The best Beastie Boys song is...

[Dannñ B]

"Cooky Puss."

[AAlgar]

:nonono2:

[TheKraken]

"Cooky Puss."

You fail!

[St.-]

you kids today know nothing of best songs let alone a decent top five.

[AAlgar]

You know, they're my all-time favorite band and I don't think I could pin them down to a single song. But it ain't Cooky Puss.

[Dannñ B]

:nonono2:Cooky Puss, I want to speak to Cooky Puss, man!

[james michael]

whatcha want?

[PeterSparker]

the correct answer is 'Jimmy James'*









*or possibly 'Egg Man'

[TheKraken]

Cooky Puss, I want to speak to Cooky Puss, man!

"Yo, I'll house you, where's Cooky Puss at!?"

You still fail...

[AAlgar]

the correct answer is 'Jimmy James'*'

Have you heard the anthology version, with the Hendrix samples that they couldn't clear for Check Your Head?

[Dannñ B]

"Yo, I'll house you, where's Cooky Puss at!?"

You still fail... A Cooky or a Puss then. Cooky chick, anybody man, I want to speak to them!

[AAlgar]

A Cooky or a Puss then. Cooky chick, anybody man, I want to speak to them!

You know, he's not talking to you when he says "I'm talkin' now, B."

Chances are you weren't even born yet. :?

[Dannñ B]

You know, he's not talking to you when he says "I'm talkin' now, B."

Chances are you weren't even born yet. :? Released 1994. Recorded early 80's though.

[AAlgar]

Released 1994. Recorded early 80's though.

No, RE-released 1994. I had the record that was originally on at some point, consarnit.

[Dannñ B]

No, RE-released 1994. I had the record that was originally on at some point, consarnit. The original EP? Old!

[Susan BANthony]

Released 1994. Recorded early 80's though.

I had it on EP back when I was in junior high.

I'm thinking the best song is something off of Check Your Head, but I can't narrow it past that.

[TheKraken]

A Cooky or a Puss then. Cooky chick, anybody man, I want to speak to them!

It's "Cooky O'Puss." YOU DOUBLE FAIL!

[AAlgar]

Fuck, I can't even do a top 5. There's just too much goodness.

I will say I got all tingly when they played Gratitude live.

[Dannñ B]

It's "Cooky O'Puss." YOU DOUBLE FAIL!Okay, Adrock.

[TheKraken]

I have a friend who, since before I met him, has randomly quoted the bit "A cooky puss -- HEY!" for no reason. His wife never understood what the fuck he was talking about until yeeeeears after they met when we were all in a car together and some one put that CD in. It was amazing, watching the realization hit...

[Susan BANthony]

I have a friend who, since before I met him, has randomly quoted the bit "A cooky puss -- HEY!" for no reason. His wife never understood what the fuck he was talking about until yeeeeears after they met when we were all in a car together and some one put that CD in. It was amazing, watching the realization hit...

Colin and I often sing "take me home and eat me -- YEAH!" to each other.

[TheKraken]

Okay, Adrock.

The King Adrock, that is my name, y'all drinkin' Moet and we got the champagne!

[PeterSparker]

Have you heard the anthology version, with the Hendrix samples that they couldn't clear for Check Your Head?

Yup, very cool.


and on a related note, I'm a big Hendrix fan myself, and there was a bootleg release years ago that had Jimi starting a song in the studio then stopping suddenly to ask the engineer to adjust the volume in his earphones, but he instead calls them his eargoogles then starts laughing. I always assumed thats where MCA got that term, which he uses in at least two Beastie songs. i.e. "Strap on my eargoogles and I'm ready to go" I always liked MCA even more after making that connection.

[AAlgar]

The King Adrock, that is my name, y'all drinkin' Moet and we got the champagne!

True story: A friend and I got thrown out of the 7th grade talent show for lip syncing that song. Well, specifically for the lewd gestures he made during the "whiffle ball bat" bit.

I was 11. I didn't even know what the hell he was doing! :?

[PeterSparker]

True story: A friend and I got thrown out of the 7th grade talent show for lip syncing that song. Well, specifically for the lewd gestures he made during the "whiffle ball bat" bit.

I was 11. I didn't even know what the hell he was doing! :?


MCAA ?

[Beta_Ray_Bryan]

Oh man I love me some Beatie Boys. Gotta go back to Liscensed to Ill. Everything else is just gravy on those potatoes.

I also agree that I cannot pick a favorite song by them. The whole body of work is too good.

[dimeshop]

the correct answer is 'Jimmy James'*









*or possibly 'Egg Man'
I'm not sure if I agree, but I think both of these choices are superiour to cookie puss

[greg donovan]

Oh man I love me some Beatie Boys. Gotta go back to Liscensed to Ill. Everything else is just gravy on those potatoes.

I also agree that I cannot pick a favorite song by them. The whole body of work is too good.

i agree. i cant think of a bad beastie song.

license to ill blew my little 5th grade mind.

i used to wake my wife up to brass monkey cranked to 11. what an awesomely stupid song.

i really like intergalactic.

[SteveFlack]

"Shadrach"

-Steve!

[Beta_Ray_Bryan]

i agree. i cant think of a bad beastie song.

license to ill blew my little 5th grade mind.

i used to wake my wife up to brass monkey cranked to 11. what an awesomely stupid song.

i really like intergalactic.

It's funny because Brass Monkey is the only Beastie Boys song I'm tired of hearing now. But that's because it got overplayed. In fact, it still gets overplayed. A local radio station does a 5:00 blastoff and that song is played regularly on it. Really a shame as it's a great song. I just can't take hearing it anymore.

[TIP]

The original EP? Old!

It was originally released in 1983 and, while an interesting moment from their extremely early years, it's merely eh as far as great Beastie songs go.

T
(IMO naturally :wink: )

[CapnChaos]

Don'tcha let the beat....




























DROP!

[Happy Time Harry]

Shake Your Rump.

End of discussion.

[TIP]

Shake Your Rump.

End of discussion.


Definitely top 5 or 10 for me.

T

[Randy Hassan]

I'm a "Hey Ladies" man.

[Chinaski]

I love "looking down the barrel of a gun" or "rhymin and stealin" those songs fucking rock, how could you not love a song that samples "sweat leaf" and "when the levee breaks" at the same time. The only sample that comes close is Ice T mixing "black sabbath" with "when the levee breaks".

Id also be willing to put almost any of their instrumentals. "the in sound from way out" is such an awesome compilation album.

[Albert]

Shake Your Rump, Hey Ladies, Sure Shot, Get It Together, Pass the Mic, Slow and Low...those are my top, uh, 6?

[Jef UK]

Egg Man

[TIP]

'Year and a Day' in 'B-Boy Bouillabaisse' from PAUL'S BOUTIQUE is a strong contender for one of my faves.

T

[dimeshop]

Seeing a lot of Paul's Boutique tracks in this thread. Sounds of Science is definetely up there for me.

[Gregory]

Egg Man

Winnah.

[nihilance]

True story: A friend and I got thrown out of the 7th grade talent show for lip syncing that song. Well, specifically for the lewd gestures he made during the "whiffle ball bat" bit.

I was 11. I didn't even know what the hell he was doing! :?
But that quote was from "Hold it Now Hit it" and the whiffle ball bat bit is from "Paul Revere".

[AAlgar]

But that quote was from "Hold it Now Hit it" and the whiffle ball bat bit is from "Paul Revere".

It's true. I am shamed.

Come to think of it, I don't listen to Licensed to Ill much these days.

[DaGetHighKnight]

Shake Your Rump.

End of discussion.

Yeah, thats a hot one!

[DaGetHighKnight]

Seeing a lot of Paul's Boutique tracks in this thread. Sounds of Science is definetely up there for me.

ROPA-DOPE! another hot one!

waitaminute... isnt that the same song?

[~Hernandez~]

"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" is by far!

[Jef UK]

Also: Sounds of Science.

"Droppin' science like Galileo dropped the orange!"

[mario]

Sabotage!