I was at this show..The Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. April 1987. First concert I ever went to. 13 years old and still cannot believe my mother allowed it. Still love the Beasties to this day. I just went to an awesome exhibit at Beyond the streets in LA last weekend. Absolute legends. RIP Yauch...you are missed!
@@jeremyrybak1090 you might be right.. I always thought it was filmed at The Capitol because I know for sure they filmed a couple videos that might but maybe this is from a different night on that same tour?
yankees29 u do realize licensed to ill(uminati) is a complete job, the beastie boys were made with a purpose. love their music, but the history behind them is tainted for me and now i understand their lyrics. and ILL COMMUNICATION was probably the most genuine record where as III was the intro to what was their purpose (entertainment)
I have mine somewhere. I'm still trying to find the Japanese LaserDisc of this, though; it came out around the time they were breaking up with DefJam and Columbia, and I think CBS ended up pulling it off the market. I think "Licensed to Ill" was out of print until Island bought DefJam. But that Laserdisc is seriously rare. Yeah, it may be large and not as cool as the DVD, but it has everything the DVD has: a good (enough) picture, digital sound, and it won't wear out like VHS.
The green room/backstage party is from The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ show. Also, when they're cruising around in the Blazer doing bong hits, they are on their way to White Castle in Clifton NJ as well. I know this because I grew up in Clifton
And to think LED ZEP never sued for usimg their beat from "when the levee breaks....Some record producer had approached Robert plant and told him that these new rappers named Beastie boys was using their music in a song and Robert said he wanted to hear this song and so finally the producer fetched a cassette tape and played it and it's told that Robert plant heard this song and said let them use it... Thats a cool gesture!❤
Beastie Boys looped the Zeppelin beat with a reel to reel tape wrapped around a mic stand ,edited with a razor blade until it was usable. Then they threw the Black Sabbath " Sweet Leaf" riff over Bonham's beat. This was before samplers were affordable (1985 or 1986) Lyrics reference Sex Pistols and The Clash
@@oscarsoto9512 bro, put the meth pipe down! Educate yourself, for once in your life When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
@@natalier222 maybe, but I do This is the preminent BB album imo This is what I'd put on my MP3 right before going in to break my own state deadlift records Well, this and PE, EASY E, etc I liked it cuz it's loud, aggressive and violent- this song in particular
Yes, I’m sure they had a terrible time passing around the chicks gyrating in the cages, touring, drinking, rhyming and stealing and mixing wine and women and song and such….
mobus1603 Same here. This came out on Laserdisc in Japan, but I never got a chance to get it. It never got released in the US because they left DefJam and CBS, and they couldn’t release it. The even ended up pulling the VHS copies of this.
From listening to The Beastie Boys whole discography, I must say this is one of their best songs. Mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath is a terrific idea, which makes them some of the best samplers in rap/hip-hop. I wish more modern rap groups would have better samples when they use them.
They started off as a punk band in the early 1980s, They got onto DEF jam thanks to Rick Rubin Riding the rap train, then they redefined themselves in the 90s With the dust Brothers.
First Joe strummer,then Jam master jay and now MCA,these legends were gone too soon!I Will miss you MCA, always made me laugh or bring a smile to myface when listing to beastieboys music.You will never be forgotten and your always in my heart.
This song still goes hard 35 years later, and still holds up today. For a different twist, go to your settings (gear icon) and play it at 1.25 speed. Boom
46 years old and I never knew there was a video for this song (I had a bootleg cassette back in '87) Argo brought me here - I've had that opening drum part stuck in my head for two days.
Piracy mixed with womanizing, dangerous drug use, and rhyme skills unparalleled makes for a rap shanty all MC Buccaneers must pay allegiance and salutations to!
Born and bred in Brooklyn, USA They call me Adam Yauch but I’m M.C.A. Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon I sip the def ale with all the fine women
I love how people throw beer up on stage and they pop it open and drink it and then spray it all over the crowd arguably three of the best rappers of all time what a time to be alive
This reminds me of My first ever concert. Beastie Boys along with Murphy's law and Fish Bone came to The Paramount Theater in Seattle in 86. The cages with dancers were suspended from the ceiling. Hurricanes DJ booth was a giant 6 pack of Budweiser. they sprayed us with beer and brought girls from the crowd to mop it off the stage. it remains as one of the most Lit Shows I've ever been to to this day!
I feel sorry for kids these days that have no idea about that album and to have grown up with out it.It is like a kid that never had a BB/pellet gun or the kid that never got fireworks for the 4th of july .I always felt bad for kids that didn't experience that
best use of sabbath's "sweet leaf" riff since sab themselves (later added to the end of RHCP "give it away"). clash sample in there ("i fought the law"). beastie's vibe was so funny then, compared to what it became. it's almost forgotten, but they were a sex pistols-like rude phenomenon. this needs more views!
I had this song on a cassette tape/mix when I was a freshman at Uk in 1993. My roommate and I wore it out, the tape that is, the song can’t be touched!
As much as I would love to credit ZOSO with the beat, it was actually Memphis Minnie in 1929 that made that song possible for Zep. Still no harm no foul. Peace.
ali baba and the forty thieves .. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES ! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was at this show..The Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. April 1987. First concert I ever went to. 13 years old and still cannot believe my mother allowed it. Still love the Beasties to this day. I just went to an awesome exhibit at Beyond the streets in LA last weekend. Absolute legends. RIP Yauch...you are missed!
Damn I thought this was at The Palladium in L.A.
I don't think this was at capitol
@@jeremyrybak1090 you might be right.. I always thought it was filmed at The Capitol because I know for sure they filmed a couple videos that might but maybe this is from a different night on that same tour?
no way your mom let you go to a beastie boys concert where they had cage dancers and spraying beers thats awesome
This video is a trip too funny❤
The Beastie Boys + Led Zeppelin + Black Sabbath + a dash of The Clash = What's not to LOVE!
Absolutely especially zep and sab 2 of the best bands of all time
Don't forget... Cage dancers
For those who don't know:
Drums: Led Zeppelin -When The Levee Breaks
Guitar riff: Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
euh ... x'cuse me ... a dash Clash via Bobby Fuller Four, x'scuse me not
@@youreatoilet I DID NOT HEAR THAT SWEAT LEAF IN ALL THESE YEARS HOLY SHIT 🫠
I’m 47 years old, this song came out in 1986 and this is the first time I’m watching this video. Thanks for uploading it.
I'm 51 i bought this album the day before it came out, 1st time seeing this video too
I was 24 when this song came out. I'm 58 now and I still listen all the time. It never gets old.
Same. But 44
I'm 51 ,I saw these guys in Providence in 1986 ,License to ill tour!
I'm 45 and had no idea there was a video
the beasties were sick as hell back in the 80s
+bigmo72 No, they were ill,according to them
i see what you did there
Not sick..... ILL
bigmo72 i love the first album they cant get no better n my opinion the first one kicks assesses
D3STROYER No.1 i like that broham.very ill
Drums: When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Guitar : Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
And... 'I fought the law' - The Clash!
Fav bands = epic combo
Steve M Thanks Mr wizard nobody knew that.
Rick Rubin was a beast getting all these samples cleared. Never would happen now a day.
yankees29 u do realize licensed to ill(uminati) is a complete job, the beastie boys were made with a purpose. love their music, but the history behind them is tainted for me and now i understand their lyrics. and ILL COMMUNICATION was probably the most genuine record where as III was the intro to what was their purpose (entertainment)
Women, beer, rock, REAL rap, wish I had a fucking time machine. I'd catch their tour with Run DMC.
Wee Willy Wonka good times back then!
Wee Willy Wonka good times back then!
REAL RAP, TRUE HIP HOP, with Heavy Metal instrumental, helle yeah !
rap music today is shit comparing to this
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RIP MCA!You will be missed.Wish I could have seen you guys live in concert.
Although I loved them all, MCA was always my fave. Always.
Still to this day no other album starts this damn hard. Licensed To Ill is top 5 greatest album ever!!
I'm 19 years old and I'm proud to say I'm one of the few kids in my generation who listens to them.
No, you're not.
I have this VHS to this day. I've had since 1987.
OHH
i wish i could have one, that's sick!
Yeah man.. with the cops at the end lol
Get it made i to dvds just in case. Some old vhs can erase themselves over time..
I have mine somewhere. I'm still trying to find the Japanese LaserDisc of this, though; it came out around the time they were breaking up with DefJam and Columbia, and I think CBS ended up pulling it off the market. I think "Licensed to Ill" was out of print until Island bought DefJam. But that Laserdisc is seriously rare. Yeah, it may be large and not as cool as the DVD, but it has everything the DVD has: a good (enough) picture, digital sound, and it won't wear out like VHS.
The green room/backstage party is from The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ show. Also, when they're cruising around in the Blazer doing bong hits, they are on their way to White Castle in Clifton NJ as well. I know this because I grew up in Clifton
Wow this song really holds its ground -- it's better than 95% of new music being released today -- for real!
How can you go wrong with sampled sabbath, zeppelin, and beasties? I wish gotg3 would have used this instead of Brooklyn
My whole childhood was beasties. Boy times have changed
And to think LED ZEP never sued for usimg their beat from "when the levee breaks....Some record producer had approached Robert plant and told him that these new rappers named Beastie boys was using their music in a song and Robert said he wanted to hear this song and so finally the producer fetched a cassette tape and played it and it's told that Robert plant heard this song and said let them use it... Thats a cool gesture!❤
Because they initially stole the riff ?
Beastie Boys looped the Zeppelin beat with a reel to reel tape wrapped around a mic stand ,edited with a razor blade until it was usable. Then they threw the Black Sabbath " Sweet Leaf" riff over Bonham's beat. This was before samplers were affordable (1985 or 1986) Lyrics reference Sex Pistols and The Clash
@@subsanity667 yes sir 🤟
@@oscarsoto9512 bro, put the meth pipe down! Educate yourself, for once in your life
When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
@@oscarsoto9512 ua-cam.com/video/W5VmVvsjyKw/v-deo.html
i NEVER get tired of this.... RIP Adam
Man I forgot how hard this went.
beastie boys the most bad ass hip hop/rap group ever...
rock kinda
Well rap/rock/hip hop infact who cares they're fucking awesome
no dont worry they are a hip hop/rap group, iTunes defines them as such
Agreed!
Best there is..me and my ex mate, saw them live in 2004, wicked stuff. @!@
Words cant explain just how incredibly dope the Beastiies are. No one will ever be as fresh as these dudes. EVER!!!!!!!!
I love how UA-cam advertisements show shitty music when people wanna listen to good music
Just like Spotify.....I am listening to The Clash or the BBoys and they advertise Shawn Mendez.....and I get a sudden diarrhea attack
Diarrhea attacks suck
@@fabiobalenzano6439 Pay for it! Why?!!
This an Andy Kaufman level of commitment to an image. The next album was who they really are.
not all my high school days were winners and these guys kept it from beating me down. RIP MCA and THANK YOU!
What I like about their videos is that they just seem to be having so much fun doing it
they acted how they were TOLD to act. by the record company. they have no fond memories of this era in their so called career.
@@bobbycowper2915 meh
@@lockandloadlikehell that’s true Rick always told them to act like that.
@@natalier222 maybe, but I do
This is the preminent BB album imo
This is what I'd put on my MP3 right before going in to break my own state deadlift records
Well, this and PE, EASY E, etc
I liked it cuz it's loud, aggressive and violent- this song in particular
Yes, I’m sure they had a terrible time passing around the chicks gyrating in the cages, touring, drinking, rhyming and stealing and mixing wine and women and song and such….
God, I’ve loved this song since I was 12 in 1987!
RIP Yauch. 😢
I wore this tape *_out_* back in the day!
mobus1603 Same here. This came out on Laserdisc in Japan, but I never got a chance to get it. It never got released in the US because they left DefJam and CBS, and they couldn’t release it. The even ended up pulling the VHS copies of this.
Yep! Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom 💣💥💣💥
EATME
Gooooood damn. Does it get any better than this? I get the chills when I watch/listen to this because its just that. Damn. Good. Period.
👍
#METOO
@flakjacket5 I love her. Always have
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Beastie Boys all in one. Such greatness
This to me was why they took off….it was rap, sure, but it was rock as well…
From listening to The Beastie Boys whole discography, I must say this is one of their best songs. Mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath is a terrific idea, which makes them some of the best samplers in rap/hip-hop. I wish more modern rap groups would have better samples when they use them.
They started off as a punk band in the early 1980s, They got onto DEF jam thanks to Rick Rubin Riding the rap train, then they redefined themselves in the 90s With the dust Brothers.
These dudes music was BLASTIN in every house party,every low rider and mini truck back in 87..The Good OL' Days🎵
Them skip parties were better than actual weekend parties!
First Joe strummer,then Jam master jay and now MCA,these legends were gone too soon!I Will miss you MCA, always made me laugh or bring a smile to myface when listing to beastieboys music.You will never be forgotten and your always in my heart.
Rest in PEACE MCA! Long live THE BEASTIE BOYS!!! All the greats will NEVER be forgotten!
waaay ahead of their time
Was thinking that the whole time watching it lol
I remember seeing this video for the first time when I was 8 years old. I had the vinyl 2days later. Some kick ass fucking 80s shit right here.
John Kempshki Yeahhh, you see now groups like BROCKHAMPTON with songs like HEAT having heavy ass beats and voices
your stupid.
For sure. Their legends
"Rhyming and stealin' in a drunken state, and ill be rockin' my rhymes all the way to hells gates" -RIP MCA
Best line in the song.
these scratches in this track was like dope to me, and still is....80s virus NEVER NEVER left me! really.
Buying this cassette , when it came out , as a 12 year old . Game changer!
you had to fight for your right to party
No one could combine rock and hip hop in the most genius Way then The Beastie boys
They a true Super Group, went beyond gip hop and rap, only other crew compares and the Wu Tang clan....
This song still goes hard 35 years later, and still holds up today. For a different twist, go to your settings (gear icon) and play it at 1.25 speed. Boom
You insane…
Just tried it at your suggestion and it changed My life!
Love it
@@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807 🙌🏼
Damn!! Same here!!!
😘👌
Hoooooly $hit! Well played, brother!!!
2021 and this jam still gives me chills. Straight 🔥 RIP Adam Yauch. ✌🏽
MOST ILLINEGST B-BOYS!
Most illinegst steallinegst killinegst B-Boys!!!
DOPE!!!! ali baba and the 40 thieves....
Ali baba and my man Mike D!
Like a lemon 2 a lime, a lime 2 lemon...
This is some Old School Shit!!!
A very timeless song and video by one of the greatest hip-hop group of all time the Beastie Boys.
This album came out when I was in high school, i.e., this is the kind of music we had when I was in high school - as compared to now.
and it's still good
Class of 88!
46 years old and I never knew there was a video for this song (I had a bootleg cassette back in '87) Argo brought me here - I've had that opening drum part stuck in my head for two days.
I love this song ❤ now my son loves listening to Beastie Boys. He keeps telling me to put it on in the truck
This song is pure anarchy !!! Brings me back .. I love my generation !!!
Piracy mixed with womanizing, dangerous drug use, and rhyme skills unparalleled makes for a rap shanty all MC Buccaneers must pay allegiance and salutations to!
They called him Adam Yauch, but he was MCA.
Born and bred in Brooklyn, USA
They call me Adam Yauch but I’m M.C.A.
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fine women
@@keianbrown8621 don't ever do that again
remo Y
@@keianbrown8621 pissing me off
They called him MCA and his name was Adam Yauch
I love how people throw beer up on stage and they pop it open and drink it and then spray it all over the crowd arguably three of the best rappers of all time what a time to be alive
Man I LOVE THIS. That beat.
I'm way too old now to still have a crush on Ad rock, but I can still only see him through my preteen/teen eyes.
This is the first song I ever heard by the beastie boys and consequently it is still my favorite after all these years.
RIP MCA!!!!!!!! My heart goes out to your family!!! You fought a long hard battle, but I hope now you are pain free and at peace. Shalom!
Drum loop adapted from "When the leevee breaks" by Led Zeppelin
***** what do you think? lol
And riff from Black Sabbaths Sweat Leaf
Yeah, I was there, and there has Never been another more amazing group of sick rappers since them. Check it.
Nancy C bone thugs and h there are nice to see in concert the very time did see them was 94 or 95 in New Mexico it was a sold show
Bloody Awesome so Many Years Later.
Bloody Mary- don't say it 3 times....she didn't birth Jesus.....long story 😂
1986 Mets 30 For 30 brought me here! "Little roller up along first...Behind the bag!!!!!"
Definitely one of the best from Licenced To Ill!!!
MCA makes every song, every time ..
BEST SONG BEST INSTRUMENTAL BEST BEASTIE BOYS
This song still bangs the hardest. It just amps u up!
Beastie Boys....got be the best ever bar none.....this song is so dope and fresh...
Best shit ever.
The Pirates of hiphop
The drum sample from "When the Levee Breaks" by the great John Bonham is what makes this track.
***** I probably didn't either!
First song heard about those guys. Now I'm a big fan.
Ahhh a world without mobile phones. Isn't that great to see?
It's the way life should be.
preferiría un millón de veces estar aya que con el puto facebook
But imagine some of the footage that would exists if a Licensed To Ill era Beasties had iphones
No fake hair, lips, tits or asses either.
I agree as I currently am typing on my phone.
skirt chasing ..free basing..killing every villain!!
Travis hortman it was in self- defense....scratch that- it was in population safety defense 😂
WE DRINK! AND ROB! AND RHYME! AND PILLAGE!
im 15 and just getting into them, theyre amazing
They’re great!!
Best jam on Licensed to ill for sure!
one of my favorite hip hop tracks of all time
A great drum lick mixed with a great guitar riff. Beastie Boys lead rap rock for sure.
SeanO Covers1999 Pretty much invented it along with Run-Dmc
"Who's that sucker with the parrot on his shoulder?"
had this on repeat doin the treadmill the other day... gets me PUMPED!!!
1:58 lucky woman
They The best!!!
Beasties For Life
In the summer of '87, I wore this cassette out in my '81 Camaro Berlinetta while cruising around town with my friends. Oh, the memories!
ALI BAHBA AND THE FORTY THIEVES!!!!! Best chant ever!
Yes beastie boys are the great 👍 ones of rap they really put it out in their shows 👍❤️🎵🐒
This reminds me of My first ever concert. Beastie Boys along with Murphy's law and Fish Bone came to The Paramount Theater in Seattle in 86. The cages with dancers were suspended from the ceiling. Hurricanes DJ booth was a giant 6 pack of Budweiser. they sprayed us with beer and brought girls from the crowd to mop it off the stage. it remains as one of the most Lit Shows I've ever been to to this day!
I haven’t listened to this in years Beasties were Badass
I feel sorry for kids these days that have no idea about that album and to have grown up with out it.It is like a kid that never had a BB/pellet gun or the kid that never got fireworks for the 4th of july .I always felt bad for kids that didn't experience that
Im so Lucky to know the album
best use of sabbath's "sweet leaf" riff since sab themselves (later added to the end of RHCP "give it away"). clash sample in there ("i fought the law"). beastie's vibe was so funny then, compared to what it became. it's almost forgotten, but they were a sex pistols-like rude phenomenon. this needs more views!
holy shit never noticed Give it Away sounded like Sweet Leaf. FML I can play the bass line and didn't notice it.
Sweet Leaf is my favorite Sabbath song. Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh cough intro.
You forgot Led Zep break sample...
Saw them back in 8th grade, freshman in college now...they were an amazing first concert..Place was packed too.
I had this song on a cassette tape/mix when I was a freshman at Uk in 1993. My roommate and I wore it out, the tape that is, the song can’t be touched!
that Sweat Leaf sample though
I remember growing up my pops and uncles would always randomly say "Ali Baba and the 40 thieves" continuously lmao
Beastie Boys are still to this day sick as f*ckkkkkkkkkk!
Classic Beastie Boys.
80s decade it was my ,life.....BEST BEST ever......
I miss the beastie boys.
26 years ago tonight was my first concert ever, this is a total flashback, so awesome!
nothing like them i remeber the 80's i was in my young 20's this group was a gift from the gods.......
As much as I would love to credit ZOSO with the beat, it was actually Memphis Minnie in 1929 that made that song possible for Zep. Still no harm no foul. Peace.
Thank you bother!!!This shit owns!
This album is a classic.I was 10 years old when this came out
Licensed to Ill was the first "tape" I ever bought and the best. I will never forget how sick an experience it was to listen to it the first time
ali baba and the forty thieves .. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES ! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't hear the phrase Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and not start singing this, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
Thanks I was looking for those lyrics.
This was it! Women were better, life was better, fun was to be had!
Hell yes!!! The 80’s was the best freaking decade ever!!!!! And the B Boys were such a important part of it!!
This is STILL my favorite offering from The Beastie Boys. Paul Revere and Sabotage follow respectively.
their audiobook is so good and has me revisiting all their songs as they mention them with the context of hearing it's origin