Adam Yauch RIP

Last show I saw them was at RHL. Reviewers and fans commented he seemed to be in a mood, which affected small moments in the show, but then one mentioned he had not been feeling well in the past couple of years, and had started to step away somewhat. (think I remember that correctly?) Happy to have the opportunity to see them. (thanks, Seth!) Definitely sad, so young. Their music was a big part of a certain period in my life. Always, as well as others I know, including musicians, had respect for their music and roles in their genre.

edit: other articles posted today mention him not feeling well at shows back in '09 - RHL show.
(wml - no regrets - sounds like you saw some really good shows)

K8teebug wrote:
So many fabulous moments driving around Harford County in high school listening to the Beastie Boys and being silly teenagers.  My cousin and I listened to Hello Nasty every single morning on the way to work the summer it came out when we were in college. 

Listened to them on loop one spring break during h.s. while drinking stockpiled wine coolers, smoking Swisher Sweets, and in the eye of a hurricane at Myrtle Beach.

eltee wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
So many fabulous moments driving around Harford County in high school listening to the Beastie Boys and being silly teenagers.  My cousin and I listened to Hello Nasty every single morning on the way to work the summer it came out when we were in college. 

Listened to them on loop one spring break during h.s. while drinking stockpiled wine coolers, smoking swisher sweets, and in the eye of a hurricane at Myrtle Beach.

Pretty sure I was smoking Swisher Sweets too.  funny.

:D

K8teebug wrote:

Pretty sure I was smoking Swisher Sweets too.  funny.

This is one of those cases though that as great and influential as the music was, and it was, I mourn the man not the musician.

My two times seeing them where Lolla 94 in Charlestown where they owned it and the Tibet Freedom Fest in I think 1997 of which I don't remember all that much.

Obviously for the first show they were at their commercial and critical peak (the album "Ill Communication", the video "Sabotage", they were everywhere). Basically in 1994 they could do no wrong. They had a huge influence around that time on fashion too.. I remember if you went to an Urban Outfitters or what have you they were running with whatever the Beasties where wearing.

To me MCA was always the "cool Beastie"… Its funny opening up my Licensed to Ill gatefold and pulling out the inner sleeve and looking at the pictures.. man they look young.. they were young.. so was I.

saw them twice.  first time was second year of vfest and they were awesome.  really got the crowd going.  second time was rock the vote show in richmond.  another energetic show. would have loved to been at that rams head show.  sad indeed

This was a hard read:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-of-the-beastie-boys-dies/?hp

The comments killed me.

when someone famous dies, i usually am sad.  when a musician i like dies, i mourn for their loss.  when adam yauch died . . . i feel effected, like he was my brother, or my best friend.  he was more than music, he was more than a brilliant mind, he was positivity.

the club should serve free pizza tonight in his honour.

damn.
 

vansmack wrote:
The comments killed me.

seriously.  those tweets… wow.

walkonby wrote:
the club should serve free pizza tonight in his honour.

that would be beyond epic.  nice & thoughtful tribute!

bearman wrote:
Saw their last show in the area at Ram's Head in 2009. MCA was off that night and you could sense he just couldn't give much, while Ad Rock and Mike D were trying to make up for it. I'm still glad I got to see them one last time. When they played "Sabotage" that was the most ferocious pit I'd seen in ages. They could do more than just rap. I'm very, very sad by this one. 47 is so damn young. I still listen to their stuff. "Paul's Boutique" could NEVER be released today. Can you believe how lucky we are that an LP basically steals 30 years' worth of R&B, funk, disco, classic rock and punk and turns it into something totally new? It still sounds amazing to my ears. RIP MCA.

I missed your comment earlier about the RHL - I was questioning if I remembered correctly - that he wasn't well at that show.
All you wrote - well said. Thank you.

walkonby wrote:
when someone famous dies, i usually am sad.  when a musician i like dies, i mourn for their loss.  when adam yauch died . . . i feel effected, like he was my brother, or my best friend.  he was more than music, he was more than a brilliant mind, he was positivity.

the club should serve free pizza tonight in his honour.

damn.
 

+1

20 Great Adam Yauch Moments

http://stereogum.com/1023231/20-great-adam-yauch-moments/franchises/listomania/

One more brilliant moment is Namaste closing out Check Your Head.  Genius.  Darkness is not the opposite of light its the absence of light.

Gratitude Beastie Boys 5-28-94 - Radio Music Hall - Washington, DC

http://youtu.be/Z1i9CNU_HEI

I used to have a really shitty copy of this show on VHS.  I should try to dig that up.  One of my all-time favorite shows.  It had to be  over 90-degrees in there.  A super-sweaty afternoon gig.  Just before "Ill Communication" came out.  The first time I remember them pushing the Tibet stuff.  The floor was an insane mosh pit from front to back.  The balcony was a huge dance party.  Not my first BB show.  Not my last.  Definitely my favorite.

This one hurts. :(

I want to say a little something that's long overdue
The disrespect to women has got to be through
To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends
I want to offer my love and respect to the end.

Sums up everything I loved about MCA. Classy dude.

Then there's stuff like this speech, which is so well said, and so eery to watch in 2012.

Coldplay - A tribute to Adam Yauch. Hollywood Bowl, 4 May 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LVr4UP9ntLs

Sieve-Fisted wrote:
Coldplay - A tribute to Adam Yauch. Hollywood Bowl, 4 May 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LVr4UP9ntLs

+  infinity.

Sieve-Fisted wrote:
Coldplay - A tribute to Adam Yauch. Hollywood Bowl, 4 May 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LVr4UP9ntLs

that is fantastic.

I think that Coldplay thing is HORRIBLE.. take a great party song and turn it into an emo funeral dirge…so adult contemporary..sounds like grandad rock to me. I get the sense people like it cause its taps a nerve "oh , its sad and I should be sad and at the same time its a Beastie Boys song"

something weird going on.

Coldplay the poor man's Radiohead.

What's so wrong with being a poor man. What are you, a fucking yuppie or something?

hutch wrote:
I think that Coldplay thing is HORRIBLE.. take a great party song and turn it into an emo funeral dirge…so adult contemporary..sounds like grandad rock to me. I get the sense people like it cause its taps a nerve "oh , its sad and I should be sad and at the same time its a Beastie Boys song"

something weird going on.

Coldplay the poor man's Radiohead.