Beastie Boys on Being Stupid | Blank on Blank

"There's a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we'd be arrested for it."
- Mike "Mike D" Diamond
Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio
1985, Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
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  • @DaTeflonGrapefruit
    @DaTeflonGrapefruit7 жыл бұрын

    The funniest part about Baby You Can Drive My Car is that it was just about sex and there was no car, either.

  • @badmanjones179

    @badmanjones179

    7 жыл бұрын

    ??? music is truly incredible

  • @DaTeflonGrapefruit

    @DaTeflonGrapefruit

    7 жыл бұрын

    So is irony

  • @BluemoonyGamingOtherstuff

    @BluemoonyGamingOtherstuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmaooo I know

  • @jackdawson5490

    @jackdawson5490

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also its not even called that its just Drive My Car

  • @The_BIG_salad

    @The_BIG_salad

    5 ай бұрын

    Me So Horny also has some sexual undertones to it.

  • @Slig1977
    @Slig19776 жыл бұрын

    I love them for the same reasons I love The Ramones. They made catchy, fun tunes that had an edge but they didn't take themselves too seriously. They had very NYC-style humor. They both agreed their music wasn't about anger but fun.

  • @dj-mn4sc

    @dj-mn4sc

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@thisisnotabox STFU

  • @bierlichen1

    @bierlichen1

    4 жыл бұрын

    What did they have to be angry about they are white.

  • @Slig1977

    @Slig1977

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bierlichen1 STFU

  • @Slig1977

    @Slig1977

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thisisnotabox STFU

  • @oscarminty6552

    @oscarminty6552

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bierlichen1 they were jewish

  • @kritzberg2911
    @kritzberg29117 жыл бұрын

    The album he was talking about recording at the beginning would end up as Licensed to Ill, which had Fight for your Right. So I guess he ended up being right about writing a classic song.

  • @btonyh5878

    @btonyh5878

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Paul Revere" is the one tho

  • @rexasaurus3853

    @rexasaurus3853

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cop's with batons. Yeh I'd say so.

  • @YouaNumbahOneRacist

    @YouaNumbahOneRacist

    Жыл бұрын

    "If it's free, then I ain't stealin' it."

  • @keianbrown8621
    @keianbrown86216 жыл бұрын

    Four songs used: Paul Revere The New Style Slow Ride Hold it Now, Hit it

  • @mynamejeff9027

    @mynamejeff9027

    5 жыл бұрын

    D3STROYER No.1 Should be top comment

  • @carrieannb9994
    @carrieannb99947 жыл бұрын

    PBS never stops impressing me

  • @ciarancassidy7566

    @ciarancassidy7566

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is the kind of risk and creativity you can have with a public broadcaster. They don't rely solely on the profit motive. Good luck getting a series as profound and original from a corporation.

  • @robertmiles3951
    @robertmiles39518 жыл бұрын

    Will Smith came across his rap persona in a similar way to the Beasties - while being angry and street was undeniably the sound at the time, both Will and the Beastie Boys chose to embrace the real beauty of hip-hop music, which is the sincerity. Will Smith told charming, silly, childish stories in a charming, silly, childish way, and he went on tour with Public "Motherfucking" Enemy. The Beastie Boys decided to be the best kinds of class clowns - the guys whose jokes and sarcasm comes with a weight and a consideration of the world around them, because that's who they were as people. Don't forget that their biggest hit, "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" was a sarcastic teardown of hard-partying 80's bro culture that they refused to play live from 1987 onward, once it became apparent that most people weren't in on the joke.

  • @janglyjohn4635

    @janglyjohn4635

    7 жыл бұрын

    Will Smith is far from "real hip-hop". He conformed to pop music. The Beasties Boys made pop music conform to them.

  • @aR0ttenBANANA

    @aR0ttenBANANA

    6 жыл бұрын

    +exabez if that was the case, a legend like DJ Jazzy Jeff would've never been as Influencial as he ended up being.

  • @120Pythons

    @120Pythons

    Жыл бұрын

    This clown really wrote a essay comparing Will Smith to the Beastie Boys. I know this comment is ancient but I have to say that you are a fucking idiot. 💀

  • @design1of470

    @design1of470

    8 ай бұрын

    @@janglyjohn4635 Will Smith was very poppy, but him and MC Hammer broke hip-hop into the mainstream. Even the dudes in NWA loved Summertime.

  • @Thelawncarenut
    @Thelawncarenut5 жыл бұрын

    Like hot butter on breakfast toast.

  • @bloodsugarsexmagik4594

    @bloodsugarsexmagik4594

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna use that phrase

  • @RavnerRavner
    @RavnerRavner7 жыл бұрын

    Q:Can you think of a stupider name than Beastie Boys? A:Foo Fighters

  • @DaPoopIsInDaPudding

    @DaPoopIsInDaPudding

    7 жыл бұрын

    RavnerRavner You don't know shit.

  • @mikefobfan101

    @mikefobfan101

    6 жыл бұрын

    RavnerRavner The germs the butt hole surfers limp Bizkit smashing pumpkins

  • @_black_bird

    @_black_bird

    6 жыл бұрын

    RavnerRavner I'm a Foo Fighters fan, a huge one, and I'm laughing at how these other guys don't get the joke lmao

  • @dawgyo4757

    @dawgyo4757

    6 жыл бұрын

    TERPS FAN 22 butthole surfers is a great name, and how exactly is smashing pumpkins a stupid name?

  • @ryanknight1350

    @ryanknight1350

    6 жыл бұрын

    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

  • @BIGERNMcCrack
    @BIGERNMcCrack10 жыл бұрын

    "It's like, we like hot butter on our breakfast toast and we also like def jam on it." Amazing.

  • @BT-oj1bn

    @BT-oj1bn

    6 жыл бұрын

    - Albert Einstein

  • @lonelyvariety

    @lonelyvariety

    5 жыл бұрын

    I read that as a rap verse

  • @TheRealBizWiz
    @TheRealBizWiz5 жыл бұрын

    *I was blessed to be a 90’s teen and see the Beastie Boys three times.* One of which was at one of the Lollapalooza festivals. They were one of the first artists I saw that were very politically and socially conscious. They moved away from the type of content they did in the very early days and evolved. It was cool getting to see them live.

  • @meatwoodflac4526
    @meatwoodflac45267 жыл бұрын

    that intro kills me "probaley"

  • @littlejimmyscumbag2551
    @littlejimmyscumbag25517 жыл бұрын

    The Beastie Boys are the only white rappers I have ever liked. They knew the true roots of the music (JAMES BROWN) and knew how to stay true to a genre of music but most importantly make hit records while staying true to the genre. A lot of people will either make hits or stay true to the genre but it's essential to do both.

  • @ferdinandndo8097

    @ferdinandndo8097

    6 жыл бұрын

    Little Jimmy Scumbag Man these days the majority of black rappers sucks, i listen white rappers that are really good, it's obvious that there are more good black rappers... but i think you just commenting with not know very much of rap...

  • @nasirmarcelandrews7653

    @nasirmarcelandrews7653

    6 жыл бұрын

    What about Em, R.A. the rugged man, Mc serch

  • @Abel-Alvarez

    @Abel-Alvarez

    6 жыл бұрын

    arguably Eminem hasnt been that great since the eminem show, MC serch is good and RA the rugged man is decent at best nothing too spectacular.

  • @jpw9012

    @jpw9012

    5 жыл бұрын

    White guy invented rap. Who? BOB DYLAN IN 1965 in the song Subturanean Homesick Blues. Check ch check check check check it out.

  • @algum.cara1

    @algum.cara1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nasirmarcelandrews7653 Eminem was great, but he's being in decline for a long time now

  • @TXUrbanHippy
    @TXUrbanHippy10 жыл бұрын

    when i get my chill, i'm chilly chill....

  • @Merely
    @Merely10 жыл бұрын

    can you imagine preferring Madonna over the beasties????

  • @f.demascio1857

    @f.demascio1857

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merely only if i misplace my brain.

  • @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn

    @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn

    6 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @l.tc.5032

    @l.tc.5032

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was the 80s Madonna was hot shit at the time.

  • @keianbrown8621

    @keianbrown8621

    3 жыл бұрын

    If that were today, it would’ve been Billie Eilish and OFWGKTA(if they were still together and edgy af)

  • @slurpee4203

    @slurpee4203

    3 жыл бұрын

    i like both

  • @Nick90sKid
    @Nick90sKid10 жыл бұрын

    RIP MCA

  • @N0TYourAverageJoe
    @N0TYourAverageJoe10 жыл бұрын

    Holly crap! "Rapper's Delight" quote @5:19!!! EPIC!!!!

  • @thatguy.4736

    @thatguy.4736

    8 жыл бұрын

    It is?

  • @ChestersonJack

    @ChestersonJack

    6 жыл бұрын

    Really? Hm

  • @rogerlmoore252
    @rogerlmoore25210 жыл бұрын

    Recursive backronym alert: In the liner notes to "Some Old Bullshit" they claimed that Beastie was an acronym for "Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence" . Incidentally, Kate Schellenbach of Luscious Jackson was one of those boys.

  • @scifikoala

    @scifikoala

    7 жыл бұрын

    If I had a band with a meaningless name and people were always asking me what it meant, I would start making shit up too

  • @Mike-kv5pl
    @Mike-kv5pl Жыл бұрын

    The Beasties Boys were one of a kind. What an amazing career they had.

  • @applejuice2515
    @applejuice2515 Жыл бұрын

    i love the beastie boys so much!!! they helped me get through so much

  • @matthewbittenbender9191
    @matthewbittenbender91913 жыл бұрын

    As a fan from the beginning, seeing them animated in this way makes me think that this band could've been "The Gorillaz" before they were a thing.

  • @garicrewsen1128
    @garicrewsen11286 жыл бұрын

    One of the best interviews I've ever watched. Been a fan since '87 and never seen nor heard of this. Good stuff. Great to listen to MCA's voice again in something new to me. Thanks for the upload.

  • @GrabThaMikeG
    @GrabThaMikeG10 жыл бұрын

    Wow with Madonna?? Never knew that. Call me ignorant. Great page, just subscribed

  • @calvinscheuerman

    @calvinscheuerman

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're ignorant, Sir.

  • @anthonyperez1698

    @anthonyperez1698

    6 жыл бұрын

    Calvin Lee coming in loaded

  • @DRC-of2ci

    @DRC-of2ci

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@calvinscheuerman you wouldnt say that to the mans face in public, so why say it on here?

  • @pp-pq2zb

    @pp-pq2zb

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DRC-of2ci It was a joke lol.

  • @odiewan67
    @odiewan6711 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. RIP MCA. We miss you.

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy56584 жыл бұрын

    AND THANK YOU BEASTIES! FOREVER IN MY HEART!

  • @giorgi89
    @giorgi897 жыл бұрын

    the bing bong brothers sounds stupider :D

  • @robertgomez7414

    @robertgomez7414

    7 жыл бұрын

    giorgia kelley I love bing bong bros.

  • @dantedracula5795

    @dantedracula5795

    7 жыл бұрын

    giorgia kelley damn you keyboard Warriors have tiny nuts cancer take em or ?

  • @Junebu99ie

    @Junebu99ie

    7 жыл бұрын

    Haha what?

  • @CoopHenderson

    @CoopHenderson

    7 жыл бұрын

    You. might. like .....

  • @watashiwanoodle4103

    @watashiwanoodle4103

    6 жыл бұрын

    This comment needs more likes

  • @nickherbst2074
    @nickherbst207411 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Love these guys. Looking forward to the next one.

  • @jpw9012
    @jpw90125 жыл бұрын

    FIRST RAP SONG? BOB DYLAN, 1965- "SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES"

  • @zerpumpkins9790

    @zerpumpkins9790

    4 жыл бұрын

    True 😂 our boy Bob can rap

  • @nightrous3026
    @nightrous30266 жыл бұрын

    That first song is one of my favs.

  • @Espolicious
    @Espolicious11 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this!

  • @ericasimpson1436
    @ericasimpson14363 жыл бұрын

    This was awesome

  • @houseofschwartz
    @houseofschwartz11 жыл бұрын

    this is so great

  • @blitz5055
    @blitz50557 жыл бұрын

    I love the Paul Revere instrumental

  • @EastTennesseePBS
    @EastTennesseePBS11 жыл бұрын

    So great! Thank you! We love sharing your videos.

  • @jeremevr6
    @jeremevr611 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS WONDERFUL!

  • @helenanderson6341
    @helenanderson634110 жыл бұрын

    love your videos/animations

  • @h2damfk
    @h2damfk11 жыл бұрын

    sooooo great. thanks for sharing. i cant believe it's been a year since MCA passed the mic to the afterlife. RIP you talented m&*%&#&r.

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy56584 жыл бұрын

    blank on blank thank you for your fabulousness!

  • @UhOhBlahh
    @UhOhBlahh11 жыл бұрын

    This is fucking amazing. Thank you for posting this!

  • @daveowens
    @daveowens5 жыл бұрын

    This series is brilliant.

  • @jonfcartwright479
    @jonfcartwright4797 жыл бұрын

    Clever & fun thanks!

  • @philyates7670
    @philyates76704 жыл бұрын

    Netty's Girl never fails to make me laugh.

  • @elizabethkingston7164
    @elizabethkingston71648 ай бұрын

    Awesome ❤️

  • @82086217
    @8208621711 жыл бұрын

    So awesome.

  • @Electrica990
    @Electrica99010 жыл бұрын

    YA DON'T PLAY SUCKER MUSIC. I love all music tho.

  • @willyboymega
    @willyboymega11 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!

  • @leoangelobio7066
    @leoangelobio706611 жыл бұрын

    SOUL HARDCORE B_BOY MUSIC....take notes kids!

  • @fobbitoperator3620
    @fobbitoperator36203 жыл бұрын

    I like these pencil drawn animated interviews. Y'all started a new culture style here on KZread!

  • @kpowers511
    @kpowers5114 жыл бұрын

    thank god for the beasties

  • @GaiaVedai
    @GaiaVedai8 жыл бұрын

    I really love your channel, and enjoy it a lot, but you have sync problems with the subs, which makes it so hard to watch them:( Please fix them!

  • @BlankonblankOrg

    @BlankonblankOrg

    8 жыл бұрын

    GaiaVedai yes. we heard you the 5 other times you mentioned it. watch the more recent episodes.

  • @GaiaVedai

    @GaiaVedai

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Already did`) I commented on the problematic one, so it'll be easier for you to know which ones are not in sync:)

  • @ronniebender3645

    @ronniebender3645

    7 жыл бұрын

    skchalivetlnd for real

  • @tristanjohns5288

    @tristanjohns5288

    7 жыл бұрын

    The reply was rude enough for me to unsub. Sorry, I just expect better from a channel like this.

  • @MATTMAN92ish

    @MATTMAN92ish

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure they are really hurt.

  • @totallyrealpussyslayer7122
    @totallyrealpussyslayer71226 жыл бұрын

    The only reason i like the beastie boy is because theyre not annoying in being super hard and angry

  • @amyargetsinger
    @amyargetsinger11 жыл бұрын

    Sad I have to wait another two weeks for the next installment!

  • @Mr-ep2qi
    @Mr-ep2qi10 жыл бұрын

    Rip adam

  • @BluemoonyGamingOtherstuff
    @BluemoonyGamingOtherstuff4 жыл бұрын

    Good to know they had some old musical influences like the Beatles

  • @Mars-
    @Mars-4 жыл бұрын

    Love the BEASTIES 🎉

  • @Lousson2695
    @Lousson269511 жыл бұрын

    Great work.....

  • @xthevortexknightx6356
    @xthevortexknightx6356 Жыл бұрын

    I think I know the venue they’re talking about! I know for a fact here at the Virginia Beach ocean front, there are actually laws about excessive profanity in a public place.

  • @BrianCostelloe
    @BrianCostelloe11 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed that!

  • @MITCHanalog
    @MITCHanalog11 жыл бұрын

    This is really incredible.

  • @mojoinsandiego
    @mojoinsandiego11 жыл бұрын

    "If you put on a James Brown record- you just know.....that's def" -Mike D (1985) Happy Birthday to the King of Funk. - 5.3.33

  • @MrPeanutToes
    @MrPeanutToes11 жыл бұрын

    I love the beastie boys!

  • @LisaMarlieMartinez
    @LisaMarlieMartinez10 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love Mikes cartoon.

  • @billclay1377
    @billclay13776 жыл бұрын

    The way we talk

  • @BenMcloogly
    @BenMcloogly3 жыл бұрын

    i grew up with these boys man

  • @mithras718
    @mithras71811 жыл бұрын

    I love the shoes on the phone wire.

  • @officialclownbusiness7788

    @officialclownbusiness7788

    6 жыл бұрын

    mithras718 "phone is ringin'. Oh my god..." Me: *picks shoe up to my ear

  • @bitterlee
    @bitterlee11 жыл бұрын

    That was my very first concert waaaaay back in the day

  • @bklyncrook
    @bklyncrook11 жыл бұрын

    A fan of your series. I wonder if you could do one with Bruce Lee's lost interview with Pierre Berton or the audition taping for The Green Hornet. I have a link to the video on Vimeo for your reference. Thanks!

  • @nolimeplease
    @nolimeplease11 жыл бұрын

    You did it here. Nice :-)

  • @vinayseth1114
    @vinayseth11148 жыл бұрын

    When they asked the interviewer for a stupider name, I was hoping he would reply with 'The Terrible Trio' or something lol.

  • @DonJuan-97
    @DonJuan-9711 жыл бұрын

    Make more!

  • @TXUrbanHippy
    @TXUrbanHippy10 жыл бұрын

    beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue....

  • @peytonwarren1936
    @peytonwarren19363 жыл бұрын

    This is right before License to Ill as well - that was a called shot

  • @chasezly
    @chasezly2 жыл бұрын

    "I don't have a car but, probably be something like that" "What if you had one, then somebody could drive it"

  • @funnyjewguy
    @funnyjewguy5 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. MCA Yauch

  • @bradbennett67
    @bradbennett6711 жыл бұрын

    if your a BB fan, you know all the good stuff. period. and what is your #1 song?

  • @zackadoodaloooo1066
    @zackadoodaloooo10663 жыл бұрын

    no sleep till Brooklyn is most likely their more popular song

  • @XavierIsraelMoreno
    @XavierIsraelMoreno11 жыл бұрын

    Come back to Asheville, NC asap

  • @TheShadowtrooper23
    @TheShadowtrooper239 жыл бұрын

    I know the first song is Paul Revere. Can anyone tell me what the other songs are please?

  • @andredmtr

    @andredmtr

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheShadowtrooper23 Tha last one is Hold It Now.Hit It

  • @stillphil

    @stillphil

    9 жыл бұрын

    TheShadowtrooper23 got SHAZAM ?

  • @de132

    @de132

    7 жыл бұрын

    In Order: Paul Revere by Beastie Boys, The New Style by Beastie Boys, I Feel For You by Chaka Khan, Slow Ride by Beastie Boys, (Hold It Now) Hit It by Beastie Boys

  • @EclecticoIconoclasta
    @EclecticoIconoclasta7 жыл бұрын

    ima get me a beastie boys tshirt

  • @lensperspective9753
    @lensperspective97537 жыл бұрын

    See the violence inherited in the system!

  • @antennamatique
    @antennamatique11 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @Drumzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    @Drumzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz10 жыл бұрын

    these are tight

  • @bestduelistever2374
    @bestduelistever23746 жыл бұрын

    I love The Beastie Boys

  • @ryanbaltierra8997
    @ryanbaltierra89973 жыл бұрын

    The Beatles of Hip Hop

  • @DeezNutz-pb5py
    @DeezNutz-pb5py7 жыл бұрын

    love the b boys! real flavor.

  • @Okayloserface
    @Okayloserface11 жыл бұрын

    Wahh RIP MCA :'(

  • @YawehthedragondogofEL
    @YawehthedragondogofEL6 жыл бұрын

    Tha Drizzilin Shits.

  • @alexmeldemetlukas
    @alexmeldemetlukas11 жыл бұрын

    What's def. love it.

  • @ghettobornghettoraisedmafia
    @ghettobornghettoraisedmafia10 жыл бұрын

    I'M EVOLUTION OF THE Beastie Boys!

  • @aRwuuuaaa
    @aRwuuuaaa11 жыл бұрын

    fuck yeah!

  • @idaho6533
    @idaho65336 жыл бұрын

    When someone asks your favorite rapper... and you say beastie boys... and they look at you like your a freak...

  • @freedommatters3176
    @freedommatters31763 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @mattr3873
    @mattr38734 жыл бұрын

    goats

  • @CaptainComposte
    @CaptainComposte11 жыл бұрын

    wow, this is like Animated Adventures with Rooster Teeth, only it's educational, cool

  • @rastapastrychief
    @rastapastrychief10 жыл бұрын

    classic.

  • @gregarious24
    @gregarious2410 жыл бұрын

    Rod Serling as interviewed by Mike Wallace (or anyone, really).

  • @kellyr.abston8062
    @kellyr.abston80628 жыл бұрын

    I AM DEF!!!

  • @bfandtesftw
    @bfandtesftw4 жыл бұрын

    im def after this video

  • @isaacvazquez7052
    @isaacvazquez70524 жыл бұрын

    this was used on bxby

  • @Peem_pom
    @Peem_pom5 жыл бұрын

    They weren't stupid, they're just really high. 🙌

  • @Aspartamebraintumor
    @Aspartamebraintumor8 жыл бұрын

    Stupid name: The Crapshoot Bros.