Beastie Boys on Being Stupid | Blank on Blank 

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

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.

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.

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

PBS never stops impressing me

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.

Like hot butter on breakfast toast.

*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.

that intro kills me "probaley"

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

RIP MCA

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.

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

That first song is one of my favs.

Awesome. RIP MCA. We miss you.

AND THANK YOU BEASTIES! FOREVER IN MY HEART!

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

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

I love the Paul Revere instrumental

this is so great

This was awesome

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.

love your videos/animations

Thank you for this!

the bing bong brothers sounds stupider :D

blank on blank thank you for your fabulousness!

Netty's Girl never fails to make me laugh.

This is fucking amazing. Thank you for posting this!

Clever & fun thanks!

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!

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

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

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

THIS IS WONDERFUL!

Rip adam

I really enjoyed that!

This series is brilliant.

This is really incredible.

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.

Great work.....

thank god for the beasties

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

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

I love the shoes on the phone wire.

THANK YOU!

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

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

I absolutely love Mikes cartoon.

I love the beastie boys!

Love the BEASTIES 🎉

"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

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!

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

So awesome.

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

i grew up with these boys man

That was my very first concert waaaaay back in the day

The way we talk

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

no sleep till Brooklyn is most likely their more popular song

Make more!

You did it here. Nice :-)

Come back to Asheville, NC asap

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

Awesome ❤️

ima get me a beastie boys tshirt

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

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

R.I.P. MCA Yauch

See the violence inherited in the system!

these are tight

2:39 3rd Bass?

love the b boys! real flavor.

I love The Beastie Boys

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

this was used on bxby

How about Going To Valhalla?

what the song at the beginning

The Beatles of Hip Hop

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

Can someone let me know the gorgeous song at 3:20

What's def. love it.

I'M EVOLUTION OF THE Beastie Boys!

so did they actually coin the phrase "Def Jam"????

yes

Cool

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

They were right, on the album that happened after the tour had fight for your right

They grew up just how they should have is what I heard and they expressed their livelihood in their rap

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

Wahh RIP MCA :'(