53 (eleven 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
“that ad man”!
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:29 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link