The Dead Celebrity Thread - Page 104

Oh, goddammit. I would have sworn I'd heard he'd pulled through the worst of it. Fucking shitty of you, universe.

Man...MCA...that took my by surprise. I mean, I knew he was sick, but now a Beastie Boy is dead. What a world.

So fucking young.

Fuck.  

This one hurts.  

First Levon, now MCA. Motherfucker.

I'm sure some will say it was sabotage.

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Originally Posted by Lightning Slim 

I'm sure some will say it was sabotage.

Only if they're an insensitive moron.

and yet, Ted Nugent is still alive.....

this universe can be a fucked up place at times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evA-R9OS-Vo

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Originally Posted by t3cii 

 

Only if they're an insensitive moron.

Just cracking wise. I'm genuinely saddened by this news, he was a great musician.

Wait a minute, you came into a "Dead Celebrity" thread and you're shocked at a too-soon joke? Is it only some celebrities that get the schadenfreude treatment? Is there a list?

Man..........................................................................this just sucks.

A great musician, an important activist and a pretty decent filmmaker too. Dude directed videos, movies and had his own production company. So sad.

Living in a world where the Beastie Boys no longer exist is gonna take some getting used to. It really is the end of an era.

With MCA's longtime involvement in the Free Tibet movement, I look forward to hearing the Dalai Lama's response to this.

Yeah, Oscilloscope is an incredible company, I hope they stay afloat after this. A tough loss.

I had no idea his company distributed We Need To Talk About Kevin, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Meek's Cutoff and more. Christ, now I'm even more depressed.

This week sucks

Devin's eulogy:

http://badassdigest.com/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-mca-of-the-beastie-boys-is-gone-but-will-never-die/

Just heard this on the radio coming back from The Avengers. Radio was playing "Girls" and I was like "Shit, Licensed to Ill never gets airplay anymore," and then the DJ said "We're playing that in memory of..."

Me: "FUCK YOU, DON'T EVEN SAY IT"

"...Adam Yauch, who has passed away."

"FUCK."

Then they played three other Licensed tracks.

What can I say, man, these guys were the soundtrack of my late high school years and Paul's Boutique is a masterpiece.

Whole months of my college years were spent with Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique thumping in the school paper's office. These guys were pioneers. He will be missed.

You know what's terrific but always gets dismissed or overlooked? Hello Nasty. Paul's Boutique is their seminal masterpiece, but I always loved how ambitious Hello Nasty is. 

Yup yup yup.

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Originally Posted by Greg Clark 

You know what's terrific but always gets dismissed or overlooked? Hello Nasty. Paul's Boutique is their seminal masterpiece, but I always loved how ambitious Hello Nasty is. 

Fucking solid from beginning to end.

Goddamn, fucking sucks that Nathaniel Hornblower is dead.

Yeah, Hello Nasty is a fantastic album. Had that thing on endless repeat in '99. Paul's Boutique gets a ton of love (rightfully so) but Check Your Head is the one that really turned my head. So much good stuff on that one. "So Whatcha Want" is epic.

Beaks drops knowledge and pays his respects (love closing out with this "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" lyric: "MC for what I am and do/The A is for Adam and the lyrics true")

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55490

Paul's Boutique is their best. Check Your Head is my favorite. But Hello Nasty is no slouch either. 

Well this certainly sucks. Now I'm going to have to take out my cd of Ill Communication and check out my Criterion dvd of the Video Anthology. The Beastie Boys were so great. Still remember listening to and watching the video of "Sure Shot."

Really sad. I didn't know about all his extracurricular activities, and really, who doesn't love the Beastie Boys?

Goober's going to be pumping gas in the afterlife.

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/55254887/68471542/George_Lindsey_known_as_Goober_Pyle_dies

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Originally Posted by Art Decade 

Living in a world where the Beastie Boys no longer exist is gonna take some getting used to. It really is the end of an era.

 

With MCA's longtime involvement in the Free Tibet movement, I look forward to hearing the Dalai Lama's response to this.

Yep.

I've been digesting this one the last couple of days. This ones really hurt.

One third of my favorite and I think possibly the greatest ever hip hop act is gone, drawing the curtain on the last and longest serving act from the golden era of 80's rap and one of the most consistently creative, interesting and just fucking cool musical acts I'm ever going to see.

It's funny the celebrity deaths that really get to you, but then, never underestimate the power of the musicians that gave you a soundtrack to your life.

So long MCA, so long Beastie Boys. The world became significantly less awesome this weekend past.

R.I.P. MCA. I was never a huge Beasties fan but certainly had an appreciation for them, and this just fucking sucks.
 

I was not previously aware that Yauch was co-founder of Oscilloscope Laboratories, one of the few independent feature film distributors currently worth a damn. Thanks for Exit Through the Gift Shop and Meek's Cutoff, in particular.

Three days later and I'm still bummed about this.  And I rarely get bummed about a celeb passing.  Rocking Hello Nasty at work right now. 

One of my favorite MCA moments was after 3rd Bass TRIED to start some sort of rap fued with them, MCA snapped back with this nogget from Professor Booty:

So many wack m.c's, you get that T.V. bozak
Aint even gonna call out your names cuz ya' so wack
And one big oaf, who's faker than plastic
A dictionary definition of the word spastic
You shoulda' never started something you couldn't finish
Cuz' writing rhymes to me is like Popeye to spinach
I'm bas ass, move ya' fat ass, cuz your wack son
Dancing around like you think your Janet Jackson
Thought you could walk on me to get some kinda' walk
I'll pull a rug out from undereath your ass as I talk on
I'll take you out like a sniper on a roof
Like an m.c. at the fever in the d.j. booth
With your head phones strapped, ya' rocking rewind pause
Trying to figure out what you to do to go for yours
But, like a pencil to a paper I got more to come
One after another you can all get some
So you better take your time, and meditate on your rhyme
Cuz ya' shit'll be stinking when I go for mine
And that's right y'all
Don't get uptight y'all
You say shit when I bite, when I write y'all
And that's wrong y'all
Over the long haul
You can't cut the mustard when fronting it on,it on

And that was it.  Game over, 3rd bass. 

I made this post and playlist to try and honor MCA. I tried to make it as eclectic as possible, to underline just how much growth and maturity they had over the years. Punk, hip hop, funk, jazz, bossanova, country, folk, these guys did it all. I also tried to include songs with sick Yauch verses, like one of my personal favorites, "Stand Together" from Check Hour Head.

Like to see Hello Nasty getting some love. That and Ill Communication are my favorite albums by them, which isn't a popular opinion.

Maurice Sendak. Damn it.

Not to make light of it but Spike Jonze has gotta be bumming, what with MCA and now this.

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Originally Posted by Martin Blank 

Maurice Sendak. Damn it.

 

Not to make light of it but Spike Jonze has gotta be bumming, what with MCA and now this.

I have the sudden need to move Bjork and Charlie Kaufman into an underground bunker.

...and just a few months after Sendak's brilliantly hilarious interview with Stephen Colbert.

Once again, here it is. It's well worth watching:

Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report part 1

Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report part 2

I will probably post this in the Music Thread as well, but I've been listening to DJ Mick Boogie's recent mixtape of the Beastie Boys entitled Grand Royal. This tape dropped before MCA's death and has an insane amount of unreleased tracks, remixes, and live stuff! It's free if you wanna grab it.

Really shocked about his death.

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Originally Posted by Art Decade 

...and just a few months after Sendak's brilliantly hilarious interview with Stephen Colbert.

 

Once again, here it is. It's well worth watching:

 

Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report part 1

 

Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report part 2

Thanks for that. Managed to miss it like a witless imbecile.

"It's free if you wanna grab it."

And this!

"I have the sudden need to move Bjork and Charlie Kaufman into an underground bunker."

LOL - I notice you didn't include Sofia Coppola.

Vidal Sassoon, dead of an unspecified illness at the age of 84.  Wash, rinse, no more repeat.

Surprised no one said anything about the passing of James Isaac. He directed Jason X and Skinwalkers, and worked on the FX for films like eXistenZ, Gremlins, Enemy Mine, Naked Lunch and House II. He was 51. Cancer.

Vidal's vitals are idle?

It looks like someone in Heaven can expect a makeover tonight!

BEFORE Vidal Sassoon

AFTER Vidal Sassoon

Look at that shine!

Caroll Shelby, designer of some of the coolest American cars ever made, has died.

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Originally Posted by Martin Blank 

Maurice Sendak. Damn it.

This hit me hard. :(

A hero of mine through and through.

Donald "Duck" Dunn, 70.

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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm 

Donald "Duck" Dunn, 70.

 

         

ah FUCK.  FUCKFUCK FUCK.  The man was amazing at delivering a solid groove.