Rolling Stones article on the lost PB single

[LuciferHam]

Excerpt from For Whom the Cowbell Tolls: 25 Years of Paul's Boutique (http://www.amazon.com/For-Whom-Cowbell-Tolls-Boutique-ebook/dp/product-description/B00M3PB83S/). Apologies if this has already been posted.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-jerry-lewis-the-untold-story-of-the-beastie-boys-single-that-never-was-20140807?page=3

[JohnnyChavello]

"If 'Jerry Lewis' was mixed down and released tomorrow, it would be a worldwide Number One," says Matt Dike today. "It kind of gives me a hard-on just thinking about it."

In late 2013, the reel was presented to Mike D, whose response to "The Jerry Lewis" was, "That's just an idea we had." Upon listening, Mike blinked: "Oh, it's the whole song."

It's ripe for release, Mike.

"Probably not this year."

[Brother McDuff]

so is the "engine #9" cut and the "jerry lewis" cut one and the same, or two separate joints? there is no mention of the wilson pickett tune at all in the article. this is what i wonder...

[Brass Monk]

I highly doubt the Beastie Boys have now or in the past had ever had anywhere near the interest in Jerry Lewis that this author is suggesting.
Overall a pretty bad article written about a very interesting topic.

[camo]

It was, simply, the massive hit single that Paul's Boutique intentionally lacked.

Can you imagine if this was to be true?

[abbott]

I think it was all planned out, it is too perfect

[Kid Presentable]

Be interesting to see what comes of this. Personally I always wondered when Mike talked about the final sessions including stuff they'd previously demo'ed, if there was a chance of it being really old demo material. Be pretty cool to hear modern takes on old stuff. Or, in this case, just something tidied up for modern listening. I can see this thing surfacing in some form once Mike warms to the idea.

Interesting also that an era which seemed to be a fixed, known quantity is yielding some artifacts. Messing about with Bonzos Montreux? Fark.