If only all of us could play out our alter egos the way The Beastie Boys do. While I have to resort to Halloween, or theme parties, if you're as Fab and famous as these guys, you can do it via music videos. Playing both the heroes and the villains, the boys do '70s cop like no one's business. They covered it all: chops, 'staches, donuts, old-school briefcases, striped ties, aviators, and moptops. And, they had the moves: running down stairwells, sliding on car hoods, and jumping between buildings. I do believe the boys did their own stunts, too. I always chuckle at around 2:27 when the obviously fake body falls from a building. Yep, they've got the skills to pay the bills.
The Beastie Boys are looking to mix things up for their vocal version of the all-instrumental already released album The Mix-Up, and are hoping to tap some outside voices to join them, reports Billboard.
The Beastie Boys are looking to mix things up for their vocal version of the all-instrumental already released album The Mix-Up, and are hoping to tap some outside voices to join them, reports Billboard.
According to Adam "MCA" Yauch, the Boys are "talking to some different artists who might do kinda like remixes and put vocals on it, so it wouldn't be us doing vocals on it. It would be kind of like a different version of the album, with a bunch of people guesting on it." Among the artists they're checking out for the project are Lily Allen, M.I.A. and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker.
But that's not all! The band also hopes to add a visual aspect to the next incarnation of The Mix-Up. Yach said, "We've been traveling with a Super 8 camera, and a lot of times we'll just make something. While we were in Singapore we filmed stuff, and in Australia and different places. We're talking about cutting it together into a full-length film that kinda goes the length of the album."
Awesome. This is so much cooler than doing an album and then just doing club remixes of all the songs. I can't wait for the next Mix-Up!
I have to share my excitement with you all: I'm going to see one of my all-time favorite bands, The Beastie Boys, this summer! This will be my fourth time seeing them and I'm so psyched to whip out my Adidas and old-school gear for them.
Thanks to the Beasties, white boys gained coolness. Seriously, these white boys from NYC encouraged several trends: beanies, super fresh message tee shirts, saggy pants, flannels and who can forget Mike D and his love for oversized, goofy sunglasses? Did you know they even had their own clothing line called X-Large? My adolescent Betties and I shopped, hung out, and swooned over the fine shop boys at X-Large in Berkeley, CA. The line has lived on, but the Beasties moved on to bigger and better things...like freeing Tibet, settling down and just remaining ill.
Here's one of my all time favorite Beastie videos from their 1992 album Check Your Head. The funky dance moves around :30 is my favorite part...sit back, relax and enjoy the FABTV.
