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> From: Stimpson[SMTP:stimpson@total.net]
> Reply To: Stimpson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 2:49 PM
> To: Blkwallst1@aol.com; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: The Beasties
>
> Ok, I thought I could manage to stay out of this one, but I can't.
> Beasties
> an 80's and 90's version of the Beatles. Beasties a more creative
> Beatles?
> ARE YOU INSANE???!!! The B-boys are a pop act, and a good one at that,
> but
> to even try to compare their achievements to those of the Beatles is sheer
> insanity. The Beatles sell more records now, years after the fact, than
> the
> Beasties do in their prime. They were miles ahead of the B-boys in terms
> of
> songwriting, arrangements, musicianship, and everything else under the
> sun.
> While the Beastie Boys may be covered in the future by a few bands, as all
> bands are, their influence will never come close to that of the Beatles.
> Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Luciano Pavarotti,
> Burt Bacharach, BB King, and the list of superstars go on who have paid
> tribute to the Fab Four, and they ain't even pop artists in the rock n'
> roll
> sense of the word!! I ain't the world's biggest Beatles fan, but you
> just
> gotta have ears to recognize the songwriting genius of Lennon and Mc
> Cartney. Have the Beastie Boys written their "Hey Jude", "Imagine" or "A
> Day In A Life" yet?? No, and I'd guess safely that they never will.
> Don't
> get me wrong, I own all of the Beastie Boys records (as compared to one
> Beatles record) and have seen them live numerous times, but to compare
> their influence, even if only within the limits of rap, to the Beatles, is
> sheer insanity. They ain't even in the same stratosphere. Where the
> Beastie Boys may one day contribute significantly to the way hip-hop is
> recorded, the Beatles have and will continue to influence musicians in
> every
> concievable genre of music. If we have to talk about influential bands of
> our generation, I'd say Nirvana (for their songwriting) will be remembered
> down the line way before the Beastie Boys will, but I guess that's another
> thread.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blkwallst1@aol.com <Blkwallst1@aol.com>
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 7:13 AM
> Subject: Re: new beasties
>
>
> >In a message dated 98-07-28 16:26:21 EDT, you write:
> >
> ><< I also think the fact that the Beastie
> > Boys are white have contributed to much of their fame, fortune, and
> > critical acclaim. Sorry to bring it down to that, but in this case I
> think
> > it's a matter of calling a spade a spade... Actually, maybe you're
> right,
> > they are like the Beatles of the 80s and 90s...
> >
> > gordon
> > >>
> >It's a sad, but true statement....they introduced rap to an audience that
> >never would have listened to a Run DMC, or LL Coool J (at least not back
> in
> >the day), or any of the other rap pioneers. Radio stations that wouldn't
> >touch rap, because in their own words, it was "too black", were
> clamouring
> to
> >play Beasties singles. Don't get me wrong, I think they are an
> incredible
> >group and deserve much credit because of their creativity, but we've seen
> this
> >sort of thing happen over and over and over.....again, its just that this
> >time, the grop actually has some talent.
> >
> >You make a good point, maybe then, they are the Beatles of the 80s and
> 90s.
> >Only the Beasties are more original and creative (uh-oh, did I just start
> >something?) than the Beatles were when they became so incredibly popular.
> >
> >Well, those are my two cents.
> >
> >Greg
> >
>
>