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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Oh dag. :(
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:38 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not BLAMING chuck, just saying...
― scott seward, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:41 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
― Regional Tug (irrational), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:42 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
man, RIP
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:44 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Massive suckage.
― Bulge Pimp (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:48 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
this really is the worst thing.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/2qsnmle.jpg
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh fuck now I'm really gonna cry
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
omg that photo!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Isn't it great?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:52 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Good lord what a sobering downer. RIP
― Spectrist, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
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― tylerw, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
baby MCA @ 1:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-oRGkaotl8
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
mca was the best, hope you're having fun in whatever passes for buddhist heaven, you soundtracked a lot of my life
― the late great, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
'so whatcha want' was the first single I ever bought, and hello nasty was one of the first albums I ever bought.
― dayo, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite Beast. rip
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
just thinking back to the days when my freshman dorm was covered with two of those gigantic 6' x 4' posters. one from the "Sabotage" set and the other from an Ill Communication promo shoot, with a Check Your Head regular size poster bridging the two. wish i had the pics scanned in now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
"So Whatcha Want" was our outgoing answering machine message that year
Happy rebirth Adam!!!
rimbaud108 9 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lWVE3Tg2A
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
RIP cool dude.
Besides the jams, seemed like a good model of how to be a grown-up rock star.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i wore my aloha mr hand Beasties shirt til it fell off me in rags
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
RIP, Adam.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Gutted.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
also a great model of how to evolve as a human being while being able reconcile and own your past.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
My wife's very upset about this, and I am too. It's essential to remember just how important Licensed To Ill was in the world of '86, it pulled everything apart and then stuck its giddy tongue out. I saw them at Glasgow Barrowlands in '87 and they were phenomenal even (or especially) then.
Even though this is Britain, I remember just how down everyone was after Kurt died, and how Ill Communication in '94 was sort of a "I Want To Hold Your Hand"-type transformative moment, lifting everyone's spirits again and definitely on the side of life. Which makes Adam's passing all the sadder; Christ, he was only seven months younger than me and like a lot of other people I thought he'd beaten the cancer.
All I can advise to everyone today/tonight is: find all the Beastie Boys music in your house and play it proudly.
Farewell to a crucial figure and, I'm sure, a splendid fellow.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'd never thought about Ill Communication's massive transatlantic success that way, Marcello, and it makes sense.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
If you're cranking Paul's Boutique, this comes highly recommended (they recorded this commentary for the re-release, it's great)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYqeVkTxT4
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
In 1999, Beastie Adam Horovitz wrote a letter to Time Out New York apologizing for their youthful indiscretions on that first album, saying he wanted to "formally apologize to the entire gay and lesbian community for the shitty and ignorant things we said on our first record. There are no excuses. But time has healed our stupidity. … We hope that you’ll accept this long overdue apology."
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
^^always thought this was a nice move by the beasties and really reflected how all of them grew as ppl over time
exactly!! hard to think of many artists willing to actually say this on the record
― first mca now bear wtf at this day already (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah mad respect for that
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link