Who do I have to blow to get Fark to green one of these Beastie Boys threads?

That was cool... Guy was a real big influence on a lot of people.

They deserve a green. If this was Barry Manalow it would have gone green immediately

jaylectricity: Who do I have to blow to get Fark to green one of these Beastie Boys threads?

Me. How quickly can you get to Houston?

:(

This.

His passing has made me sad all day. This will be one of those moments where I'll be able to answer if anyone asks me "Do you remember where you were the day that Adam Yauch died?" I grew up with the BBs and had a huge crush on Adam when I was in high school. It is nice to see that a lot of artists properly gave their respects.

zez: mjg: I posted 'my BB story' in a previous thread (below). Kind of hope other Farkers will do the same.

Nothing that cool but I got to see them from the front row at Lollapalooza in St. Louis on my friend's company tickets. (His boss comes out of his office saying, "Lollapalozza??? WTF kind of band is this???" My friend says, "Oh, that's some friends of mine from college, if you're not gonna go I'll take them")

Parlament P-Funk then the Beasties!!! then an hour of Billy Corgian biatching about how nobody will stand up while he's playing.

I also saw them at lollapalooza that year. L7, Tribe, The Breeders, Nick Cave, P-Funk, Beastie Boys, and the Smashing Pumpkins (heh Billy Corgan was biatching at our show too) The side stage was great as well.

And yeah the Beastie Boys f'n killed it. The general seating was this huge grassy area that quickly turned into the biggest pit I have ever seen. People started tearing out the grass and throwing chunks of it everywhere. But the end of their set it looked like a tornado went through there.

My Beasties story

Summer 2004. I went to the Live 105 BFD concert, an all day, 3 stage concert. Hobbling in on my cane, with my cheap, lawn seating ticket, I planned on hunkering down and just watching the show from the back.
Security guard in a wheelchair notices me. Calls me over. Promptly gives me assigned handicapped seating. This gave me the freedom to wander around, and experience the rest of the day without losing my seat. I promptly end up winning VIP seating and access to a private catering area.
After a while, I realize I'd forgotten my pain pills in the car. The staff allows me to hobble out to the parking area and get them. While returning, I notice something shining on the ground. It's a backstage pass! So in just a couple hours, I go from cheap seats and a bag lunch to row 5 seating, catered food, and access to the backstage area of Shoreline!
Hanging out back stage, I get to chill out and shoot the breeze with the Violent Femmes. Very awesome. After their set, out come the Beasties. 3 MCs and 1 DJ, as the song goes. I watch their performance from stage left. Now, as an Army veteran, I've heard many loud things, explosions, artillery fire, and so on. But in my life, I have never heard a sound as deafening as 40,000 people in an amphitheater cheering the Beasties. There's really nothing to compare it to.

Their set ends. The Strokes come on, faced with the daunting task of following the Beastie Boys. I could care less about them, so I start wandering around, taking in the sights. I may never get backstage again, so I want to see everything I can. I see a couple people talking. One walks away. The other stays there, and waves me over. It's MCA. We talked politics. 15 minutes or so discussing the upcoming election, if I was going to vote, different things ballot measures, and so on. Other people came up, and I bowed out, grateful for the opportunity to talk to him.

Til I die, I'll never forget how one of my all-time favorite musicians treated me as an equal. No pretension, no "I'm too good for the regular people", it was just two people having a discussion.

I can forget that he treated a complete stranger, me, as an equal, simply because that's the kind of person he was.

A damn good man, taken way too soon.

Barricaded Gunman: Tellingthem: I also saw them at lollapalooza that year. L7, Tribe, The Breeders, Nick Cave, P-Funk, Beastie Boys, and the Smashing Pumpkins (heh Billy Corgan was biatching at our show too) The side stage was great as well.

And yeah the Beastie Boys f'n killed it. The general seating was this huge grassy area that quickly turned into the biggest pit I have ever seen. People started tearing out the grass and throwing chunks of it everywhere. But the end of their set it looked like a tornado went through there.

Gotta be talking about Pine Knob... I was at that show, too. Just excellent.

Yep! Wow it is a really small world.

I particularly like some of their "rock", almost punk songs. Anyone have any they can recommend?
RIP Adam.

Tellingthem: zez: mjg: I posted 'my BB story' in a previous thread (below). Kind of hope other Farkers will do the same.

Nothing that cool but I got to see them from the front row at Lollapalooza in St. Louis on my friend's company tickets. (His boss comes out of his office saying, "Lollapalozza??? WTF kind of band is this???" My friend says, "Oh, that's some friends of mine from college, if you're not gonna go I'll take them")

Parlament P-Funk then the Beasties!!! then an hour of Billy Corgian biatching about how nobody will stand up while he's playing.

I also saw them at lollapalooza that year. L7, Tribe, The Breeders, Nick Cave, P-Funk, Beastie Boys, and the Smashing Pumpkins (heh Billy Corgan was biatching at our show too) The side stage was great as well.

And yeah the Beastie Boys f'n killed it. The general seating was this huge grassy area that quickly turned into the biggest pit I have ever seen. People started tearing out the grass and throwing chunks of it everywhere. But the end of their set it looked like a tornado went through there.

Damn, I was at the palooza in new orleans, and the pumpkins refused to come until 8 pm or so, and no one would stand up for them, and Corgan got all pissy and half the crowd left.