Avalanche
05-07-2012, 06:50 PM
I come here, and I see all those wonderful stories of people who managed to talk with MCA, who managed to see the private and very personal Adam Yaucht. No matter if he said "Happy Birthday" to your twins, or if he sent you a post card, it is wonderful to see a person, a human being with such a loving soul, do all these things.
But I decided to share my beastie story - a most ordinary story, without any personal contact with any of the band, with no obsession of the band.
I've never even been to a Beastie Boys concert. I already said I regret the fact that I never got the chance to see MCA live. I'm also not that huge, always devoted fan, who collects all the rare releases, who goes on every concert of the leg tour (well, duh), or who know every little fact about the Boys.
Not saying that those things are bad. It's just the things I am not.
Heck, I don't even view MCA as my "fav." Beastie. To be honest, I have no fav. Beastie (maybe I like AdRock's vocal style just a'bit better that the rest's, but that's all). I rarely listen to the Beasties while alone - maybe spin the record ten-fifteen times per year. Still, they've been an integral part of me.
It is the message, the very first message they give us. Fight for your right to party. It is the "Do it" approach. And it is those little, almost childish stories, of people just having a good time, while the B-Boys are blastin'. Beastie Boys are what we gather around. We build our memories around their music. It may sound like something ordinary - and it is, because there are millions (literally!) of people doing the same all over the world. But for us, it is letting their message in our very own personal space.
It is also quite personal experience as well.
My latest story is about some new wonderful people I met. Man, Intergalactic has become the most irritating song since we turned the whole "To sweet to be sour, to tough to be mean" thing into an anthem. And we weren't just blastin the tunes - we were blastin' the message as well.
So, from all of us who didn't had the chance to see them live, to all of us, who were not huge collectors of Beastie stuff, but still were moved by their music (and I mean, MOVED); MCA - You will be missed. I also want to thank AdRock, thank Mike D for all those wonderful moments they shared with us and we shared with them.
Beast in Peace, MCA.
Love.
But I decided to share my beastie story - a most ordinary story, without any personal contact with any of the band, with no obsession of the band.
I've never even been to a Beastie Boys concert. I already said I regret the fact that I never got the chance to see MCA live. I'm also not that huge, always devoted fan, who collects all the rare releases, who goes on every concert of the leg tour (well, duh), or who know every little fact about the Boys.
Not saying that those things are bad. It's just the things I am not.
Heck, I don't even view MCA as my "fav." Beastie. To be honest, I have no fav. Beastie (maybe I like AdRock's vocal style just a'bit better that the rest's, but that's all). I rarely listen to the Beasties while alone - maybe spin the record ten-fifteen times per year. Still, they've been an integral part of me.
It is the message, the very first message they give us. Fight for your right to party. It is the "Do it" approach. And it is those little, almost childish stories, of people just having a good time, while the B-Boys are blastin'. Beastie Boys are what we gather around. We build our memories around their music. It may sound like something ordinary - and it is, because there are millions (literally!) of people doing the same all over the world. But for us, it is letting their message in our very own personal space.
It is also quite personal experience as well.
My latest story is about some new wonderful people I met. Man, Intergalactic has become the most irritating song since we turned the whole "To sweet to be sour, to tough to be mean" thing into an anthem. And we weren't just blastin the tunes - we were blastin' the message as well.
So, from all of us who didn't had the chance to see them live, to all of us, who were not huge collectors of Beastie stuff, but still were moved by their music (and I mean, MOVED); MCA - You will be missed. I also want to thank AdRock, thank Mike D for all those wonderful moments they shared with us and we shared with them.
Beast in Peace, MCA.
Love.