Beastie Boys Book (1 Viewer)

[El Caliente]

Have any of you read or listened to this book? I have found it to be well done, and covers a lot of background and build up to the band that changed the music that a lot of suburban kids listened to.

Growing up my brothers listened to a lot of their music (as well as a lot of local hip hop) , so I listened to a lot of their music. So it’s very interesting to see what led them to be heavyweights in the hip hop game in the 1980s.

The Cookie Puss story is amazing. John C Riley is a National treasure.

 

[antipop]

it's on my list of books i want to read but probably never will

 

[gboudx]

There's a book about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana out from one of their co-managers, Bob Goldberg called, "Serving the Servant". There's an interview running on SiriusXM that I heard on Lithium between Goldberg(co-manager) and David Frick as well. This is to commerorate that tomorrow, April 5th is 25 years since Cobain took his own life.

 

[El Caliente]

There's a book about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana out from one of their co-managers, Bob Goldberg called, "Serving the Servant". There's an interview running on SiriusXM that I heard on Lithium between Goldberg(co-manager) and David Frick as well. This is to commerorate that tomorrow, April 5th is 25 years since Cobain took his own life.

How old are we? This is nutts. The 1980s, Kurt Cobain’s death. How did all of that happen over 25 years ago. I recall being at Hynes at a spring fair when that happened.

 

[tomwaits]

I was looking at Licensed to Ill on Wikipedia and noticed that the highest it reached on the Billboard top 200 was #1.
Then I noticed that the highest it ever reached on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums was #2.

I thought the top 200 was all inclusive, so how could it have been #1 on that chart but only ever #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart?

Anyway, its not intuitive that 3 Jewish kids would have an Album that is #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
Its crazy world, someone ought to sell tickets. I'd buy one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_to_Ill

I assume I don't know how these charts work or are measured.

 

[efil4stnias]

I was looking at Licensed to Ill on Wikipedia and noticed that the highest it reached on the Billboard top 200 was #1.
Then I noticed that the highest it ever reached on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums was #2.

I thought the top 200 was all inclusive, so how could it have been #1 on that chart but only ever #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart?

Anyway, its not intuitive that 3 Jewish kids would have an Album that is #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
Its crazy world, someone ought to sell tickets. I'd buy one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_to_Ill

I assume I don't know how these charts work or are measured.

They were produced by one of the greatest hip hop producers that ever lived - Rick Ruben. He and Simmons started DefJam Records.

Timing was also perfect. Suburban kids were starting to find hip hop, and enter the Beastie Boys with their Zepplin/Classic rock infused hip hop
And Paul Revere....reversing the 808 track to get that vvvvomp vomp vvommp sound.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

Anyway, its not intuitive that 3 Jewish kids would have an Album that is #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.

They did it like this. They did it like that. They did it with a wiffle ball bat.

 

[tomwaits]

They did it like this. They did it like that. They did it with a wiffle ball bat.

Their story is good, about 3 bad brothers you know so well. It started way back in history.

 

[sonicboom]

It took me awhile to like the Beastie Boys, I thought their music had a great beat, but lacked any depth in the lyrics department. Then, I graduated high school and started to party at the college level; All of sudden Beastie Boys were great. By the way, they started off punk rock, and believed in anarchy.

I remember they had a anti-war protest song towards the end (Right Right Now Now), which had a catchy beat, and a New York music video to boot. At that point, it really looked like they turned the page on the party-band image. It may have also marked the end of the youth and music scene for Generation X. All music from 2005 and beyond seems a little foreign and Millennial driven for my taste.

The 90's were great, you should of been there! Kurt Cobain was definitely the poster child of our latch-key generation, not necessarily the greatest role model, but certainly created a new wave of music that was totally different and unique from Elvis Presley and Beatlemania.

 

[gboudx]

>but lacked any depth in the lyrics department.

It depends on how you interpret, "White Castle fries only come in one size."

 

[sonicboom]

It depends on how you interpret, "White Castle fries only come in one size."

How is it suppose to be interpreted? Maestro is my favorite song from the Beastie Boys. Classic!

Ever try a White Castle burger?

 

[gboudx]

>How is it suppose to be interpreted?

It could be interpreted that the box only comes in 1 size. But it could also apply to the individual french fry itself. But it's unlikely that each french fry would be the same size, nor or the number of fries in an order the same. So we look at the interpretation of the box being only 1 size. The box may only come in 1 size, but it can contain a different amount of french fries, in various lengths of each fry. Kinda like the world. The world stays 1 size, but all of the people on it come in a variety of sizes and numbers. Clearly this line is about tolerance, acceptance and brotherhood of mankind.

I want french fries now.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

I miss Louisiana, but I'm glad I can buy a Fatburger cause I'm way out west.

 

[Swamprat]

Rick Rubin is the same producer who got Johnny Cash to do Hurt... Genius!

 

[SystemShock]

I like 3 of their songs.... they took off after Madonna took them on tour as opening act, on the heels of Run DMC's crossover success.