WORST Beastie Boys song

[Thundercracker]

Ok, ok, I know it's really a dumb question to ask in a Beastie Boys fans Board....
But still, for those of you who can find at least one...
Which song do you people consider the absolute worst song made by the Beastie Boys?
And I mean song, not one of those short skits (or Country Mike or whatever).

I guess mine is "And Then I".
The beat is just fucking disgusting and it ruins the flow and basically the entire song... Plus, there's too much eco and shit.
It simply sucks.

[Junker]

whats wrong with you guy?
This song is great. I love And Then I

EDIT: BTW, there's no beastie bad songs

[Mr.Right]

There are some songs I have only listened to maybe once, but that doesn't make them bad.

[Kid Presentable]

And then I should have been on the album.

There's three I don't really feel:
Song for the Man (nice sentiment though..)
Dedication (They should have just rhymed over it)
Eugene's Lament (Neeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr Derrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr ererrerrrrrrrrrrreerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr).

I'll buck a trend and say I don't hate IAWGM as much as others. I remember exactly where I was when i first read about it, and I hadn't visited this site in about two years. When I heard it, I knew they weren't quitting. (y) Good times..

[enree erzweglle]

I guess mine is "And Then I".
The beat is just fucking disgusting and it ruins the flow and basically the entire song... Plus, there's too much eco and shit.
It simply sucks.

(!) I love And Then I if not for the lyrics alone.

I don't like the sound of Unite.

Even though these sort of started them all out, I don't really like
No Sleep Til Brooklyn or Fight For Your Right. Sorry.

[Junker]

(!) I love And Then I if not for the lyrics alone.

I don't like the sound of Unite.

Even though these sort of started them all out, I don't really like
No Sleep Til Brooklyn or Fight For Your Right. Sorry.

you dont like Unite? I love the beat in this track.
And about NSTB and FFYRTF: no words. I love them too.
But I respect your opinion. Nobody needs to like every beastie song.
But I still think there arent any bad beastie song
Even Nettys Girl kicks ass...... :D

[enree erzweglle]

you dont like Unite? I love the beat in this track.
And about NSTB and FFYRTF: no words. I love them too.
But I respect your opinion. Nobody needs to like every beastie song.
But I still think there arent any bad beastie song
Even Nettys Girl kicks ass...... :D
I don't mind the beat of Unite...it's that weird organ that you can hear throughout it that I don't like. It sounds like music you'd hear at a circus and that echo-y part sounds circus-y too. (I don't like circuses or travelling shows like them.)

NG--I actually don't hate it (I don't love it) but the thing is that it cracks me up whenever I hear it so I don't have it on my playlist at work. That and Boomin Granny. I giggle too hard and people look.

[Junker]

I don't mind the beat of Unite...it's that weird organ that you can hear throughout it that I don't like. It sounds like music you'd hear at a circus and that echo-y part sounds circus-y too.

lol (y)

[enree erzweglle]

come,on you have to like no sleep til brooklyn!for me fight for your right is ok*wiggles hand*

The video is funny?
It's crazy to see them looking so young?
Uh...it reminds me of when I used to wear short skirts and black boots?

I'm kinda reachin here...I'm not all swoony for that song.

[PaddyBoy]

All Lifestyles is terrible.

[canucklehead200]

(!) I love And Then I if not for the lyrics alone.

I don't like the sound of Unite.

Even though these sort of started them all out, I don't really like
No Sleep Til Brooklyn or Fight For Your Right. Sorry.


WHAT?! that's like the funnest song they've ever done...and the CRAZIEST SOUNDING rap sentence by MCA when about 3/4 through the song he makes is voice sound really weird, can't remember the lyrics, but i'm sure you'll know where

[Clarence]

The worst beastie song ever is "Girls"....just rediculous, even for the times.

At least there were artistic/creative aspects to most of the songs you biters listed earlier.

[enree erzweglle]

WHAT?! that's like the funnest song they've ever done...and the CRAZIEST SOUNDING rap sentence by MCA when about 3/4 through the song he makes is voice sound really weird, can't remember the lyrics, but i'm sure you'll know where
I just hate circuses.
There's no accounting for my taste.
I also like Bazooka Bubble gum so there.

[Fade2White]

I like all Beastie songs but if i had to say the most "over-rated" beastie boy song i would probally say "Root Down". i never really caught on to the whole root down kicks ass thing

[Lex Diamonds]

I say Fight For Your Right, largely because of what it has come to represent in the public's opinion of the Beastie Boys.

[Extra Cheese]

"dub the mic"

[enree erzweglle]

I say Fight For Your Right, largely because of what it has come to represent in the public's opinion of the Beastie Boys.
You're just chumming up with me to get extra pop tarts.

I agree with you about fight for your right...makes people think they're jerks.

[martijn]

And then I should have been on the album.

There's three I don't really feel:
Song for the Man (nice sentiment though..)
Dedication (They should have just rhymed over it)
Eugene's Lament (Neeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr Derrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr ererrerrrrrrrrrrreerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr).

I'll buck a trend and say I don't hate IAWGM as much as others. I remember exactly where I was when i first read about it, and I hadn't visited this site in about two years. When I heard it, I knew they weren't quitting. (y) Good times..

SONG FOR THE MAN is fucking great

[Chicka B]

Ok ok, I'll admit it. To The 5 Boroughs is great all until it gets to We Got The. It sort of gives me a headach and I can't handle it. It doesn't mean it's bad though. :o But I love And Then I, Song For The Man, and No Sleep Til Brooklyn! Fight For Your Right is sort of pushing it though, I heard that one too much.

[Hello_nasty]

Dr. Lee PhD

[SuckerMC]

i have to agree that there are no bad beastie songs.... just least favourites!!

my least favourites are as follows...

1. So Watchya Want
2. High Plains Drifter
3. Intergalactic
4. Car Thief............
oh wait a tic.... hmmmm nah jk

The REAL LIST
1. Girls
2. ..... i cant think of any that i dont like.....

[Chicka B]

i have to agree that there are no bad beastie songs.... just least favourites!!

my least favourites are as follows...

1. So Watchya Want
2. High Plains Drifter
3. Intergalactic
4. Car Thief............
oh wait a tic.... hmmmm nah jk

The REAL LIST
1. Girls
2. ..... i cant think of any that i dont like.....

Hahaha, thank god you were just kidding! I was gonna say, hehe. :D

[Nygel]

Ok ok, I'll admit it. To The 5 Boroughs is great all until it gets to We Got The. It sort of gives me a headach and I can't handle it.
yea, the main loop is cool but the vocals and following beats kinda arent up to the standard they could have been.
worst? umm..... honestly i dont like songs like 'lighten up', 'to all the girls', and alot of ill communication.... just some stuff isnt wat it could be.ya know? im a fan of their b-sides more than the album.

[SuckerMC]

There are only 4 "bad" songs on TT5B

and they are...

1. 3 the hard way
2. We got the
4. time to build
5. Crawlspace
........................ and on the borderline..........
all lifestyles

[SuckerMC]

all of the other songs on to the five borough absoutely rock!!

[cubsfirstplace]

in a world gone mad, probably their worst song

[Kid Presentable]

There are only 4 "bad" songs on TT5B

and they are...

1. 3 the hard way
2. We got the
4. time to build
5. Crawlspace
........................ and on the borderline..........
all lifestyles
You are a fucking lunatic....

[SuckerMC]

why am i a lunatic????

[SILVERBEASTIE]

There simply isn't a bad song!! weak songs yes..Boomin Granny...not my cup of tea old chap!

[Thundercracker]

i can't belive i'm the only one who dislikes And Then I.
don't you people find this song extremely irritating?
i'm not talking lyricswise, but that awfull beat. it just destroys the song!!

[enree erzweglle]

i can't belive i'm the only one who dislikes And Then I.
don't you people find this song extremely irritating?
i'm not talking lyricswise, but that awfull beat. it just destroys the song!!
I don't think its beat is horrible but I don't usually listen to that part of a song by itself. It's hard to explain--I usually hear a song as a unit except for the rare case where there's a sample or an effect that I dislike (e.g., use of the circus organ :D).

So I am playing And Then I again to hear what you're saying, Thundercracker, and I'm trying to listen to it from a beats perspective. I am a novice at analyzing things like this so don't get all up on me pshabi if you're reading.

The beat seems repetitive and very simple to me. Not complex. Not layered.

Maybe that's intentional because the song is that way too--it's about segments of a day in the life of each Beastie. Simple thoughts from their ordinary day, so maybe the beat was made to be simple & repetitive to underscore that or to not distract from it.

[Kid Presentable]

And then I is understated and chill.

I like it...

[Laver1969]

And then I is understated and chill.

I like it...

For some reason And Then I reminds me of Will Smith's song Summertime.

Chill is a great word to describe them both.

[Nygel]

vox - [and, and then i, and and and then i]- is that the beat u don't like?
i tryed to redo 'and then i' to make it sound a little more intense, i put e-pro, and When the levee breaks (same sample as rhymin' & stealin') in the song with it, and then i never sounded so mean.... it was too repetitive so i never released it.

[milky cereal]

"We got the" is a weak song
Not sure why they didnt use "And then I" or "Now Get Busy" instead
Someone said "Dub the Mic" which is crazy

[pip07]

And Me

[hollyfig2000]

I say Fight For Your Right, largely because of what it has come to represent in the public's opinion of the Beastie Boys.

I completely agree with this statement, I hate that song...I know hate is a strong word...but it's how I feel...

[NathanWind]

"We got the" is a weak song
Not sure why they didnt use "And then I" or "Now Get Busy" instead
Someone said "Dub the Mic" which is crazy


brrr stick em shouldve been on there, its catchy, We Got The.. i personally think is a really good song, the beats good and the scratching is too

[erinsharp]

Seriously, you need to relisten to TTFB if you think crawlspace is no good. Lunatic.

[Junker]

I completely agree with this statement, I hate that song...I know hate is a strong word...but it's how I feel...

damn..........a lotta anger in your heart :D

[Chicka B]

Seriously, you need to relisten to TTFB if you think crawlspace is no good. Lunatic.

Don't call anybody a lunatic meanie. :D I'm just kidding, I like Crawlspace alot too but everybody has a different opinion. I don't think they have a worst song, it's just people's opinions.

[SuckerMC]

Seriously, you need to relisten to TTFB if you think crawlspace is no good. Lunatic.


look at what i wrote u idiot!!! i wrote "bad". note the inverted commas!!!! i dont one beastie boys song is bad cept for girls!!! I LOVE ALL OF TT5B, but those songs are my least favourite.... not saying they are bad!!!!

[Hello_nasty]

Seriously, you need to relisten to TTFB if you think crawlspace is no good. Lunatic.

Yeah, that's probably it. Or maybe... he/she has his/her OWN opinion of the song that DIFFERS from yours! :eek: Shocking, I know.

[Thundercracker]

vox - [and, and then i, and and and then i]- is that the beat u don't like?


yeah, man. it's so fuckin' annoying.
i guess if it was like a normal sample of somebody sayin' "and then i" it would have been a lot better.
i mean, it wrecks the entire song!
besides, towards the end of the song, it bashes into a new beat of like "computer calculations" and shit which is a lot faster and it simply don't make no sence!

[Clarence89]

Definitly Fight for your right

[P.T.B.A.I.]

i have to agree that there are no bad beastie songs.... just least favourites!!

my least favourites are as follows...

1. So Watchya Want
2. High Plains Drifter
3. Intergalactic
4. Car Thief............
oh wait a tic.... hmmmm nah jk

The REAL LIST
1. Girls
2. ..... i cant think of any that i dont like.....
Haha! I read the first bit and I'm like staring at the screen, not blinking.

[gaselite]

I love And Then I, yeah the beat is really simple, but the 'And Then I...' sample in it is used to really good effect with the rest of the lyrics, i.e. out they insert in between each short line they rap, really clever, and it sounds good, but I can understand how that beat would annoy people.

[Justin]

every song by the beasties is unique either in a good stupid way or a bad stupid way. So to me they all rock

I dont like comparing songs from other albums. Yes i may think fight for your right is stupid, as do the beasties. However, in 1986, they loved it, along with most fans at the time.

To me Ill Communication and check your head is totally diffrent. I always thought cyh is more funkish than ic, where as ic is more punkish. I don't see how people can compare those 2 albums, (excluding some of the instrumental stuff)

So no, there are no bad songs

[SuckerMC]

every song by the beasties is unique either in a good stupid way or a bad stupid way. So to me they all rock

I dont like comparing songs from other albums. Yes i may think fight for your right is stupid, as do the beasties. However, in 1986, they loved it, along with most fans at the time.

To me Ill Communication and check your head is totally diffrent. I always thought cyh is more funkish than ic, where as ic is more punkish. I don't see how people can compare those 2 albums, (excluding some of the instrumental stuff)

So no, there are no bad songs


good philosophy young man!!! my least favourite beastie song is still one of my fav songs!!
as to your IC and CYH argument, the funkishness of CYH is so true, so much more funky than IC, and the punkness of IC is unique...
but they are pretty damn similar in formula... but the rapping in IC is a lot of distortion, which is cool!!

[BOBBY DIGITAL]

The worst beastie song ever is "Girls"....just rediculous, even for the times.

At least there were artistic/creative aspects to most of the songs you biters listed earlier.


Well played, old chap. (y)

[rlwelch]

Eugene's Lament.
aaauuuugghh.. my ears...

[Fade2White]

hating on "fight for your right" has got to stop

[Rodie]

any song from the pollywog stew ep is worse than all of the above mentioned songs

[enree erzweglle]

hating on "fight for your right" has got to stop
I know--because it was what started it all in a way.

But the thing is that the song isn't that great.
The video is, though, so I don't hate it as much as I could.

[B-Boy cro]

Flute Loop... Everything is okay but then that pretty dumb chorus destroys it all...

[Mantle]

There are only 4 "bad" songs on TT5B

and they are...

1. 3 the hard way
2. We got the
4. time to build
5. Crawlspace
........................ and on the borderline..........
all lifestyles

all lifestyles is one of the album highlights! and the other 5 are ace! listen to them some more!

[marshall10]

Shut it mantle, the whole thing is ace. NINE BLACK ALPS. Get the album.

[canucklehead200]

crawlspace is an awesome song...my least favourites off the top of my head are, (can't remember the titles on all) the first song on paul's boutique (i wanna hear music, not some fading/getting louder after 30 seconds crap), and uhh funky bass is pretty annoying (repetitive) and uhh that instant death one too

[SuckerMC]

all lifestyles is one of the album highlights! and the other 5 are ace! listen to them some more!

you couldnt possibly have listened to any beastie bloys alubm more than me.... i am just saying that they are my least favourite songs... I AM NOT repeat NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE BAD SONGS!!!!! THEY ARE MY LEAST FAVOURITE!!!!!

As much as i really want to support the beastie boys, i dont like pollywog stew or any of their punk stuff, cept time for livin....
Now please dont snap at me and attempt to call me not a true beastie fan, because i am obsessed with the beasties, but dont like their punk stuff

[Kid Presentable]

It wouldn't be Paul's Boutique without 'To all the girls'.

Best opener ever.

You could drop MMM's intros to the live shows and the heads would still flip if all you played was 'To all the Girls'...

Don't drop MMM's intro though... :o

[Mantle]

you couldnt possibly have listened to any beastie bloys alubm more than me.... i am just saying that they are my least favourite songs... I AM NOT repeat NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE BAD SONGS!!!!! THEY ARE MY LEAST FAVOURITE!!!!!

As much as i really want to support the beastie boys, i dont like pollywog stew or any of their punk stuff, cept time for livin....
Now please dont snap at me and attempt to call me not a true beastie fan, because i am obsessed with the beasties, but dont like their punk stuff

ok! my fav and least fav bb songs depend on how im feeling and change all the time!

[cubsfirstplace]

i have to agree that there are no bad beastie songs.... just least favourites!!

my least favourites are as follows...

1. So Watchya Want
2. High Plains Drifter
3. Intergalactic
4. Car Thief............
oh wait a tic.... hmmmm nah jk

The REAL LIST
1. Girls
2. ..... i cant think of any that i dont like.....

looks like somebody had a little too much of grandpa's old cough medicine

[Junker]

ok! my fav and least fav bb songs depend on how im feeling and change all the time!

Thats so true

[Weezman]

I admit....there were a few songs that had to grow on me for a few times listening to it...but man...they all come CORRECT!!

Hey...High Plaines Drifter is one of there best!!! The way they just blend into the rhymes!!

MAn dude needs to quit that cough syrup!

[SuckerMC]

looks like somebody had a little too much of grandpa's old cough medicine

you may not have noticed, but i did put JK, which means just KIDDING!!!! on the end of those songs..... GOSH

[yankeefan21]

We Got The just doesn't get me goin. But still perfectly acceptable listening material for me.

Unite rules. One of my favorite Beastie songs.

[cubsfirstplace]

you may not have noticed, but i did put JK, which means just KIDDING!!!! on the end of those songs..... GOSH

i no, i no. i was just joshing

[Happyrunr]

We Got The just doesn't get me goin. But still perfectly acceptable listening material for me.

Unite rules. One of my favorite Beastie songs.

I picked up my borrowed Hello Nasty and put it in the car this morning- I cant believe I missed Unite the 1st time listening to this CD- BEST BEASTIE BOYS SONG EVER. I cant stop listening to it- it's addictive.

[canucklehead200]

Unite is one helluva good song....but i was listening to paul's boutique today and i came across Johnny Ryall again, and my god, is that every a brutal song, unlistenable

[Happyrunr]

Unite is one helluva good song....but i was listening to paul's boutique today and i came across Johnny Ryall again, and my god, is that every a brutal song, unlistenable
I have to agree with that- I skip that one every time- it makes me cringe.

[DJ prof. elroy]

I dont really like any of their instrumental type music or their punk, and their new album isnt alll that good, IC is a peice of shit, in fact, i dont think i even like the beastie boys.

[enree erzweglle]

I dont really like any of their instrumental type music or their punk, and their new album isnt alll that good, IC is a peice of shit, in fact, i dont think i even like the beastie boys.
Okay, so we're done here.

[DJ prof. elroy]

naw im jokin the only beasties songs i didnt like where hey ladies and dr lee phd, plus most of the instrumentals.

Who's this cunt sayin he doesnt like Girls, look the beasties may be 'for' but im 'against' mate.

Someone said We Got The, i rekon thats one of the best on TT5B its when it ends with that sample, kinda finishes the album on a bad note. gives you the "is that it?' feeling.

[beastiegirl18]

Well, i think the worst song is Bobo on the corner

[Happyrunr]

I myself, LOVE the instrumentals. I think their sound is so unique and appealing.