Sad news in the world of music today Adam Yauch aka MCA from the band the Beastie Boys passed away at the age of 48 from cancer.
The Beastie Boys music was a huge part of my childhood/teenage years and totally influenced my musical outlook. I have fond memories of being 11 years old and my older cousin bringing her copy of "Licensed to Ill" on vinyl to my parents house and playing the album on my dad's record player and all of us dancing around like lunatics to "Fight for Your Right to Party" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" in the living room of my parent's house.
I also remember my cousin who was 14 at the time telling my sister and I that her friend went to a Beastie Boys concert and her friend told her that the band danced around a giant inflatable penis and threw condoms out into the audience, my older sister who was 12 at the time and I thought the Beastie Boys were just the coolest band ever.
Another Beastie Boys related memory from that time of "Licensed to Ill", was my friend brought in his older brother's cassette copy of the album to our fourth grade class and he and I got in trouble for playing the tape on our teacher's tape deck during indoor recess.
Two years later the Beastie Boys released "Paul's Boutique", which in IMO is the best Beastie Boys album. Around the time of "Paul's Boutique's" release I really started to listen to music and I can remember my sister brought the cassette tape of "Paul's Boutique" and she would always play it when she was hanging around her friends and I would always play it when I was by myself. And I would study the beats and the samples on every song of that album when I would listen. That album contains some of the most genius beats and some of the most ballsy and best samples (the Beatles), do yourself a favor and take a listen to "Paul's Boutique".
And then after "Paul's Boutique", when I was in high school the band released two albums "Check Your Head" and "Ill Communication", both of which played soundtrack to some of my coolest teenage moments. Out of those two albums "Check Your Head" was my favorite because the band went back to it's NYC punk roots on some of the tracks on the album.
One of the many things I loved about the Beastie Boys was how they went from NYC punk hooligans to enlightened men as time went on. My favorite 90's Beastie Boy moment was when Ad-Rock spoke out against all the sexual assaults that had occurred at the Woodstock 30th Anniversary concert at the VMA's in 1999.
Sadly I never got to see the Beastie Boys live and it makes me depressed that I will never get to see them live. The closest I ever came was running into Mike D in the hall of Capitol Records when I was an intern there and I was just so star struck I couldn't say anything to him.
RIP MCA your impact on music and New York City is immeasurable and thanks for the good times and happy memories!
The Beastie Boys music was a huge part of my childhood/teenage years and totally influenced my musical outlook. I have fond memories of being 11 years old and my older cousin bringing her copy of "Licensed to Ill" on vinyl to my parents house and playing the album on my dad's record player and all of us dancing around like lunatics to "Fight for Your Right to Party" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" in the living room of my parent's house.
I also remember my cousin who was 14 at the time telling my sister and I that her friend went to a Beastie Boys concert and her friend told her that the band danced around a giant inflatable penis and threw condoms out into the audience, my older sister who was 12 at the time and I thought the Beastie Boys were just the coolest band ever.
Another Beastie Boys related memory from that time of "Licensed to Ill", was my friend brought in his older brother's cassette copy of the album to our fourth grade class and he and I got in trouble for playing the tape on our teacher's tape deck during indoor recess.
Two years later the Beastie Boys released "Paul's Boutique", which in IMO is the best Beastie Boys album. Around the time of "Paul's Boutique's" release I really started to listen to music and I can remember my sister brought the cassette tape of "Paul's Boutique" and she would always play it when she was hanging around her friends and I would always play it when I was by myself. And I would study the beats and the samples on every song of that album when I would listen. That album contains some of the most genius beats and some of the most ballsy and best samples (the Beatles), do yourself a favor and take a listen to "Paul's Boutique".
And then after "Paul's Boutique", when I was in high school the band released two albums "Check Your Head" and "Ill Communication", both of which played soundtrack to some of my coolest teenage moments. Out of those two albums "Check Your Head" was my favorite because the band went back to it's NYC punk roots on some of the tracks on the album.
One of the many things I loved about the Beastie Boys was how they went from NYC punk hooligans to enlightened men as time went on. My favorite 90's Beastie Boy moment was when Ad-Rock spoke out against all the sexual assaults that had occurred at the Woodstock 30th Anniversary concert at the VMA's in 1999.
Sadly I never got to see the Beastie Boys live and it makes me depressed that I will never get to see them live. The closest I ever came was running into Mike D in the hall of Capitol Records when I was an intern there and I was just so star struck I couldn't say anything to him.
RIP MCA your impact on music and New York City is immeasurable and thanks for the good times and happy memories!
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