Growing up when I did, the Beastie Boys to me were one of the best bands out there. To this day I am still a huge fan, and always will be. Being originally from New York like they were as well is an extra bonus. The passing of band member MCA (real name Adam Yauch) put a damper on things yesterday for any fan of the band. While the group itself may have come to an end, the spirit of the band lives on with its fans. To honor Mr. Yauch and the rest of the boys, these are my top 10 favorite Beastie Boys songs, in no particular order:
1) So Whatcha Want? I love this song! One of my favorite videos from when I finally got regular access to cable and to MTV.. you know when they actually DID still play videos there.
2) Brass Monkey of course! And it's not just because I collect monkeys now... I love this song!
3) Sure Shot I remember when I first got the album this was on (Ill Communication), I immediately loved this song. This here is probably my favorite one by them, actually.
4) Intergalactic Another song whose video I saw on MTV (yeah, they were still showing videos at this point)... I was excited to go grab the album it was on when it came out!
5) Sabotage Who DOESN'T love this video?!?
6) Fight For Your Right To Party! I mean, anyone who grew up in the 80's like I did knows this song, the video, and absolutely LOVES it!
7) No Sleep Till Brooklyn Rock and rap together... sure it had been done before, but these guys put it together so well!
8) Get It Together A live version of this song... I love this song. A collaboration between the beasties and Q-tip.
9) Alive Found on their Sounds of Science compilation, a song by them (which new at the time) was an awesome find.
10) Root Down Another classic song.
