(THIS) POLL REVERE(S) — ILM Artist Poll #19 — Beastie Boys VOTING THREAD

Considered voting for "The Move" but didn't ultimately have room for more than two Hello Nasty tracks. Kinda wish I had put Hello Nasty at #2 on my albums ballot - it's certainly my favorite to listen to after Paul's Boutique, but Licensed to Ill is probably better song-for-song. I've never really loved LTI like I'm supposed to, though, which I think comes down to the thudding minimalism of the beats - it's brilliant and it results in a bunch of great tracks, but over the course of a full LP it gets wearying, for me and I suspect for a lot of people who came to rap in the 90s or later.

the fact that so many ppl on ILX live on that wide age 28 to age 35 grey zone/gulf between Gen X and Gen Y makes these conversations excruciating

I think they're kind of fun myself. Well, to a point.

you gonna do a ballot, whiney?

i hope does it during one of his cali funk-metal 4EVA moods

I hope Whiney does it, i mean

my god I just heard "Namaste" for the first time in years. It's proto-Tricky!

been listening to some paul's boutique demos. "full clout" is kind of amazing, an early version of "shake your rump" and apparently an indulgence of the dust bros' desire to strip their tracks down to make them suitable for rapping over. a big licensed to ill style beat dominates, it's like the missing link between the first and second album. and it's always weird to hear all the early alternate lyrics on something so ingrained. early "car thief" lyrics are hilar too, MCA: "my dick is a tree trunk"

the fact that so many ppl on ILX live on that wide age 28 to age 35 grey zone/gulf between Gen X and Gen Y makes these conversations excruciating

― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:23 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, ilx's affection for 'generation' talk lately needs to run its course ASAP

^^^cosign

degenerations

generational observations ought to be posted with a youtube link to a song that the rest of us can enjoy during the ritual chin-stroking

may I suggest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRwhm-B6yNI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo

How about this one?

blocked in my country, looks like I dodged a bullet there

I'd like to say I didn't enjoy watching that.

praise the gods

it wasn't morris minor and the majors, was it?

5 songs into TT5B and wow this is sucky.

'twas xp. I'm sorry.

we had to perform that stupid stupid song in high school. ;_;

*counts years* that'd definitely make you a Gen Xer then?

5 songs into TT5B and wow this is sucky.

yeah, it's a pretty rough ride, but I will say a lot of those songs sounded way better on a live performance from some MTV show called $2 bill that aired when the album came out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwzDeIzlbM

still not heard anything on TT5B worth voting for. Hell, if you asked me to remember the last song I don't think I could do it. So generic. Such a drop-off.

ok the beat to An Open Letter to NYC is kinda fly.

I think crawlspace is the only decent track on there and it'd be 2nd tier on any other beasties alb

I cut that really late. Ch-Check It Out and Triple Trouble a little bit better.

has no one done the obvious gen ilx yet?

generation lex

Best thing about TT5B by far was the CD packaging.

TT5B isn't bad but the production is so monochrome.

Is it, or is the sleeve just synaesthesiaing you?

Best thing about TT5B by far was the CD packaging.

I saw them on the tour for this album and everything was much better live.

no punk songs on hello nasty.

That’s because Aglio E Olio, which had nine punk songs* on it, had come out a few months earlier

* and a lounge cover of Light My Fire with Miho Hatori on vocals on Side D of the double 7”

isn't 33% god purely the dust brothers work?

It’s definitely NOT any of the Shake Your Rump demos – seems not improbable that 33% God and Dis Yourself In ’89 were done in collaboration with the Beasties, who did get super-into sourcing samples for the album.

one of the guys they were hanging out with on the back of IC

Those are the members of the band, dude. Even if you don’t recognise Mark or Hurricane (!), AWOL has his name on his hat.

ok the beat to An Open Letter to NYC is kinda fly.

Open Letter is 90% Sonic Reducer by the Dead Boys. The Rub N Tug remix is probably the second-best thing related to Five Boroughs (Letterman performance of Ch-Check It Out is best, Just Blaze remix of Ch-Check is third.)

sic you're my new BB guru

Open Letter is 90% Sonic Reducer by the Dead Boys.

qft (and emphasis)

prefer the album version to the rub n tug rmx, tbh

sic you're my new BB guru

super-trivia: the Gr!nn!ng Sum0 live bootleg 7" was manufactured in the same plant as the legit AEO dbl 7 (I know/knew the dude who did it)

FUCK - forgot to vote for this

*please clear the ice for the zamboni"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6EFkPR4nc

"NEW 2007"?? that's from 1992

did everyone remember to vote for Rock Hard?

;_;

nope, but since i haven't voted yet, thanks for the heads up

Did everyone vote for Mullet Head?

(seriously this deadline is too short, still not even started a list and won't have any free time until Sunday evening)

I'm gonna extend it through the end of Saturday (US Eastern time) now because I have to work that day anyway and won't be able to roll out videos and albums until Sunday.

maybe I'll come into work for a couple of hours tomorrow then

re: that beastiemixes site, I spent yesterday listening to bootlegs of bsides and rare material and remixes and such. this morning, i discovered that they have a set of "sample sources" comps for each of the albums. super-informative.

sent my ballot:

LTI - 7
PB - 3
CYH - 4
IC - 5
non-album - 1

dude plz don't start the results roll-out on Sunday

it sounds like he's just going to do the videos/albums lists on Sunday as an appetizer? sounds like a good idea to me

Yeah, that is correct.