ONE HOUR BB SHOW

it's official … the Beasties' played for an hour only – was it really worth the $300/$400 people paid ?

Whoever paid that much should've saved $285-$385 and saw phish in a movie theater in Arlington. Great show/interesting scene. Never thought I'd see people dancing in the aisles and cheering and yelling song names at a screen. Hilarious! ;)

i hear ya - I'm not really into phish but I do know they are a great band and extremely talented - always nice to run into something unexpected - sounds like a scene from Rocky Horror :)

Or, as I did, headed to Iota to avoid the debacle over on V St. Griffin House and Ron Sexsmith put on a great show.

Luckily I got the best of both worlds on that one… the BB show was pretty good (coming not from a fan) and I'm scheduled to Phish at their last show in Vermont in August.

They (meaning the beastie Boys) also provided free pizza from every joint around the club for the fans who waited until 11pm or so for the show. They did let people out (for food, smokes, and other functions) once the 99.1 junkies gave the announcement of the delay.

From last count there were 5-6 crowd survers and a breakdancing contest for those who waited.

They guys were real professionals up there… club staff was a bit wired, but understandable. A lauded attempt at keeping order among 600 drunken fans….

I too, wished they played a bit longer, but, oh well.

actually they played for 40 minutes.

if i had seen the beastie boys mtv music performance with mixmaster mike cutting it up, i would have been more inclined to checkout the show. mixmaster mike is an ace dj and getting to hear him kick the shit would have been the bomb. and now i'm going to be singing "Brass Monkey that Funky Monkey" to myself all day long

And now I've got AdRock gets nice like Charlie Chan on repeat in my head.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
and now i'm going to be singing "Brass Monkey that Funky Monkey" to myself all day long

Nobody really paid $300-400 a ticket……did they?

I don't know about that much, but there was a fella outside looking for a ticket and found someone willing to send their friend home to give the ticket to him for $200. Friendship like that brings a tear to my eye.

who knew the beastie boys were so big? I always categorized them with Weird Al as a comedic band not to be taken seriously….I mean come on? 3 NY jewish boys rapping, it brings a smile just saying it.

Still, glad you all had a great time. Was the pizza because they were delayed for legit reasons or just being rockstars?

There were two guys from Richmond that were prepared to spend $500 for a pair. He was going to pay someone $300 for one ticket but needed to go to the ATM so the guy sold it to my friend for $60.

I then got in 20 minutes later when the club released some tickets about 15 minutes before they went on stage.

Still, glad you all had a great time. Was the pizza because they were delayed for legit reasons or just being rockstars? [/QB]

Thunderstorms in NYC which stopped air travel caused them to take a train instead of flying down.

License to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, and Ill Communication were soundtracks for many kids in suburban USA in the 90's. Most parties or hangouts I went to, someone always had a Beastie Boys album.

Originally posted by Bollocks:
who knew the beastie boys were so big? I always categorized them with Weird Al as a comedic band not to be taken seriously….

Originally posted by Bollocks:
who knew the beastie boys were so big? I always categorized them with Weird Al as a comedic band not to be taken seriously….I mean come on? 3 NY jewish boys rapping, it brings a smile just saying it.

Still, glad you all had a great time. Was the pizza because they were delayed for legit reasons or just being rockstars?

yeah the beasties were/are huge. its not like they rap about being drug dealers or something. plus they paved the way for skinny brits rapping about birds and quids.

only 40 minutes makes me less bummed for not going

if they had released "son of ill" they could have easily turned into a novelty act… with each record after the first they brought more of their punk roots and other influences into the sound.

I didn't go to the Beastie Boys show, but I think the low ticket prices should be noted. That could easily have been a $30+ show for one ticket.

And despite what it may look like from the current state of hip hop, the Beasties were truly an innovative act back in the day. They, along with some of their peers, really helped to get hip hop off the ground. I dont' claim to be an expert as I'm white as the day is long, but they've received all sorts of accolades to this day from black rappers. They're not as novelty as they appear.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
if they had released "son of ill" they could have easily turned into a novelty act… with each record after the first they brought more of their punk roots and other influences into the sound.

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I didn't go to the Beastie Boys show, but I think the low ticket prices should be noted. That could easily have been a $30+ show for one ticket.

$50, even. that is if they played for an hour and a half or so

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I didn't go to the Beastie Boys show, but I think the low ticket prices should be noted. That could easily have been a $30+ show for one ticket.

how much did they cost? 20?