British Airways AD that features Beastie Revolution

[the9thbeastie]

For many years, I have been on the lookout for the British Airways TV commericial that featured bits of "Beastie Revolution." The airline settled out of court re: their use of this "sample" - anyway for those interested in seeing it -- it is on youtube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlYUXGcHU4g

[bigfatlove06]

In true beastie geek fashion I honor you for finding this... Seriously.

[cj hood]

wow...good find.

if they didn't sue BA for sampling them....they wouldn't have been able to go and sample AC/DC, Led Zepplin, Beatles, Eagles, Kurtis Blow etc etc lol etc!

[fonky pizza]

The guy who made this video must have been high!
(y)

[Kid Presentable]

Nice work. (y)

[Laver1969]

Wow...that's incredible. Nice find 9th!

[countrymikedj]

Crazy, I never even thought about looking for this because it seemed so obscure! Well done!

[paulb]

Very cool find! So they sued BA yet made Pauls Boutique and didnt pay a single artist...... interesting.

[Laver1969]

Very cool find! So they sued BA yet made Pauls Boutique and didnt pay a single artist...... interesting.

Interesting point. I'm sure I read about this at some point but can't remember how that all works. Do you need to get permission or pay? If so, when?

There used to be somebody on here that seemed to know about copyright/sampling law stuff.

[Brother McDuff]

I think they did actually pay out money on samples for Paul's Boutique, just not the inflated percentage that they would have had to today. the laws weren't fully realized at that point, so I think it was a steal. not all the samples were cleared though, I know that. sometimes they shy away from referencing where some of those samples came from interviews.

[cj hood]

rappers didn't have to (consistently) start paying for samples til Biz' 'I Need A Haircut' dropped in '91...

[Matchstikk]

One of those astronauts is Max Headroom.

[phatal82]

Can't seem to find any answers on this questions, but who is doing the vocals on this track. I know MCA was good at doing voices and Mike D would fuck around with Bad Brains and imitate them being all rasta and stuff, but can't seem to figure out who the voice is... plus, he introduces all the members in this song in the third person, Adam, Adam on the bass, mike and schellenbach... anyone have any info about this track?

[LuciferHam]

Awesome ad. Strange choice of music really.

[minton]

Nice find. Thanks for sharing!

[Michelle*s_Farm]

For many years, I have been on the lookout for the British Airways TV commericial that featured bits of "Beastie Revolution." The airline settled out of court re: their use of this "sample" - anyway for those interested in seeing it -- it is on youtube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlYUXGcHU4g

Thanks for that -- it is a great commercial.

[KENNY GUIDO]

i remember when adrock was arrested in england....i would never have gone back!

[MissCrafty]

That's soo cool,thanks for sharing! I've always wondered about that since I've first read about it back in the early 90's.

[tt5brevisited]

Good find, nice ad!