Emmalee
10-16-2004, 11:06 AM
"10-16-04
BEASTIE BOYS
After seeing the Beastie Boys in Philadelphia on Monday one would be hard pressed to fault these pioneers for the industry equivalent of a few grey hairs.
Yeah, this year's "To The Five Boroughs" is no "Paul's Boutique," and the playbook hasn't changed in more than a decade. But who cares? The Beastie Boys are still dynamos in a live setting, and at the Wachovia Center, backed by turntablist Mix Master Mike, Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D. got everyone's root down with a breathless 90-minute set that covered their catalog.
From a rippin' opening deluge that took a breath only to give shout outs to Philly homeboy Schoolly D, to Money Mark highlighting the band's instrumental odes to the almighty groove, these nearly fortysomethings proved adept at connecting with everyone's inner suburbanite brat. The crowd responded with adoring fervor. Sure, they cut "Brass Monkey" when a good majority of the audience was in diapers, but that's a testament to the trio's timeless funky oeurve.
In effect, as the group enters its third decade, the Beastie Boys are to Generations X, Y, and Z what the Stones are to everything that preceded MTV--consummate showman abre to regurgitate a solid back catalog that never goes out of style.
They may sprinkle some new stuff into the hit parade but that know what the masses want, and by the time they snuck into the upper reaches of the arena to deliver "Intergalactic" as an encore, the crowd was spastic. Returning to the stage to (fittingly) dedicate "Sabotage" to Dubya, the crowd went ballistic.
The routine never gets old and seemigly, neither do the Beastie Boys."
-James Doolittle
((Man, what a great show.
Kind of a dry review, but let me assure you...it was great.))
BEASTIE BOYS
After seeing the Beastie Boys in Philadelphia on Monday one would be hard pressed to fault these pioneers for the industry equivalent of a few grey hairs.
Yeah, this year's "To The Five Boroughs" is no "Paul's Boutique," and the playbook hasn't changed in more than a decade. But who cares? The Beastie Boys are still dynamos in a live setting, and at the Wachovia Center, backed by turntablist Mix Master Mike, Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D. got everyone's root down with a breathless 90-minute set that covered their catalog.
From a rippin' opening deluge that took a breath only to give shout outs to Philly homeboy Schoolly D, to Money Mark highlighting the band's instrumental odes to the almighty groove, these nearly fortysomethings proved adept at connecting with everyone's inner suburbanite brat. The crowd responded with adoring fervor. Sure, they cut "Brass Monkey" when a good majority of the audience was in diapers, but that's a testament to the trio's timeless funky oeurve.
In effect, as the group enters its third decade, the Beastie Boys are to Generations X, Y, and Z what the Stones are to everything that preceded MTV--consummate showman abre to regurgitate a solid back catalog that never goes out of style.
They may sprinkle some new stuff into the hit parade but that know what the masses want, and by the time they snuck into the upper reaches of the arena to deliver "Intergalactic" as an encore, the crowd was spastic. Returning to the stage to (fittingly) dedicate "Sabotage" to Dubya, the crowd went ballistic.
The routine never gets old and seemigly, neither do the Beastie Boys."
-James Doolittle
((Man, what a great show.
Kind of a dry review, but let me assure you...it was great.))