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

Ha! Fitting start.

btw, their most-played songs on alternative radio, in order of most spins, at least as of a few years ago: Fight For Your Right, Intergalactic, Sabotage, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Brass Monkey, So What'cha Want, Girls, Paul Revere, Sure Shot

I cut "Girls" because it's a little too ugh, but I admit to a lot of affection for it. Some dorky friends of mine in college reworked it as a theme song for our dorm (all honors kids), as "Nerds." (Nerds! Do their homework/Nerds! Got no girlfriends/Nerds! etc etc etc)

I would listen to "Nerds".

braggin 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLfjhQG97I

49. "SHE'S ON IT" (1985) [93 points, 4 votes]

"I had nothing to do with it, man! My voice isn't even on that song. Those fools made the record when I was outta the studio. But I'm not makin' any excuses -- it's a jackass song." - MCA on "Girls," from a 2004 Entertainment Weekly interview

haha yet another reason MCA was way cool

i voted for "She's On It" but it was an admittedly contrarian move

fuck yeah

i majored in advanced beastie in college

She's On It is tops...and I have a fondness for Girls cuz it's silly

How on earth did Girls beat Slow Ride?

it's 20 times as famous?

it's better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgFhBzVrvI

TIE 47. "TIME FOR LIVIN'" (1992) [95 points, 5 votes]

i fkn love this song so much, it was in my 20 (I can't remember where)

*flails around cubicle pogoing wildly*

(sorry, no decent video options for this one...)

TIE 47. "FINGER LICKIN' GOOD" (1992) [95 points, 5 votes]

yah woo, time for livin! my favorite BBs punk track. glad it beat "girls", which i kind of hate, catchy as it is.

plus: How on earth did Girls beat Slow Ride and Low?

eatin' crazy cheese like you'd think i'm from paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFlW3UaQuU

46. "FLUTE LOOP" (1994) [104 points, 5 votes]

Flute Loop is really great on its own. Always kind of got camouflaged by the rest of the album for me, but I'm lovin' it right now.

I can't imagine any reality where a song from the last three albums actually charts on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilZshY6uUo

45. "ROCK HARD" (1985) [115 points, 5 votes]

Never would have figured "She's On It" and "Rock Hard" would be so low...I'm living in some alternate Beasties universe.

both great but I cut 'em

yeah, i like "rock hard", but it isn't better than the comparable stuff on licensed to ill. just a bit more obscure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aQdsHH4PkM

44. "SONG FOR THE MAN" (1998) [126 points, 8 votes]

I love Rock Hard and I totally forgot to vote for it ;_;

I love "Rock Hard" and voted for it. Happy to see "Flute Loop" place as I felt horrible for cutting it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lWVE3Tg2A

43. "BODHISATTVA VOW" (1994) [128 points, 6 votes]

i voted for "She's On It" but it was an admittedly contrarian move

i like "rock hard", but it isn't better than the comparable stuff on licensed to ill. just a bit more obscure

I think the truth of those statements is going to be highly subjective. For me, they're neither contrarian picks (again, I assumed one or both would be top 10) nor even close to being obscure.

Rock Hard is pretty obscure

i didn't necessarily mean contrarian in a 'oh it's bad/hated' but just in a hey i remember that song, what the hell i will vote for it even though it's not on spotify and i can confirm at the moment whether i actually like it all that much

Without Spotify there is no music.

Lol @ "Rock Hard" not "even being close to obscure"

Besides, like, rap radio in 1985, where would anyone even hear "Rock Hard"

it didn't even have a video!

Without Spotify there is no music.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, May 14, 2012 1:56 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

well, not at my desk at work, no. i wasn't making the point that "She's On It" is obscure because it's not on Spotify or anything, to be clear (although i was surprised that it's not even collected on any of their compilations).

I only know "Rock Hard" cuz of a CD-R of Beastie rarities burned for me about eight years ago.

Yeah, Rock Hard has never been preserved in the cd age, I don't believe. If you want to hear it, you've got to track down the original Def Jam single.

Sampling AC/DC means it never will be properly collected.

ah i see

But it's been widely and easily available on the net for fifteen years.

"Rock Hard" is great, and fuck AC/DC for not letting them release it. They obviously had no qualms about BDP sampling the same riff for "Dope Beat."

Whiney OTM that She's On It at least had a video/was in Krush Groove and I actually saw copies of the 12" in record shops. "Rock Hard" didn't get anywhere near that kind of push, and was a huge collector's item pre-internet.

Just one more point, as it doesn't really matter. Christgau had "Rock Hard" in his top 10 singles for '85 (#7); I own the 12-inch (got it and Cookie Puss at some weird warehouse sale in the late '80s). If it's not on CD, that's a good point--didn't realize that. I guess what I'm saying is it's far from obscure for me--i.e., a subjective call.

"Rock Hard" is mindblowing though.

^^That's the key point.

I love that EZ Snappin's definition of "not obscure" is "it's on the internet"

we're all famous!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NOakdZolYQ

43. "POSSE IN EFFECT" (1986) [136 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]