Adam Yauch Remembrances: Wolf Blitzer Edition
Beastie Boys' "Fight for your Right" is blasting from @ wolfblitzercnn's office right now! #MCA
— Eric Weisbrod (@EricWeisbrod) May 4, 2012
Everyone is so sad about the death of the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch from cancer today, just everyone. Wolf Blitzer is playing that song. Wolf Blitzer is playing the Beastie Boys, in his office. Usually someone dies in his or her 40s and most people say "that's sad," but some people say, "meh, that person did things I didn't like or had politics that were different from mine, so good." That's always so grating. But everyone is miserable about this death. It's comforting.
You all can now share your Beastie Boys nostalgia experiences, in the comments. I am SPLIT BETWEENPaul's BoutiqueandCheck Your Head,personally. Here's a live performance of a song from neither of those albums:
I'm too old to have been a full-on Beasties fan (I was 39 when Licensed to Ill came out), but when I hear their tracks I'm always impressed by the inventiveness. Also, it took a fair amount of chootspa to make it as a white rap group, such as.
It's sad when anyone dies young. At least, in the Jewish tradition, MCA won't be entirely gone for a long while.
Also, who gives a fuck about Wolf Blitzer's playlist?
My man MCA had a beard like a billy goat.