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Beastie Boys Take On Bush With First Song In Five Years (New Morons for the Enemies List)
MTV "News" ^ | March 11, 2003 | Jon Wiederhorn, with additional reporting by Gideon Yago

Posted on 03/11/2003 10:11:00 PM PST by Timesink


Beastie Boys Take On Bush With First Song In Five Years

03.11.2003


Beastie Boy Mike D

Photo: MTV News

"You just look at the TV and see this guy who’s supposed to be representing us and it just feels ridiculous." -- Beastie Boys' MCA
 

Following a recording hiatus of nearly five years, the Beastie Boys have been driven out of hiding by the need to comment on the scary state of the world.

In the middle of a New York writing and rhyming session for their next album, MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D hammered out a song called "In a World Gone Mad" and posted it on their Web site.

"We all got to a point where we felt like, we’re in this room in New York, we’re looking at each other every day, and we really felt compelled to speak our minds on what exactly we see happening right now," Mike D said.

The up-tempo song, which features a simple rhythm and rudimentary samples, has the old-school feel of a Run-DMC track. The buoyancy of the beats contrasts with the lyrics, which criticize the Bush administration's eagerness to attack Iraq: "You build more bombs as you get more bold/ As your mid-life crisis war unfolds/ All you wanna do is take control/ Now put that Axis of Evil bullsh-- on hold."

"None of us feels very comfortable with what Bush is putting forward and the way that Bush is representing the United States, and I don’t think he represents us," MCA said. "We just felt like if we do have an opportunity to put some ideas out there that a few people might hear, then we should do that. I mean, you just look at the TV and see this guy who’s supposed to be representing us and it just feels ridiculous."

The Beasties may have been driven to create "In a World Gone Mad" because they felt like Bush was turning a deaf ear to the screaming voices of anti-war protesters, but they said they were also motivated after hearing rumors that artists were discouraged from mentioning the Middle East conflict during the Grammy Awards. After so much disinformation, the Boys decided some old-school learnin' was in order.

"The majority of people out there seem to link September 11 and Iraq," Mike D said. "It seems to me that the government hasn’t really put any evidence out there. There hasn’t been a compelling case linking the two, so I think it’s really important to separate them."

-- Jon Wiederhorn, with additional reporting by Gideon Yago

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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Warning: The following WILL MAKE YOU VOMIT!

Beastie Boys

"In a World Gone Mad"
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Beastie Boy Mike D on why the band recorded "In a World Gone Mad"


Beastie Boy MCA on our Commander-in-Chief



1 posted on 03/11/2003 10:11:00 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Timesink
Who are the beastie boys and why should I care?
2 posted on 03/11/2003 10:12:41 PM PST by Brett66
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Okay, the video links don't seem to be working right. Just look for them in the middle of the right-hand column on the linked page.
3 posted on 03/11/2003 10:15:00 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Brett66
Their fans could just download their music from the Internet instead of buying it. But that would be wrong.
4 posted on 03/11/2003 10:17:24 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ( ;)
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To: Timesink
Just another band on drugs.
Have any of them served their country??
5 posted on 03/11/2003 10:18:24 PM PST by ATCNavyRetiree
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To: ATCNavyRetiree
Someone ought to tell these guys just who really is "fighting for their right to party."
6 posted on 03/11/2003 10:20:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Honestly...the Beastie Boys are so "passe" these days who really cares?
7 posted on 03/11/2003 10:24:10 PM PST by paltz
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To: Timesink
The Beastie Boys? Gee, can't wait to hear what Dexy's Midnight Runners have to say about the war.
8 posted on 03/11/2003 10:24:34 PM PST by zook
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To: zook
Or Men Without Hats.
9 posted on 03/11/2003 10:25:13 PM PST by zook
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To: Timesink

"You just look at the TV and see this guy who’s supposed to be representing us and it just feels ridiculous." -- Beastie Boys' Pansie Boys MCA

Uh... MCA (Major Clownish Agitprop)...That 'just feels ridiculous' you describe is called YOU ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT in the 21st Century, MR. GOOFY EARS.

Oh yeah...YOUR "MUSIC" STILL SUCKS.

10 posted on 03/11/2003 10:26:09 PM PST by Knuckle Sandwich Combo
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To: Timesink
"The majority of people out there seem to link September 11 and Iraq," Mike D said.

And the Beatsie Boys and co are smarter than the majority of the people out there and know for a FACT that there is no linkage?

The US should topple Hussein just in case there a link, because he supports terrorist suicide bombers in Israel and is allied with our enemy, islamonazi terrorists.

The Beastie Boys are a bunch of rich middle aged men with God complexes.

Fury signifying nothing.

Murder Riot Fight, hope the building crumbles on your head.

11 posted on 03/11/2003 10:26:11 PM PST by Rome2000
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To: paltz
They were cool in the late 80's.

Pretty irrelevant these days though.
12 posted on 03/11/2003 10:27:35 PM PST by Sabretooth (Cant wait for MPPA to pass in MN.)
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To: Rome2000
I seem to remember back in the 80s they said all that same crap about Reagan.
13 posted on 03/11/2003 10:27:58 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Timesink
"Beastie Boys take on Bush"

Mmmm, that looks like a line for a lude poster.

14 posted on 03/11/2003 10:29:37 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: Sabretooth
EECH! I remember seeing them when they played with Metallica in San Diego in 1994. I wonder how James Hetfield could've possibly controlled himself as to not slapping these punks in the heads yelling, "Shut the f**k up!"

Most everyone in the audience seemed like they wanted to do it as well.

15 posted on 03/11/2003 10:33:43 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
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To: zook
Lol I just was gonna ask about that kinda wondering what flock of seagulls thinks of North Korea geez those guys gotta be in their 40's by now. Wow fourty something white rappers should sell millions.
16 posted on 03/11/2003 10:34:47 PM PST by Leclair10
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To: Timesink
MTV does have a poll worth freeping:

Is time up for Iraq?

On Friday, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix reported yet again to the Security Council on his latest findings in Iraq. Based on what he had to say, do you think the U.S. should launch a war on Iraq?

Current results:

Yes, no more second chances for Iraq. 

 62%

No, the longer the inspections go on and the more Saddam disarms, the more time the U.N. has to arrive at a united course of action. 

 38%

17 posted on 03/11/2003 10:35:17 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Timesink
"You just look at the TV and see these sorry guys who are just 'musicians' spouting venom on foreign policy and the war on terrorism and it just feels ridiculous."
18 posted on 03/11/2003 10:35:35 PM PST by E=MC<sup>2</sup>
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To: RandallFlagg
A liberal straight out of Dumb and Dumber central casting. They always seem to to have that slack jawed look, don't they?
19 posted on 03/11/2003 10:36:04 PM PST by goldstategop
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To: dfwgator
Oh dfw you are correct they would bash Reagan senseless but then again Ronnie won two landslides and thats when the beastie boys actually sold out places. Now I don't think they could fill a 7-11.
20 posted on 03/11/2003 10:37:24 PM PST by Leclair10
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