Your relationship status with the Beastie Boys. [Archive]

DipDipDive

02-17-2007, 11:39 PM

I still appreciate and respect them but I'm certainly not batshit obsessed with them like I once was. After the excitement of them finally releasing a new album wore off, I realized TT5B kinda sucks and since then I've been kinda whatever towards them in general. They're definitely not my favorite band anymore, that's for sure.

Bob

02-17-2007, 11:46 PM

I dunno if this is the best place to post this, but I saw a guy yesterday wearing a "coldplay" t-shirt.

what on earth prompted you to post that

walk me through the thought process

from

1) here's an idea

to

2) let's type this out and hit "reply"

i don't get it currently

i listen to ill communication fairly regularly

Mr Films

02-17-2007, 11:52 PM

let's see what happens with this new album

Knuckles

02-18-2007, 12:02 AM

We agreed to see other people but I've still got feelings for them.

Justin

02-18-2007, 12:06 AM

I've just been listening to live shows as of late.

I've also been listening to the Alive single.

Deep_Sea_Rain

02-18-2007, 12:14 AM

I still listen to them often, they're my favorite musical act. I doubt that'll change anytime soon.

ericlee

02-18-2007, 12:40 AM

When Licensed to Ill came out, I was so hardcore into them. I drew the cover for it on all of my folders, drew the one logo of thiers on my Chuck Taylors, stole a huge Vdub badge from the front of a van.

I was crazy for them for about 5 years. Rocked LTI in my beatbox and walked through the halls of school.

Paul's Boutique came out and it was the same craziness. CYH came out and that's all my friends and I listened to.

I dunno, Hello Nasty came out and I'd just give it a couple listens. Not so much hype. TT5B came out and I have listened to that CD maybe 3 times.

Bob

02-18-2007, 12:46 AM

ill communication's pretty damn good though

Bob

02-18-2007, 12:47 AM

also, you totally could have used "vis-a-vis" in this thread title

ericlee

02-18-2007, 12:51 AM

ill communication's pretty damn good though

I can't believe I forgot to mention that. Oops. Everything they put out is pretty damn good.

I'll still crank out their c.ds at parties and such but I just don't listen to them on a daily/hourly basis anymore.

yeahwho

02-18-2007, 01:06 AM

I listen to the re-mixes section once a week to checkout the styling, but never really put on a disc of the BB's anymore.

The thing is this, when I'm out and about doing the daily routine every once and awhile a Beastie Boys song comes on and I think to myself, "WTF I have a few thousand posts on this bands website". At that point I question my sanity.

Deep down I know the boys still have it in them to drop the Mother of all Hip Hop discs. I would not be the least bit surprised if they shred the charts one more time.

Then again, I would not be surprised if they shut down the band and went RV'ing.

ggirlballa

02-18-2007, 01:11 AM

i'm still pretty obsessed i have beastie boys tagged on my vans checkered white & black sneakers

not as much as i was a year ago, i was insane a year ago

Auton

02-18-2007, 02:51 AM

we still kiss with our eyes closed and our mouths open, but it just hasn't been the same lately lol

Loppfessor

02-18-2007, 02:56 AM

The Beastie Boys are like a first love for me, you'll always remember her and she'll always be special to you. They were the first group I ever loved and I have so many amazing wonderful memories associated with their music so they will always be my "favorite" and all of their albums find their way into my car rotation on a semi-regular basis

Randetica

02-18-2007, 08:10 AM

i was a hardcore fan for about 2 years but with time got tired of their older stuff and the new stuff wasnt too thrilling aswell

but i dont think it's impossibe to really get into them again but this time without having a crush on ad rock :mad:

is it even allowed to post on a beastie boys board without being a fan?
tpk tpk tpk

icy manipulator

02-18-2007, 08:13 AM

i still listen to them quite a bit, i do skip over a few songs quite often tho

Lex Diamonds

02-18-2007, 08:14 AM

I'm not voting cuz every one of those poll options is worded super gayly.

Randetica

02-18-2007, 08:25 AM

i still listen to them quite a bit, i do skip over a few songs quite often tho

leave the board.. NOW!

im still gonna buy their new album
cause i want to make tpk proud

Randetica

02-18-2007, 08:26 AM

I'm not voting cuz every one of those poll options is worded super gayly.

well it's not that you could catch any more gayness (y)

Lex Diamonds

02-18-2007, 08:30 AM

Eat my balls!

adam_f

02-18-2007, 08:38 AM

I've completely outgrown Licensed to Ill, never really enjoyed Paul's Boutique the way some do, kinda enjoy Check Your Head, Ill Communication is pretty okay, I still enjoy Hello Nasty quite a bit and I rarely if ever listen to TT5B.

The Beastie Boys are like that best friend you had in elementary school you swore would be your best friend for life, but then junior high comes and you meet new people and you only see your elementary friend every so often, but when you do, it's just not the same.

Randetica

02-18-2007, 09:02 AM

Eat my balls!

raw?

you could atleast reach me the ketchup

Lex Diamonds

02-18-2007, 09:05 AM

Reichen mir deinen Po, bitte!

Randetica

02-18-2007, 09:25 AM

well it's not that you could catch any more gayness (y)

(!)

Lex Diamonds

02-18-2007, 10:08 AM

Shut up and bend over so I can give you "the gay disease".

adam_f

02-18-2007, 10:38 AM

This should've been a public poll because I would make up 3.7% of it.

M.C. Guevera

02-18-2007, 03:12 PM

Well, I discovered them in 2004, so at the time I was VERY obsessed with them, they were all I listened to (well them and Quarashi). Then when the inital "OMG THESE GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!" feeling died down, so did the obsession, though I still listened to them daily.

Nowadays, I wouldn't say I'm "obsessed" again, but I'm definitley more passionate about the Beastie Boys then I was in 2005. Most likely because my friend is starting to get into them, so he's looking to me for songs, interviews, and music videos to see and listen to. I'm his go-to Beastie guy.

Then again, earlier this year, I realized that my mp3 playlists had nothing but Beastie Boys on them, and I was like, "Wait a minute. Before I got into the Beastie Boys, I used to listen to a whole bunch of different stuff. I want to be like that again." So, I've been making a conscious effort to listen to a variety of different artists again, and discover new music constantly, because discovering new music is fun.

And one more thing, I've realized that I don't get worked up about their new stuff the same way I do about their old stuff. For example:

"Ooh. The Beastie Boys have a studio cam now? Cool!"

But then, there's

"Ooh. An old concert from 1992? I MUST LISTEN TO THIS NOW!!!"

I think all their albums pre-TT5B spoiled me.

M.C. Guevera

02-18-2007, 03:19 PM

is it even allowed to post on a beastie boys board without being a fan?

Well, there are some people on this wrestling board I go to that haven't watched wrestling in 5 years, and they're allowed to post with no problem.

kleptomaniac

02-18-2007, 03:22 PM

i'm still hot for 'em.

roosta

02-19-2007, 01:06 PM

yeah, still one of my favourites, listen to them fairly reguarly.

cj hood

02-19-2007, 01:12 PM

always rock them......either audio or visual......i've been studying "open letter" as of late......everytime i hear it i think of the opening of aifst......

steve-onpoint

02-19-2007, 01:25 PM

I dunno if this is the best place to post this, but I saw a guy yesterday wearing a "coldplay" t-shirt.

This was the best place to post that comment. Thank you.

jackrock

02-19-2007, 01:43 PM

i'm still hot for 'em.
You have no idea how fucking creepy you're getting.

kleptomaniac

02-19-2007, 01:46 PM

my relationship with the beastie boys is FAR from where i want it to be :(

ps - i do know and i don't care, that's just me! :D

skra75

02-19-2007, 01:50 PM

Notice the chart here:

Licensed to ill:
***********
Pauls:
*********
Some Old:
****
Check Your Head
************
Asst Bootlegs/Live in Tokyo, Etc...
******
Ill Communic
******
Hello Nasty
*
Country Mike
**
To the 5 B
:(

JobDDT

02-19-2007, 01:51 PM

Well, there are some people on this wrestling board I go to that haven't watched wrestling in 5 years, and they're allowed to post with no problem.

Just curious, what board is that?

DIGI

02-19-2007, 01:52 PM

tpk

02-19-2007, 03:38 PM

leave the board.. NOW!

im still gonna buy their new album
cause i want to make tpk proudyou are giving me disappointing yet surprising search hits. i'm pretty sure you're about to pass echewta on the most-tpk-mentions soon.

Dorothy Wood

02-19-2007, 04:41 PM

ggirlballa

02-19-2007, 04:59 PM

how can country mike get more stars than hello nasty

hello nasty has some of the sickest beats ever

kleptomaniac

02-19-2007, 05:02 PM

and why does TT5B get a sad face???!! ludicrous!

kleptomaniac

02-19-2007, 05:58 PM

myaaaah that's not what we meant! :mad:

:rolleyes:

kleptomaniac

02-19-2007, 06:07 PM

now see, how can ill communication get more stars than both paul's boutique and check your head? they should each get a trillion stars. a TRILLION! ALL of them! every single one. that's better.

checkyourprez

02-19-2007, 06:09 PM

i still considering them my favorite but they are far from the thing that i listen to most.

i think by not listeing to it full time i never really got sick of them.

thegoodmrbrodie!

02-19-2007, 06:48 PM

i like pauls boutique. i like check your head a lot. i like ill communication. i even like hello nasty. licence to ill is ok. as are the bit parts the make up the rest of career. except for to the five boroughs. or whatever it is called. this is perhaps the biggest disappointment of my entire music listening career. i make no joke. what a pile of tosh. and i dont even know what tosh is! :)

mikizee

02-19-2007, 07:09 PM

Am i the only one that really really dug TT5B??

i really like it.

i didnt at first, but now i do. i prob play that album on vinyl more than the others atm.

Randetica

02-19-2007, 07:19 PM

you are giving me disappointing yet surprising search hits. i'm pretty sure you're about to pass echewta on the most-tpk-mentions soon.

you know you love it

btw it was a serious question mister TPK

Kid Presentable

02-19-2007, 08:00 PM

I still like them heaps. It didn't really need saying.

-T-

02-19-2007, 08:14 PM

Its all about keeping it in moderation.

M.C. Guevera

02-19-2007, 11:18 PM

Just curious, what board is that?

Forums.TheSmartMarks.com. Seriously, I think about 60% of the posters there don't watch wrestling anymore. And the mods know this too. That's why they've repositioned the forum as an all-around pop culture site. The reason wrestling gets its own section is because...well, where the hell do you place pro wrestling in? Entertainment? Sports? That's their reasoning.

Justin

02-20-2007, 01:17 AM

This was the best place to post that comment. Thank you.

Thank you:p

I just wanted to add one thing:

I used to listen to the albums completely. Now I found myself dissecting the songs individually and comparing which songs I like rather than albums. I know thats weird, but im weird and you people are weird, so its ok.

The Notorious LOL

02-20-2007, 01:20 AM

Licensed to Ill is okay. Check Your Head and Pauls Boutique are great...Ill Communication is good too.

Hello Nasty is pretty meh, and TT5B was real dissapointing.

Kid Presentable

02-20-2007, 03:00 AM

Licensed to Ill is okay. Check Your Head and Pauls Boutique are great...Ill Communication is good too.

Hello Nasty is pretty meh, and TT5B was real dissapointing.
I didn't mean to call your missus a bitch. It was the poll.

Tone Capone

02-20-2007, 03:01 AM

Yeah, I still dig 'em and listen to them semi-regurlarly.

Kid Presentable

02-20-2007, 03:08 AM

I don't listen to the albums heaps now, but I'm hyped about the new album, and their recent performance was mathematically greater than their pageant one.

na§tee

02-20-2007, 04:43 AM

i vote eh, kinda, i guess.

i don't think i actually have any of their music on my new laptop. /thinks. hmmm, no, i don't, actually. i should though. wow, BEASTIE GUILT! :eek:

02-20-2007, 06:00 AM

We are currently seeing other people.

tpk

02-20-2007, 11:07 AM

you know you love it

btw it was a serious question mister TPKyeah you're right. it's awesome.

and no, you're not allowed to post here if you're not into beastie boys. we do random evaluations every now and then.

kll

02-20-2007, 11:59 AM

I love it that ONE of the admin's has a sense of humor...

M.C. Guevera

02-20-2007, 03:37 PM

I can't remember the last time I heard a Beastie Boys album in full. I think it was last year when I added Hello Nasty to my iPod.

Nowadays, what I'll do is, I'll listen to a certain number of songs again and again for weeks or months on end. This is good in a way, because once I get tired of those songs, I can move onto a new set of songs, and those songs will sound fresh again cuz I haven't listened to them in a while.

I also got songs from the Hub that I haven't listened to in a while. Maybe I should bring those out again.

Randetica

02-20-2007, 06:17 PM

yeah you're right. it's awesome.

and no, you're not allowed to post here if you're not into beastie boys. we do random evaluations every now and then.

maybe you didnt notice it but this board turned slowly but surely into a justin timbercake board

we two are the last beastie survivors

JobDDT

02-20-2007, 06:18 PM

I still listen regularly. I don't really know why some people didn't enjoy TT5B, I thought it was good.

I will admit, it was the least diverse of all the Beastie albums. And although I agree with them on politics, it is heavily political. But listening to some of the rhymes in "Crawlspace," I can't help but laugh at the creativity and wonder why people wouldn't enjoy the album or give it "1 out of 15 stars" as some of you have put it.

M.C. Guevera

02-20-2007, 07:29 PM

i get always smile when i hear my radio station plays the beastie boys. it's because that i don't listen to them much nowadays that i can appreciate them more. it's always a nice suprise to hear them played

When I heard "Sure Shot" played on the radio last year, I was *this* close to telling my mom to "STOP THE CAR NOW SO THAT I CAN GET OUT AND BOOGIE!"

Which is weird, because I played "Sure Shot" like a day or two before, but hearing someone else play the Beastie Boys makes it more "special" or something, I guess.

adam_f

02-20-2007, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by M.C. Guevera
When I heard "Sure Shot" played on the radio last year, I was *this* close to telling my mom to "STOP THE CAR NOW SO THAT I CAN GET OUT AND BOOGIE!"

Suffice it to say had you said that, your mom would've pretended she didn't know you.

tpk

02-21-2007, 02:01 PM

I love it that ONE of the admin's has a sense of humor...hey, now. i wasn't trying to make a funny. you are hella boring too just so you know.

Rock

02-21-2007, 03:53 PM

LTI = * * * *
PB = * * * * *
CYH = * * * * *
IC = * * * * *
HN = * *
TT5B = *

I listen to at least one of their albums every 2 or 3 weeks.

But I throw remixes, live performances, etc, on various mixes that I listen to regularly.

There was a thread in Beastie General that I think Padster started a long time ago that pretty much summed up my and many other peoples relationship with them.

The first letter in each bullet point ended up spelling DOPE, if that jogs anyones mammaries.

M.C. Guevera

02-21-2007, 04:54 PM

Longtime fans seem to have quite the negative opinion of Hello Nasty and I have no idea why. It's not just this board either. I've seen it all over the internet.

Kid Presentable

02-21-2007, 06:32 PM

Longtime fans seem to have quite the negative opinion of Hello Nasty and I have no idea why. It's not just this board either. I've seen it all over the internet.
I thought it was shit when it came out.

Pres Zount

02-21-2007, 06:35 PM

LT **
PB ***
CH ****
IC *****
HN *******
5B ****

M.C. Guevera

02-21-2007, 06:53 PM

LTI-***
PB-*****
CYH-****
IC-****
HN-***
TT5B-**

Randetica

02-21-2007, 06:56 PM

entertain tpk gofuckingdammit!!!!

Lex Diamonds

02-21-2007, 07:02 PM

LTI:..........****
PB:...........*****
CYH:.........****
IC:...........***1/2
HN:..........****
TT5B:.......***

Randetica

02-21-2007, 07:06 PM

better.

weez

02-21-2007, 08:18 PM

the Beasties are still dope.

marsdaddy

02-21-2007, 08:24 PM

Shadrach, Paul Revere, or Brass Monkey seem to find a way onto the turntables whenever I play DJ.

cosmo105

02-21-2007, 10:24 PM

every so often i find my thoughts turning to them and wonder how they're doing, maybe i should call, but i don't want to seem like i want to get back together or anything...i mean, things are so different for both of us now. it just wouldn't be the same. i'm happy with other things, and they just couldn't be what i needed them to be. young love is always so bittersweet...

JobDDT

02-21-2007, 11:22 PM

TT5B = *

Really? ONE? Thats something I'd reserve for Paris Hilton.

I'm still trying to figure out why people are hating on TT5B. Not enough tracks? Not diverse enough? Too political? Too many New York references for people outside of the NYC area?

I just popped it back in and remembered how much I liked it.

DroppinScience

02-21-2007, 11:37 PM

I voted for "still dig 'em" but I'd be lying if I said I still listened semi-regularly. I'm giving the Beasties some dormancy for now, but I'll always enjoy their stuff and I should probably get the "Awesome I Fuckin' Shot That" DVD for myself (I was half-hoping that Diana already got a copy of the DVD for X-mas so I could keep it myself :p ).

Gareth

02-22-2007, 12:11 AM

LTI:..........***1/2
PB:...........****1/2
CYH:.........*****
IC:...........****
HN:..........***
TT5B:.......**

Auton

02-22-2007, 02:36 AM

Really? ONE? Thats something I'd reserve for Paris Hilton.

I'm still trying to figure out why people are hating on TT5B. Not enough tracks? Not diverse enough? Too political? Too many New York references for people outside of the NYC area?

I just popped it back in and remembered how much I liked it.

shitty production, mostly. that, and the rapping sounds like the beastie boys parodying the beastie boys.

Auton

02-22-2007, 02:39 AM

LTI ****
PB *****
CYH ****
IC ***1/2
HN ****1/2
TT5B **

I've cooled off from the boys over the years, but I still think PB and Hello Nasty are simply marvelous. Hello Nasty is definitely underrated.

JobDDT

02-22-2007, 02:41 AM

shitty production, mostly. that, and the rapping sounds like the beastie boys parodying the beastie boys.

I'll agree with that somewhat, the production wasn't like their previous albums. I think they were going for a funny album more than anything, moreso than a lot of their earlier albums. Like during "Shazam!" when Mike D just starts mumbling. Its kind of funny, but really weird and not pleasing to the ears at all.

Would you say this album really missed Mario C?