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neomits

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I'm not either but I am a Beastie fan


after listening to it... I'm not that impressed. Sounds really thrown together
 
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AU Tiger

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I liked the Beastie Boys back when Check Your Head was out. I didn't know they were still around.
 
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Stark

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the funny thing is i don't resent the beasties for being peace-niks, but i streisand, sheryl crow, limp durst and the rest but the heck out of me.

i guess they've been peace-niks longer even when it wasn't cool.
 
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Zim Hosein

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Where's the stream stored on my HD so I can put it on my PDA again, I can't remember :eek:
 
LordMaul

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
The Beastie Boys 0wnz j00
I can't wait for their new album, but that song is so-so
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WHAT? New album? AWESOME! Got any links? COMMON! WEE!!!
 
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Sketcher

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I'm not "anti-this war",

I like some of the beasties stuff.

I downloaded the .mp3

Not much of a statement there. Just some wannabe witty jabs.

too bad they felt it was important enough to release.

IMO
 
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Chrishuff1

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Dont like it. Was just on band to band combat on 97.9 wgrd here. lost big time to powerman 5000 :p
 
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zippy

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I'm a huge beastie boys fan. I like this song, it's admittedly not a tremendously good song, but at least a musician is finally speaking out. During Vietnam lots of popular musicians spoke out in song against the war - so why not now?

It's somewhat catchy but clearly thrown together - it was hammered out while working on their new album (link). Whatever, I like it.

Also, I'm confused how some people can decide to dislike the Beastie Boys because they speak their minds about important world events yet some people can enjoying to listening to music that is about and created by people who promote drugs, violence, and hate. :confused:

Anyway, I can't wait for their new album to come out...whenever that may be. Rumors are that it could be this summer...or late this year. I guess we'll see.
 
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Sketcher

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Slate Commentary -

On "In a World Gone Mad," they're in adorable elder-statesman mode, trying so hard not to step on anybody's toes that they end up achieving little beyond a kaffeeklatsch complaint voiced in reasonable tones over an affable beat. The first problem is the chorus, growled by Adam Yauch in the middle of a reverb hangover that muffles the sound. You want to be shouting along, but instead you wind up just struggling to make out the words: "In a world gone mad it's hard to think right/ So much violence hate and spite/ Murder going on all day and night/ Due time we fight the nonviolent fight." Kumbaya, y'all!

The Beastie Boys have always been funny, or at least clever, but the rest of the lyrics don't rise above the level of a decent Conan O'Brien monologue. MCA: "But you build more bombs as you get more bold/ As your midlife crisis war unfolds/ All you want to do is take control/ Now put that axis of evil bullshit on hold." All their anger is softened with qualifiers. Mike D. rhymes: "Mirrors, smokescreens and lies/ It's not the politicians but their actions I despise." Sometimes it's OK to despise the politicians, Mike.

It's cute that Adrock quotes Q-Tip?"Citizen rule number 2080/ Politicians are shady"?but his wacky apology to the nation just makes him sound like an opinionless bystander: "Now don't get us wrong 'cause we love America/ But that's no reason to get hysterica." Well, Ad, what would be a good reason to get hysterica? This seems like the perfect moment to become completely and fully hysterica, in a most audible and specific way. But you're the platinum-selling artist, not me.

At the very end of the song we get a spark of what might have been. MCA compares Bush to the Ben Stiller character Zoolander, "trying to play tough for the camera," and Adrock asks, "You think it's democracy they're fighting for?" The disappointment is amplified by what we know the Beasties are capable of. The right pop song could use metaphor or delivery or sheer sonics, among a zillion other strategies, to make its point. It might even piss some people off. But this song sure as hell won't.[/b]
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Sketcher

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Originally posted by: zippy
Originally posted by: Sketcher
Even "Slate" say's it's weak.
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Who the hell is "slate"?
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MSN commentary which nearly always jumps on any bandwagon as long as it's anti-bush/war/publican etc. So, if they say it's weak... Actually, they might not have actually said "weak", they just rip on it for about 3 or four paragraphs. Ouch.

 
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Lonyo

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I just got it because it's the Beastie Boys.
It's a new song by the Beasties, even though I agree with the message, it's more great because it's the Beasties. YAY!
 
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Crappopotamus

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sounds like poo. ewww. i think they took some crap beat from somewhere and started saying this stuff. argh... you cant freestyle to a point!
 
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