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Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
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On Episode 251, Niall gets the chance to talk about one of his favourite all-time records from his favourite band.
"Don’t try this at home on your dad’s stereo — only under strict hip-hop supervision.."]
Join Niall and Andrea to hear why Beastie Boys' fourth album from 1994 Ill Communication is one of the best around - with chat about how the band recorded and made it, where the put the Beasties in the context of their discography and their career, the artwork, B-sides, Adam Yauch's spiritual enlightenment, political activism through the Milarepa Fund and Tibetan Freedom Concert and how the band addressed their previous Licensed To Ill misogyny.
Ill Communication is defined by a melting pot of hip-hop, punk, jazz-fusion, flute samples, funk, rare groove records and Tibetan monk chanting.
Plus, the brilliance of 'Sabotage', the Letterman performance and the best music video of all-time?
And Niall reveals that his first ever website was a Beastie Boys one in 1999 that he made with his friend Ciaran.
This week's episode is a companion podcast to our Listening Party of the album in the Big Romance on Wednesday May 29th. Buy a ticket here to join us.
Show notes
- Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast
- Sabotage on Letterman
- Nialler's first website - A Beastie Boys site - Alright Hear This on the Way Back Machine.
Listen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
316 episoder
Manage episode 418683600 series 2462024
On Episode 251, Niall gets the chance to talk about one of his favourite all-time records from his favourite band.
"Don’t try this at home on your dad’s stereo — only under strict hip-hop supervision.."]
Join Niall and Andrea to hear why Beastie Boys' fourth album from 1994 Ill Communication is one of the best around - with chat about how the band recorded and made it, where the put the Beasties in the context of their discography and their career, the artwork, B-sides, Adam Yauch's spiritual enlightenment, political activism through the Milarepa Fund and Tibetan Freedom Concert and how the band addressed their previous Licensed To Ill misogyny.
Ill Communication is defined by a melting pot of hip-hop, punk, jazz-fusion, flute samples, funk, rare groove records and Tibetan monk chanting.
Plus, the brilliance of 'Sabotage', the Letterman performance and the best music video of all-time?
And Niall reveals that his first ever website was a Beastie Boys one in 1999 that he made with his friend Ciaran.
This week's episode is a companion podcast to our Listening Party of the album in the Big Romance on Wednesday May 29th. Buy a ticket here to join us.
Show notes
- Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast
- Sabotage on Letterman
- Nialler's first website - A Beastie Boys site - Alright Hear This on the Way Back Machine.
Listen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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