Mr. Juice
02-09-2006, 12:39 PM
I was at the Letterman taping yesterday and after watching the performance last night on TV, I realized why the Beastie Boys redubbed some of Mike D’s and MCA’s lines:
It all starts with Adrock switching his, “So Michael tell them all why,” to “Sweet Lou tell them why.”
Maybe a bit thrown off, or just simply trying to run with the ‘Sweet Lou’ line, Mike D accidentally begins the second verse, “Well you know I’m Sweet Lou and I’m a married man.” Since Mike D went into the second verse, MCA automatically kicks in with his second verse lyrics, “But like a dream I’m flowing without no stopping…”
Following the show I’m guessing the Beasties redubbed the correct lyrics, however, the proof in the pudding lays within Adrock’s backing vocals. If you listen to the song over again, even though the Beasties are on their first verse, you’ll hear Adrock coming in on “Metropolitician,” “stoppin’,” and “toppin’.” And if you listen really closely,the Beasties prematurely go into, “Well it’s WACK, when you’re JACKED, in the BACK of a RIDE.” Also, during MCA’s “ride and glide” re-dubbed lyrics, you’ll notice that the microphone is no where near his mouth.
The only reason I bring this up, is because I thought I was going crazy when I viewed the televised performance last night. I thought, “Why does this seem a bit different?” In defense of the Beasties, even though they repeated some of their lyrics, their live performance had an amazing vibe. I almost wish they would have kept the original vocals. Their imperfections are what makes them so special!
As you can see, it’s a very boring day at work—hence me breaking down the game footage like this.
It all starts with Adrock switching his, “So Michael tell them all why,” to “Sweet Lou tell them why.”
Maybe a bit thrown off, or just simply trying to run with the ‘Sweet Lou’ line, Mike D accidentally begins the second verse, “Well you know I’m Sweet Lou and I’m a married man.” Since Mike D went into the second verse, MCA automatically kicks in with his second verse lyrics, “But like a dream I’m flowing without no stopping…”
Following the show I’m guessing the Beasties redubbed the correct lyrics, however, the proof in the pudding lays within Adrock’s backing vocals. If you listen to the song over again, even though the Beasties are on their first verse, you’ll hear Adrock coming in on “Metropolitician,” “stoppin’,” and “toppin’.” And if you listen really closely,the Beasties prematurely go into, “Well it’s WACK, when you’re JACKED, in the BACK of a RIDE.” Also, during MCA’s “ride and glide” re-dubbed lyrics, you’ll notice that the microphone is no where near his mouth.
The only reason I bring this up, is because I thought I was going crazy when I viewed the televised performance last night. I thought, “Why does this seem a bit different?” In defense of the Beasties, even though they repeated some of their lyrics, their live performance had an amazing vibe. I almost wish they would have kept the original vocals. Their imperfections are what makes them so special!
As you can see, it’s a very boring day at work—hence me breaking down the game footage like this.