Reading through the comments, it turns out I've heard quite a few of their songs, and enjoyed none of them. I don't get how they were so popular.
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Because they were a perfect mix of Punk and Hip Hop. It just fit right into the late 80s and 90s.
They have a historical importance in the hip-hop realm notably when it comes to sampling. See the album Paul's Boutique.
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Try listening to Check Your Head all the way through. If you don't get it after that, you never will.
I mean... They're a band, they're all boys... Why isn't Beastie Boys a "boy band?" 🤔
So are Metallica, AC/DC and Van Halen.
"Metallica are a boy band." was not a take I expected to find today, but I think I know exactly the right people to annoy with this.
Red Hot Chili Peppers is my favorite boy band.
I'm partial to Fall Out Boy, myself
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They're a beast band.
MCA died 13 years ago next month-- not too surprising kids born around 2000 or 2010 wouldn't have heard much of them.
Tripped acid and went to see them in Central Park just a few years back. In, uh, 1992.
Series acid and went for a walk in 99, took my camcorder. Last thing I remember is recording a plastic bag being buffeted by the wind and suddenly I'm here staring at a little glass box in my hand.
Acid finally wore off in 2022, saw COVID, took more acid.
I mean it really depends on what music their parents listen to about 90% of the time
I didn't realize until adulthood that some households don't really prioritize music. My parents were always playing and telling me about the music they grew up with (classic rock, because I'm old and they're older)
Every once in a while I'll meet a peer who's like "oh yeah we didn't have a lot of records" and I'm like oh that checks out with you not knowing the velvet underground
But I try not to be a jerk about people not knowing stuff, because no one needs that.
My dad never listened to music from his own era. He only ever listens to classical music. I'm not really a fan of music from his era, but I probably know more about it than he does.
Yup. I was really quiet old before I heard much Elvis or Michael Jackson. My parents just never had it on in the house. My best friends dad had a tattoo of Elvis, but still.
My daughter loves Michael Jackson.
It’s funny, I never much liked his music before aside from a couple big songs. Now that I’m always hearing it, I regularly catch myself singing along and enjoying it.
A girl called me a sexy beastie boy on the bus freshman yr college. Went to HS with one of their brothers, where their original drummer went. Used to bump check your head on the boo box. Youth are intolerable
I understand what some of this means I think
Sorry, I'm not keen on classical music
If you end it there it's a tragedy. But if you use the "1 in 10,000" approach and introduce them to both their music and how it changed music, then you might win another fan. You might even get a "oh, yeah, I've heard that riff".
I mean theyre pretty tame by modern standards.
Here's WKUK doing a take on Intergalactic
I'm a Beastie Boys fan, but I don't think most of their stuff stands the test of time. Other than Paul's Boutique and Sabotage, they weren't really groundbreaking most of the time. They were fun, and had some good tunes, but I wouldn't list them as one of the groundbreaking acts that changed music.
Ditto - plus, Pharcyde were dominating them at the time with clever lyrics, and Beastie Boys themselves knew they couldn't compete
That kid probably woke up late for school and didn't want to go.
Beast Street Boyz
Technically correct
The best kind of correct. Same goes for N.W.A and Black Sabbath.
Are you saying you “CAN’T STAND IT?”
No, I mean "I KNOW YOU PLANNED IT"
"I'MA SET IT STRAIGHT THIS WATERGATEGATE"
You gotta fight, for your right, to parrrrrrrttyyyyyyy
You gotta fight for your right to want it thaaaat way!
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Looks like we lost the fight for our right to party.
My daughter got really into Brooklyn 99 with me when she was like 11 and from then on became a big Beastie Boys fan
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