are we forgetting the musical genius of brass monkey!!??
(a joke.)
joe, boston
on a serious note, i agree with you about it being very difficult to
compare beatles and beasties. I wouldn't call the beatles musical
geniuses, however. They wrote incredible pop tunes (should we dare
enter the realm of pop?) but they were far from brilliant. It was more a
matter of being well marketed and having a good ear for music.
Correlations I can see drawing between the two:
1.)Both entered the scene similarly: into a field that a:was already
being established, and b:was being established by a different kind of
person (for the beatles they entered the american pop scene, for the
beasties, they entered the "black" rap/hiphop scene) both paved their
way and made great names for themselves in these fields
2.)Both decided to get creative and made really "different" music after
they were well established in their field. It's interesting how they
were both heavily influenced by the concepts of peace, eastern ideas,
and eastern music.
3.)Both artist groups held to their roots even while exploring new kinds
of music.
4.)Both comprised of a group of people that were incredible friends. I
know the beatles had their differences, so that is arguable, but I think
their friendship really pushed their tours along well. The beasie boys,
I can only assume they are great friends by the fact that their little
group hasn't experienced any change (as far as my limited knowledge can
tell, anyhow) and in fact continue to give each other props in every
single song to this day.
so i don't think you can totally knock it when someone says the beatles
and the beasites have a lot in common. saying the beasites are a
modern-day beatles, though... that really sounds like putting the
beatles on a pedestal (which they are on) but i'm not totally convinced
they were more musically talented than the beasties are today. i think
the beasties are probably better musicians. and with their instrumental
tracks, probably write more complicated pieces than the beatles
(themselves, not their producers) ever did.
interested to know what y'all think
joe, boston.
p.s. let me know if that email was just too damn long.