Beastie Boys - Gratitude 

The angriest song about being thankful ever written. Absolute masterpiece on every level.

There's never been a voice so perfectly suited to both punk and rap as Adrock's.

He may be gone, but this was my Dad's favorite song. I have some serious gratitude to the man who raised me.

Mike D is an underrated drummer. This is a crazy groove. Sabotage is another one.

Adrock is absolutely fucking killing it with his style and voice. Pure Rockstars these dudes. Rappers who can actually play an instrument are dangerous

One of the most underrated B-boys tracks of all time.

MCA playing that bass like a mother fucking boss of all bosses.

You know the Beasties are about to rock out when MCA grabs his bass and some bubblegum.

Good times gone, and you missed them What's gone wrong in your system? Things they bounce like a Spaulding What'd you think, did you miss your calling? It's so free, this kind of feeling It's like life, it's so appealing When you've got so much to say it's called gratitude And that's right Good times gone but you feed it Hate's grown strong, you feel you need it Just one thing, do you know you? What you think, that the world owes you? What's gonna set you free? Look inside and you'll see When you've got so much to say it's called gratitude And that's right

Listening to this on the 30 year anniversary of the release of Check Your Head. I remember when this record came out, it didn't get anywhere near the appreciation it deserved. Hopefully people can look back at it now and understand how unique and amazing it was especially when grunge music was all the rage at the time. Long live the Beastie Boys.

"What's gonna set you free? Look inside and you'll see" One of my favorite lyrics. Beasties!

That distorted bass is killer!

This was always one of, if not my favorite, Beastie Boys songs. MCA's bass just kills it. It makes the whole song. What a legend......RIP

Awesome track from one of my all time favorite albums. And the homage to Pink Floyd live at Pompeii makes me love these dudes even more.

I love that the Beastie Boys made the music that they wanted. Paul’s Boutique flopped, then they came out with Check Your Head which didn’t do well either. And now 30+ years later Check Your Head is finally getting recognition and Paul’s Boutique is a fucking CLASSIC.

The music video to this song is a homage to the 1972 concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

that bass line is heavy as fuck, and so is that organ. R.I.P. to the real music of my childhood.

50 years old and still rock this shit DAILY. RIP MCA

Throw the books away, kids, school is in.

AD Rocks facial expressions are golden.

The Beasties putting this out at the time, playing real instruments and still doing kick ass music proved a lot to people. They weren't just guys rapping to backing tracks they could actually PLAY. RIP MCA

This is like the perfect representation of the Beastie Boys - You got the rock, the hip hop, the punk and the experimental sides mixing into a perfect miasma of greatness. Good times have gone, hope you didnt miss them

It's possible that Adrock is stoned.

Props to the tasty organ at the end Money Mark not over-playing, just perfect outro. I wish they could've kept him in the band and done more albums.

Just 3 friends having fun with music - this sounds really good

They were so underrated. They didn’t have the best voices and they weren’t the best musicians but they have pulled me out of some really dark times. Much gratitude.

did anyone notice that this music video is a parody of pink floyd echoes at pompeii?

Exactly 25 years have passed, and this still sounds incredibly current.

Beastie Boys were audio chameleons. That's why I love them so much,you didn't know what you were getting from one album to the next. Miss you MCA. Thank you for the soundrack to my life.✌❤

I’m just going go to say it: I still miss Adam Yauch! Extremely underrated bassist

I always felt like this track was like the prequel to Sabotage. This was like the raw rap-infused punk funk, and Sabotage polished it up for the masses.

They filmed this in Rotorua, New Zealand. Went to their concert the week before they made this video in Auckland at the 1000 people capacity venue The Powerstation. Great show!

song still so damn good

Top 5 greatest group of all time. Thats counting any genre. Facts

십센치가 인정한 명곡.. 너무 좋다

That bass line though

That organ sounded amazing.

Check your head is still their finest record in my opinion.

I miss the days when this was our front-line reality. I can still get there, though, because of the awesome legacy these men left us, and left for future generations. Much love to 'em. Thanks for all of it.

Musically, they are at the top of their game here

The beastie boys are so sick, they are a rap group and a band, i love it! RIP Yauch

One of my favorite bands referencing another of my favorite bands. Such a classic

This brought a tear to my eye. Rest In Power MCA!

One of their many fine moments going back to the roots. As well as showing their instrumental skills...

One of the greatest, yet most underrated rock songs of all time.

nothing but love to you all. ✌️when you're in your teens you literally can't imagine things feeling any more intense than they do already, but it only gets deeper and realer as you grow older. this song grows truer and truer over time, in new ways i never thought, it blows my mind. keep listening, it's called gratitude. :)

The soundtrack of my youth till this day, RIP MCA I was so lucky to see the boys killing it live in Tel Aviv, one of the best shoes ever! Beastie Boys' music will live forever

remember when MTV used to play music?

RIP Adam Yauch. Two years. :(

Massivley underated bass riff in this.

Saw this at the Glasgow barrowlands in '95 the vibration of mca' s bass in this tune went straight through every part of me so strong I can still recall it.. Blessed I feel!

Maybe my favorite Beasties video. I love the homage to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii. And I also love the attention paid to the spinning Leslie amp during the organ solo. Nothing sounds as sweet as a spinning Leslie (unless it's TWO of them! ). And the song is a rocker.

Beastie Boys + Pink Floyd = Awesomeness.

Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head are their two best Albums IMO and I love this jam. Gratitude!

43 year old here.... its 2020 and this is still sick as fu..!!!! Its amazing how a song can take you places youve forgotten.

The Beastie Floyd

Man, Paul's Boutique is a masterpiece, but the fact that they went back to playing instruments in this album (and amazingly well), along wth the diversity and pure originality, makes it my personal favorite from them. And of course, it still sounds as fresh as ever.

This is my favorite Beastie Boys track.

Number one band in the world. Forever and ever.

Yep..Adrocks voice on this and MCAs basslines and Mike Ds rockin it with the drumsi but the keyboard player REALLY adds to it all.. FANTASTIC LOVE MY BEASTIES! ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!!

They're amazing coz they're just being 100% themselves! May we all aspire to arrive at that level of being ourselves!

How did they do this, They merged the energy of Punk, Rock and Rap into one song, Brilliant!!!

One of the sickest overdriven bass lines ever (thanks Nathaniel Hörnblowér). Up there with Jack Bruce's Apostrophe with Frank Zappa. Beastie Boys were not only hot to trot on the mike, they were accomplished musicians. That's why they lasted so long. They supposedly had one-hit wonder written all over them after licensed to ill, but (beastie) boy, how wrong were the haters.

Beastie Boys have such a wide range of music from Punk to Rap and even some dope Funk

One of the greatest bands ever, so many lyrics and amounts of talent musically

Killer video for all of its analog equipment, from the cameras shooting the footage, to the instruments. Song rips, too.

These guys are /were the greatest. I love the pink Floyd inspired video...😆👍🏻(echos) live at Pompeii. The beastie boys reminds me of pink Floyd a lot. Both are brilliant and creative with their music.

I love watching Adam Yauch chew gum while he plays bass.

I miss this band so much. Much of my teenage years and beyond are set to BB songs in my heart and mind, always.

Adam Yauch, chewing gum, playing that fuzzy bass line like an absolute badass though.

Those Pink Floyd amps/speakers are legendary... #RIPMCA❤️🕊🕊

Punk, rock, rap? This is is a great band

I think everyone remembers where they were and what their life was like when this album hit... I was living in Colorado in 1992 with this cassette in the Walkman jumping off cliffs and skiing backcountry slopes and partying all night long in ski lodges .... OMG... TAKE ME BACK PLEASE!!!

I reckon Ad-Rock looks like a young Deniro here.

I like to think that they were actually playing live in this video, amps cranked up to a ludicrous level and drums as hard as possible.

Utterly sublime. RIP MCA...Love these guys. B.Boys!!!

The 90s are defined by incredible music. There was no techknowledgey it was pure.

this song is so good. Why is this song so good? Must be the energy right?

I'm grateful for this song, the Boys, and all of you beautiful people !

I swear to Goddess, I put this freakin' track in the middle of my Salsa parties and NOBODY ever notices; they just keep dancing. This shit is so funky is unbelievable!!!

Love to the Beastie Boys. You're pure magic. RIP MCA.

That bass at the start gets me everytime

Gone but not forgotten. Thanks for this one Boys. 🤘❤

The Whole sound is incredible

Butt-Head at 1:37 “If I had a face like that, I would like be pretty cool”

What have we got here? A rap/punk/rock group paying homage to an influencer, Pink Floyd. A Hammond organ played through a Leslie speaker. Vox amps (Pink Floyd and another band called the Beatles used these a lot). Fender jazz bass played through a fuzz tone (Paul McCartney did this a lot back in the day). Snare drum tuned to produce a sharp “crack.” Man the beastie boys had one foot in history and the other foot years ahead of their time. I hear what would come later, audioslave, limp bizkit, kid rock, rage against the machine... but the beastie boys did it first. Been a fan since Licensed to ill dropped back in ‘86 but never appreciated their genius, hard work, and raw talent until I’ve seen their influence. I have a newfound love the beastie boys, truly beasts at the beat Miss you MCA ✌🏻

I was manic when I first heard "Check your head" and loved it. I bought the audio tape from a shop selling bootleg tapes in Turkey, I wish I had bought it from somewhere more legitimate so that the proceeds made it back to the rightful artists now. The music and wisdom touched me in a very profound way. Thanks for the music and memories, you inspire me to respect those who deserve it.

I remember how all my friends loved License To Ill...but when Paul's Boutique came out they did not understand...but i did. Thanks guys for a lifetime of music.

Before Nu Metal ever existed, There were The Beastie Boys!!!

you can't get enough of beastie boys

The is the phattest bass line and even doubles as a solo that almost sounds like a guitar solo even though it follows the same rhythm pattern with some sick variations thrown in. MCA is just killing it on this song and when the others join in and do their thing it's just the funkiest, heaviest, coolest sound with great lyrics. As a bass player myself, I just love this song and can't stop playing it every few days. The Beasties were so bad ass from start to finish. I'm terribly sorry I never got to see them live. Every video I see of them live it looks like a party and everyone can't help but get into them and jamming to their grooves and lyrics.

mca always achieved such a killer tone with his fender jazz basses, a great player he was

This is actually greatest possible tribute to PF. I used to love PF while a teenager, BB really does it justice, what they did was pure art because it was not shallow hip hop much more underneath. I am not even fan of them but love it so much, love it, love it.

*Good times gone!!!* 🎶

2:40 - always knew the "4th Beastie" was a bloody roo - good on ya mate! XD

Forgot how bad ass this tune is. MCA had such killer bass riffs.

Yes folks! The Beasties actually can play instruments! This track is bitchin!!

There is no shortage of great beastie boys tracks

My best times of my life are with the Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys were out of this world. They still are, r.i.p. MCA