this government needs a tune up

[CaptainSpock]

ive been looking for this for a long time. its like the one and only b boys tune i dont have. can anyone help me here? love to all

[Angela63]

ive been looking for this for a long time. its like the one and only b boys tune i dont have. can anyone help me here? love to all


Not sure if this is totally accurate to date. From BeastieMania.com



Production Credits:

This Government Needs a Tune Up Click for Lyrics

First Appearance: Internet 2004
Written by: Beastie Boys
Performed by: Beastie Boys
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...

Samples:

"You're Gonna Get Yours" performed by Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show by Public Enemy
References:

9/11 - 11 September 2001, nearly 3000 people were killed when terrorists hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Centers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and into a Pennsylvania field
UN - the United Nations, an international organization established immediately after World War II, founded by "peace-loving states" to oppose future aggression
Bush - George Walker Bush (1946-) former governor of Texas, current president of the United States of America
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws and with safeguarding national security
Internet - international computer network linking smaller computer networks together worldwide
Socialism - a political and economic theory that advocates a system of collective or government ownership and management of the means of production and distribution of goods
Capitalism - an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, in which personal profit can be acquired through investment of capital and employment of labor
Militarism - the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military
Schism - a division or disunion into mutually opposed parties
Sample & Reference Breakdown:

"Get with it" sampled from "You're Gonna Get Yours" performed by Public Enemy
"This government needs a tune up" sampled from "You're Gonna Get Yours" performed by Public Enemy
Commentary:

Beastie Boys:

"This was a song that we were working on a while back but never finished." - Adam Yauch (2004)

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[pshabi]

For those of us around then, the drop of that song was DEFInitely a classic moment. Mr Poon right? Great shit.

I've got it on my old ass iPod.

[Kid Presentable]

haha Mr Poon. It was found in 'a rental car'. Good times.

It's like a pre-'Say It'. Same claps as Shazam!

I don't have a copy anymore, but it was fun to hear it on youtube again. Ease up on the campaign finance schism.

[pm0ney]

I had it on a mix cd I made like, 5 years or so ago but I threw out when I moved to my new apartment. I'm surprised its not readily available for DL.

edit: Its on youtube. Just go to snipmp3.com and rip it yourself.

[Angela63]

ive been looking for this for a long time. its like the one and only b boys tune i dont have. can anyone help me here? love to all

Check this out -

http://bbs.beastieboys.com/showthread.php?t=66496

[POMP]

I believe the Beastie Boys gave this song away for free, so I dug it out of my backups and threw it on my server:

http://pomp.us/Beastie%20Boys%20-%20This%20Government%20Needs%20A%20Tune%20Up.mp3

If I'm wrong, someone please correct me...

[pshabi]

Check this out -

http://bbs.beastieboys.com/showthread.php?t=66496

That's referring to the thread in question. It was started by mr poon. It said some bullshit about how he rented a car and found a cassette in the deck. It sounded like the beastie boys yada yada. He posted a link and it was TGNATU.

I'm pretty proud that the DL I have on my IPOD is "the original."

LONG BURN THE FIRE.

[pshabi]

Also, listening to this makes me wonder.....whose idea was it to sample this? Now that we know where the mashed potato sample came from this should be the new question we seek the answer to.

[Angela63]

You guys have probably seen this but I found it a few nights ago and spent a few hours on here. Some cool stuff-

http://www.beastiemixes.com/rare.php

[Angela63]

Also, listening to this makes me wonder.....whose idea was it to sample this? Now that we know where the mashed potato sample came from this should be the new question we seek the answer to.

Don't have an answer - yet :) but this is kinda cool-

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/113444/Beastie%20Boys-This%20Government%20Needs%20a%20Tune%20Up_Public%2 0Enemy-You're%20Gonna%20Get%20Yours/

[Angela63]

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/113444/Beastie%20Boys-This%20Government%20Needs%20a%20Tune%20Up_Public%2 0Enemy-You're%20Gonna%20Get%20Yours

[Angela63]

SORRY ABOUT THAT HORRIBLE LINK :rolleyes:

I hope this is a little better. You just have to input the song you want info on-

http://www.whosampled.com/search/artists/?q=Beastie+boys

[Micodin]

I have a good quality copy of it.

[LuciferHam]

Also, listening to this makes me wonder.....whose idea was it to sample this? Now that we know where the mashed potato sample came from this should be the new question we seek the answer to.

I missed this development, where'd the mashed potato sample come from?

[Angela63]

I missed this development, where'd the mashed potato sample come from?


"The source of the mashed potatoes sample, according to Adrock and courtesy of Parkey is comedian Mantan Moreland from his album That Ain't My Finger" per MIC to MIC

[Laver1969]

"The source of the mashed potatoes sample, according to Adrock and courtesy of Parkey is comedian Mantan Moreland from his album That Ain't My Finger" per MIC to MIC

Here's the actual comedy clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJ9g-GPS6Y

[Angela63]

Little off topic but I have a probably really dumb question. I have been thinking about this since last night and tried to find an answer myself but anyway- at the risk of sounding like a total idiot... Where do "B" sides come from in the days of cd's and downloads? Who puts them out and where??

[Swooziemoonshoe]

Sadly, the B side is dying out with the demise of the physical single. Some bands / labels who care about vinyl still release the odd single on 12" but I haven't seen many new 7"s or CD singles in shops for years now. Some bands release EPs to download but it's a far cry from the days where every single would have a potentially great B side or at least some fun remixes.

In the old days if someone had a baby I used to buy them a copy of the no 1 single that week, but those days are gone now :( Still, there are many old singles floating around in the world for the keen collector to hoover up. With the Beasties, I think TT5B was the last album where physical singles were released but I'm sure a more thorough fan than me / online discography will correct me if I'm wrong!

EDIT: I was of course completely wrong, there have been lots of physical Beastie singles since the 5 Boroughs. Probably pretty limited runs though.

[Micodin]

7" vinyl with b-sides is still running strong.

You probably haven't been looking in the right places.

Jack White's Third Man Records put out 7"'s for the past years. Some pretty amazing stuff...

Other bands like Radiohead and Animal Collective have been putting them out as well.

If you follow the punk scene Indie DIY labels usually put them out and you can find them on their merch tables.

Vinyl has had a major resurgence in the past years. No, you probably can't find them at the mall, but if you go to a show or a Indie Record Store you will find lots and lots and lots...

[Swooziemoonshoe]

Yeah, I do go to independent record stores and I know you can get 7" singles by some bands but it's not remotely the norm it once was and most bigger mainstream bands don't seem to put out B sides any more. It's great that record store day gets more and more popular every year but I don't know if it will be enough to rejuvenate the single and therefore the B side.

[Micodin]

I'm not trying to argue with you here.

I'm just saying I used to work at the local Indie Record store in my town and free promos are the norm if you bought a bands cd you'd get a free 7". This happened EVERY week and by a lot of bands. I used to snag one even if I wasn't into the band and I still collect them from my friends that still work there. I have hundreds of them now. On RSD The Beatles put out a box set of just single 7"'s, OFF! put out a box set, many many others as well.

There's also a bin that holds nothing but 7"'s. It's a big deal.

Maybe in the UK it's not big, but it's pretty big over in the States and it's not slowing down. The vinyl resurgence has been huge since bands started to put download cards in the sleeves so you could also get a digital copy.

Anyways. Agree to disagree and this has nothing to do with the topic on hand really.

[Swooziemoonshoe]

Hey s'alright! To my shame I'm not a big vinyl junkie but I respect those who are, like you. I sometimes wish I had put more effort into vinyl as I feel digital stuff is scarily impermanent! I think that's why I bemoan the demise of the single. It may be going strong in many quarters but I do think that since the digital revolution, the classic single is not what it was and b sides are no longer standard for all bands.

Anyway, I was just trying to answer the question about where b sides are at these days so between us I guess we have it covered! More power to your collection, like I say mine is comparatively feeble so I always bow to the serious record peeps :)

[Angela63]

Thanks guys for all the info! I had no idea they still made vinyl at all. We had a small record store here that unfortunately closed up a few years back. As many times that I was in there I never even bothered looking for "new" singles or noticed them.

I gotta say, I've been around thru the vinyl, 8trk, cassette, to present age of music and I have never gotten a thrill from buying a cd the way I would from buying an album. Well... Maybe a little when the box of 8trks would
Come in the mail.

That's a cute idea, buying the #1 single as gifts. This some may think is lame but I saved the TV Guides for the week each of my children were born :)

[laurie_hammy]

Go back to the fiftys
Ya think its all nifty
The president is actin mad shifty