Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up

[BigSKINBauer]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

No, I just meant it's crazy how quickly you grow up, and people not knowing music from your childhood is a stunning barometer for indicating that. Just wait 5 or 10 years when someone asks you like who Linkin Park is and you'll see what I mean.

I still think the most people 13-21 know who they are and their music. Even my jaw dropped when earthquake asked who they are. Many of their songs are still played on the top radio stations daily. I know you were just giving an example but for the sake of discussion, i get the impression that they were much bigger than linkin park is today. I could be wrong that is just my impression.

no offense to earthquake ofcourse, i am just saying.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

I still think the most people 13-21 know who they are and their music. Even my jaw dropped when earthquake asked who they are. Many of their songs are still played on the top radio stations daily. I know you were just giving an example but for the sake of discussion, i get the impression that they were much bigger than linkin park is today. I could be wrong that is just my impression.

no offense to earthquake ofcourse, i am just saying.

Yeah I would say Beastie Boys were bigger than LP. At least in iconic terms. BB broke new ground and are considered top innovators. They're on the list of bands who shaped the sounds of the last 2 decades. As popular as LP is I don't see them nearly in the same light.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

I still think the most people 13-21 know who they are and their music. Even my jaw dropped when earthquake asked who they are. Many of their songs are still played on the top radio stations daily. I know you were just giving an example but for the sake of discussion, i get the impression that they were much bigger than linkin park is today. I could be wrong that is just my impression.

no offense to earthquake ofcourse, i am just saying.

Yeah, I don't really know jack about LP other than that the kiddies seem to like them. They did sell 600K copies of an album in one week this year, which is unheard of in a post Itunes world.

BUT.....

The Beasties were one of the truly transcendent groups of their time, and PB and Check Your Head rank as two of the representative classics of that era, imo.

EQ, you really should check out their old stuff. If you like Hiphop but you don't like it, then you sound like the kind of person who would eat the Beasties up.