In 1987, The Beasties didthe JOAN RIVERS SHOW. and were so cocky and confident that they were black balled from tv for a few years other than videos. Letterman was a fan of them and had them back a few times, the one where they start 5 blocks away and run down the sidewalk rapping their way into the studio is a great television moment.
I followed them around Texas in the early nineties with tribe called quest and public enemy. It was awesome. If you haven't already watched the documentary called something like Beastie boys greatest of all time. It's here on UA-cam.
David Letterman said that the biggest thing he will miss is the music on his show. I can only imagine how many great artists made their way through there.
I've never heard anyone say Licensed to Ill as being one of the best hip hop albums ever, but I absolutely agree. It's a legit classic. The fact that they play their own instruments is amazing, because its something they always got flak for in the past.
As far as I know, they have had 4 #1 albums. License to Ill, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty, and To the 5 Boroughs. I'm and old fart but as a result I have be able to see them live 4 times... absolutely fantastic.
The B-boys were SEAMLESS with the rock and hip-hop. That's how they took it to the next level. The absolute soundtrack of most of my life, quite honestly, has been these guys. Thanks for this!
the difference between, run dmc and aerosmith, was on is a publicity stunt. Beastie Boys are like, im from NY i listened to hip hop and punk rock growing up heres my music lol
I remember when this aired, i knew they were gonna be on Letterman that night and set up the VCR, thought i was ready until i watched it and realized i wasn't ready for what i just watched!!
Here's the thing most everyone gets wrong about the beasties. It's not hip hop/rock...it's hip hop/punk. You do your music history and you find these two genres have a lot of commonalities while outwardly seemingly having little. These guys helped define the role of the emcee and despite the superstar flow ultimately their bars come out their mouths with a punk sneer on their lips.
Rumor is that performance was also done to prove to haters that they actually DO, in fact, play their own instruments. They were the one of the greatest!
I grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Beastie Boys started as a punk band. Us downtown kids were hearing this sound emerge from Uptown, from the Bronx. It was the punkest thing we had ever heard. Rise, Robots Rise, Alcatraz and the Pyramid punk shows started having Rap acts. It was a beautiful time. Subcultures merging and experimenting. If I only had a time machine and could bottle that energy. I believe we could solve some present day societial ills
They say the song is about a studio producer holding up their recording sessions and they felt like he was trying to sabotage them, hence the name of the song.
Oh man... if you dig the hip hop-rock reeses cup, check out Anthrax and Public Enemy's Bring the Noise as well as the entire sound track to Judgment Night.
I mean the fact that Run DMC conceptualized doing 'Walk This Way' the way they did, just barely after the first break of dawn of hip hop, yeah that's pretty incredible. But the simple fact is it's just a hip hip version of an already-existing rock song. They were the first to think of it, but anybody could do it. What Beastie Boys did was craft Rock/Hip Hop crossover hits _from scratch._
2 years before the RunDMC Aerosmith collab, Run DmC and the Beasties were fusing classic rock riffs and rap. The best screamers were Steven Tyler, Jim Morrison, Bob Seger, and Joe Cocker. AdRock is very close though. He is the member with the most attitude in his voice.
He was the leader of the band the "Young and the Useless" until he melded with the Beastie Boys in 1979 (Kate Shellanbach, John Barry, Adam Yauch and Mike Diamond)
You should react to the band that opened shows for the Beastie Boys during the "Paul's boutique" tour. That band was called Urban Dance squad. And they predated Rage against the machine, in fusing Hip-hop with hard edged rock and even having a DeeJay onstage. It was having the UDS opening shows for them which inspired the Beastie Boys to start playing instruments again, abandoning the pure Hip hop format. The result was their third album "Check yo head" where the band thanked the UDS for the shot in the arm. The UDS, returned the compliment in the song you should react to, "Demagogue". As I pointed out, they had been around BEFORE Rage against the machine and both bands are always compared to each other. But there's no bad blood between them, in fact, there's a rather famous performance of the UDS at the Pinkpop festival where Zach DeLa Rocha and Tom Morello are seen watching from the side and having a great time.
The Beastie boys were going on the same time as run DMC and LL Cool j and all that they were the first very first rock and roll infused rap band!.. everybody saw this success and then run DMC and Aerosmith after fight for your right to party!
Rick Rubin was their first DJ. He later co founded Def Jam, and produced with all the greats, of many genres. Arrowsmith, Slayer, Jay Z, Eminem, Johnny Cash and many more an endless list. Rick Rubin: The Invisibility of Hip Hop's Greatest Producer ua-cam.com/video/vabwGiTWRVo/v-deo.html&
In 1987, The Beasties didthe JOAN RIVERS SHOW. and were so cocky and confident that they were black balled from tv for a few years other than videos. Letterman was a fan of them and had them back a few times, the one where they start 5 blocks away and run down the sidewalk rapping their way into the studio is a great television moment.
This was their 4 th album not counting their singles from Krush Groove in 85 (She's on it) and Cookiepuss from 84.
I followed them around Texas in the early nineties with tribe called quest and public enemy. It was awesome. If you haven't already watched the documentary called something like Beastie boys greatest of all time. It's here on UA-cam.
Oh hey, which song was the one they started from the street? I wanna find that!
@@reanimated try 3 MCs and 1 DJ.
That’s funny because Joan was known for being cocky. She must not have liked being trumped. 😂
One of the best live tv performances ever.
Epic
Truth!
Facts!
It's literally perfect
David Letterman said that the biggest thing he will miss is the music on his show. I can only imagine how many great artists made their way through there.
Front seat to any show you want every night? Yeah I'm in!
He did a bit back in the day of showing Jerry Garcia how to play some guitar it was classic
They started out punk rock, and were drawn into the hip hop scene. I feel like this song is the apex of those two angles. 🤘
100% agree with you!
Beastie Boys. Live musicians. Rap. Rock. Legends.
I've never heard anyone say Licensed to Ill as being one of the best hip hop albums ever, but I absolutely agree. It's a legit classic. The fact that they play their own instruments is amazing, because its something they always got flak for in the past.
Which is crazy to me that he doesn’t get that respect!
Licensure Ill was the biggest hip hop album of all time. It’s literally why hip hop exists
It's perfect. All killer, no filler.
Awesome 😎 That scratching in the background sounds amazing with ear buds
I remember seeing this LIVE.
THANK YOUUUU for doing this. They played all their own instruments and were just genius and genuine artists. ❤
As far as I know, they have had 4 #1 albums. License to Ill, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty, and To the 5 Boroughs. I'm and old fart but as a result I have be able to see them live 4 times... absolutely fantastic.
Eyyy I survived the pit during this encore in '97!
Awe i was 14 and watched. Love the Beastie boys.
The B-boys were SEAMLESS with the rock and hip-hop. That's how they took it to the next level. The absolute soundtrack of most of my life, quite honestly, has been these guys. Thanks for this!
The Beastie Boys were one of a kind.
they dont prefer "the"
Still are
Ill Communication is their fourth overall album. Licence to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head are the first three.
Letterman was a special show. The performance they did for Check It Out is also stellar
You said it 😊
The Beasties owned the 1990s.
they owned the late 80s too...imo
What a fire performance and a great reaction as usual. I knew you would be dropping a BB reaction on us around now, Thanks,
Thank you 🙏🏾
Fun story. This song was suppose to be an instrumental but the producer forced them to write lyrics. Lyrics are a diss to the producer Mario C
the difference between, run dmc and aerosmith, was on is a publicity stunt. Beastie Boys are like, im from NY i listened to hip hop and punk rock growing up heres my music lol
MCA!!💜 He was the center. Brim down, strumming’ chords whilst the maelstrom raged about!!🔥
Paul's boutique is considered one of the best albums of all time. Changed the way hip hop sampled
PB is untouchable
I remember watching this on live TV!! I absolutely loved it, made me a fan at that exact moment!
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I remember when this aired, i knew they were gonna be on Letterman that night and set up the VCR, thought i was ready until i watched it and realized i wasn't ready for what i just watched!!
Nice reaction. Keep going. 👍
This song is a perfect melding of punk and hip-hop.
I'd say at the time it was punk to be doing hip hop.
@ works for me
Yeah saw them live and they were killing it.
the 90's were just different man. damn.
LEGENDS!!!!
GReat reaction - you are tuned into what made them so revolutionary!
Here's the thing most everyone gets wrong about the beasties. It's not hip hop/rock...it's hip hop/punk. You do your music history and you find these two genres have a lot of commonalities while outwardly seemingly having little. These guys helped define the role of the emcee and despite the superstar flow ultimately their bars come out their mouths with a punk sneer on their lips.
"Check It Out" on Letterman is classic
Rumor is that performance was also done to prove to haters that they actually DO, in fact, play their own instruments. They were the one of the greatest!
Makes this even better! 🔥
Best live performance!!!!
It was a Punk Band, then Hiphop and at the end Jazz. One of the best Bands ever (and I am a Metalhead)
Great talking points. Yes! Let’s talk about screams. ❤
Love this performance, they’re tapping into their punk roots before they did hip hop.
Maaannn, the Bboys were my number one when I was a teen, I was SOOO hyped for this Letterman appearance. Did not disappoint.
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YAUCH KILLIN' ITT !!!!
R.I.P.OWER SON !!
They put in A lot of work there!! ❤
I grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Beastie Boys started as a punk band. Us downtown kids were hearing this sound emerge from Uptown, from the Bronx. It was the punkest thing we had ever heard. Rise, Robots Rise, Alcatraz and the Pyramid punk shows started having Rap acts. It was a beautiful time. Subcultures merging and experimenting. If I only had a time machine and could bottle that energy. I believe we could solve some present day societial ills
Their punk rock roots show in this performance. Fun to watch the energy
"moments" i felt this!
Great reaction. Best hip hop ever
🎶 B-Boys! B-Girls! 🎶
I saw them that Lollapalooza tour in Columbus, OH and they were incredible.
At 5:39 it's an organ not a piano . That's why he's leaning on the keys .It's the way you play organ
@@stephanetrembley6180 👍🏽
Marky Mark on the keyboard, Bobo on the drums, DJ Hurricane and the Beastie Boys. The Pinacle.
Money Mark… that’s no Wahlberg.
I can appreciate the run dmc comp :)
Check your head is one of their best
Whole song uses one chord, A. Here they are playing it in Ab, but the chord never changes. Hard as hell to make a song on one chord.
what a jam
A treat
They say the song is about a studio producer holding up their recording sessions and they felt like he was trying to sabotage them, hence the name of the song.
I was 17 when this first aired. It was awesome then, and it's still awesome now!
This was a treat.
this song is so fun
The BB always bringing the energy!
Oh man... if you dig the hip hop-rock reeses cup, check out Anthrax and Public Enemy's Bring the Noise as well as the entire sound track to Judgment Night.
I mean the fact that Run DMC conceptualized doing 'Walk This Way' the way they did, just barely after the first break of dawn of hip hop, yeah that's pretty incredible. But the simple fact is it's just a hip hip version of an already-existing rock song. They were the first to think of it, but anybody could do it.
What Beastie Boys did was craft Rock/Hip Hop crossover hits _from scratch._
Letterman loved his live music
Can we please take a moment to appreciate all the genre-fuck off'ers out there? 😻
Love, love, LOVE your "stanky face"! 🖤
Much love,
From STHLM, Sweden
They brought it.
The energy is just off the charts .. if you were 90 years old could you have been sitting down?
These guys were out even before Run DMC !
Beastie Boys started out as a Punk Band, and didnt make it so they changed to a Hip Hop Band or Rap Band and thats when they made it
This song was the best moment in the movie Star Trek (recent trilogy)
2 years before the RunDMC Aerosmith collab, Run DmC and the Beasties were fusing classic rock riffs and rap. The best screamers were Steven Tyler, Jim Morrison, Bob Seger, and Joe Cocker. AdRock is very close though. He is the member with the most attitude in his voice.
He was the leader of the band the "Young and the Useless" until he melded with the Beastie Boys in 1979 (Kate Shellanbach, John Barry, Adam Yauch and Mike Diamond)
I suggest you check out Beastie Boys and Elvis Costello on SNL. It's great.
That’s money mark on the keyboard
They wrote several songs for run dmc
You should react to the band that opened shows for the Beastie Boys during the "Paul's boutique" tour. That band was called Urban Dance squad. And they predated Rage against the machine, in fusing Hip-hop with hard edged rock and even having a DeeJay onstage. It was having the UDS opening shows for them which inspired the Beastie Boys to start playing instruments again, abandoning the pure Hip hop format. The result was their third album "Check yo head" where the band thanked the UDS for the shot in the arm.
The UDS, returned the compliment in the song you should react to, "Demagogue". As I pointed out, they had been around BEFORE Rage against the machine and both bands are always compared to each other. But there's no bad blood between them, in fact, there's a rather famous performance of the UDS at the Pinkpop festival where Zach DeLa Rocha and Tom Morello are seen watching from the side and having a great time.
I attended Lollapalooza’92 and ‘93 but did not join my crew for ‘94 because I was starting college in a few weeks….worst mistake of my life so far
RATM got their sound from who???
"Paul's Boutique" awesome album.
And it's just ONE chord . They released an EP of punk songs called Aglio E Olio .
The rap rock fusion started with Public Enemy and Anthrax bring the noise. Came out before walk this way
Walk This Way was released in 1986, Bring the Noize was released in 1988. Sooooo...no.
For swag on the piano - Snarky Puppy Lingus. The most badass solo you will hear. The whole band are top tier musicians.
The Beastie boys were going on the same time as run DMC and LL Cool j and all that they were the first very first rock and roll infused rap band!.. everybody saw this success and then run DMC and Aerosmith after fight for your right to party!
Yeah they got that SAUCE no matter what it sounds like
LEGENDS!!! Here's one you may not know. 3rd Base "Pop Goes The Weasel" White rappers after BB but before eminem.
They were punk rockers first, In the early days
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They were a punk act before they started rapping. Check out "Gratitude", "Dope Little Song" is good too.
Ad- Rock always did have a great scream.
You should really watch the video for HOLD IT NOW HIT IT and them doing RunDMCs Sucks MCs at the hop hop honors for rundmc
The best hip-hop and rock fusion is Public Enemy and Anthrax bring the noise!
We grew up with Beastie Boys, they the next gen got Limp Biscut
Have you seen Bring the Noise from Anthrax and Public Enemy yet? If not, you need to
You might want to check out Pollywog Stew by the Beasties, it is their first album.
Family you need to educate to elevate straight f****** fire family
If you enjoy a good scream try The Warning - Evolve - MTV music awards.
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Blondie charted a hip hop - rock crossover in 1981
WHAT!? No way!
@@kiabmedia "Rapture"
Playing punk on live TV and people didn't really notice.
IMO Beastie took it from PUNK to hip hop. Dude was using Paul Schaffers crap piano/organ.
Glimpses into where “RATM” comes from.
Yo if you want to see a keyboard player with swag, check out the live version of Engel by Rammstein. (I think it was in Paris?)
Bands like Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park clearly drew inspiration from the Beastie Boys
Punk/hip hop.
Rick Rubin was their first DJ. He later co founded Def Jam, and produced with all the greats, of many genres. Arrowsmith, Slayer, Jay Z, Eminem, Johnny Cash and many more an endless list.
Rick Rubin: The Invisibility of Hip Hop's Greatest Producer
ua-cam.com/video/vabwGiTWRVo/v-deo.html&
Artie Fufkin... Polymer Records...
My man! If you appreciate a good scream in Rock/Hip Hop, gotta hear Linkin Park doing Given Up.. the best ever! 🙏💯🔥😎