Mike D in Visions (it's in German, sorry)

[Lollapalooza]

Yes .. Beastieboys love Germany

Picture from 1995 at viva Tv . check it out

http://www.beastiemania.com/gigog/show.php?g=19950218




Chadi From Denmark :-)

[Lollapalooza]

Mca and adrock can speek spanish

[Funky Pepp]

Hey, where in Denmark are you. I love Denmark a lot.
I've been there nearly every year

[Lollapalooza]

Im from copenhagen


i was to Beasties show 27/4/1999 it was great show ...

[Funky Pepp]

KØBENHAVN

Do you know Hundested? I've been there with my parents very often,
back then. We've got friends in Holte. The screncaps are cool. Takk!

[Rockable]

hmm... this interview is kinda strange. That interviewer doesn't seem to be in his best mood.
But what's amazing is that Mike never seems to lose his humour.

"Our hardest band-phase was when we got our wood-teeth because we the real ones fell out."


Anyway, thanks for posting this interview!

[Friis gal]

Originally Posted by Funky Pepp

KØBENHAVN

Do you know Hundested? I've been there with my parents very often,
back then. We've got friends in Holte. The screncaps are cool. Takk!

I know Hundested, it's nice. Smells a bit like fish, but nice
My german is not that good, so could you please translate it?

[Funky Pepp]

Originally Posted by Friis gal

I know Hundested, it's nice. Smells a bit like fish, but nice
My german is not that good, so could you please translate it?

I'll try. But you've got to give me some time, because
when I'm back home, I'll have 2 or 3 very hard weeks.
I'll let you know...

Originally Posted by Friis gal

My german is not that good, so could you please translate it?

in the beginning the interviewer asks him how he's feeling, and Mike answers that he has a cold, but he's okay otherwise.

that's about as far my german translation skills go.

[Funky Pepp]

Originally Posted by Friis gal

I know Hundested, it's nice. Smells a bit like fish, but nice
My german is not that good, so could you please translate it?

All right, here's the first bit. I hope it's correct. Otherwise Mike will sue me

V: Mike, how are you today?
M: A little chilly but okay, thanks.
V: And artistically?
M: I try to figure that out at the moment. Today I tried to install the Update of my Music-Software, but I failed. So there’s not much room for art at the moment. I’m frustrated in the first place, artistically…
V: The Beastie Boys are getting 25, soon. Can you believe that?
M: Unbelievable…
V: In 1981 who would have thought about those 3 “Whitebreads� (that’s what he said in German) being the Rolling Stones of Hip Hop 25 years later?
M: We wouldn’t. If you had asked us how long we would stay together in times of “Licensed to ill�, we would probably have answered: “Perhaps a few years�. But grey hair isn’t a good subject.
V: So, it was your idea to make the record label allow only questions about the new album?
M: It’s a good tool, to avoid the unloved questions.
V: Sure. Then tell me: why should anybody buy “Solid Gold Hits�, when you bought the portfolio “The Sounds of Science� only 5 years ago and with only 2 new albums in between?
M: (sniggering) I have no idea.
V: Is that your standard answer for awkward questions?
M: No, I really don’t know. There was this idea of doing a real crème-de-la-crème-record. The previous Best-of record went more inside the band’s concept. This one’s for the dancefloor-hits. For all the people who are not interested in concepts and only want to listen to all the hits and don’t own a single Beastie Boys record. I heard there are such people…
V: Well, that sounds like Christmas-profit-making to me.
M: You got a point there. There’s only one explanation to this: we always wanted to be like Kenny Rogers, Cher, David Hasselhoff, Boz Scagg, people like that. That’s the leaders of the Greatest-Hits-League. We want to be there, too.