[Parkey]

Well I like them both; Beasties and the Prodigy. In fact i'm seeing them both on consecutive nights in Manchester this December. Yauch has as much right to air his feelings as Howlett does. Neither are right and neither are wrong but on the day in Reading I think the crown sided with the Prodigy over the Beasties as it came across as the big international act throwing their weight around. The Beasties have every right to ask people not to play stuff but then they shouldn't be suprised when the same people get pissed off.

I'm sure it was made all the more accute by the fact that the Prodigy were all fully signed up Beastie lovers and hardcore fans. I imagine it could come as a bit of a shock to hear when you were expecting a call wishing you luck on the night. I get the feeling it was a bigger deal in the USA (the song that is) as in the UK it got played on BBC Radio 1 pretty heavily and they were viewed by then as pantomine bad guys in a similar way to the Sex Pistols.