![]() Check Your Head brought new grooves to the table, some jazzy, some funky, some punky, all with live instrumentation. (Of course, License to Ill was the first.) The difference between those two albums was so vast. Check Your Head was the second Beastie Boys album I owned. The Alchemist’s Heady Topper and Check Your Head Classic!Ĭh-Check It Out- it’s Heady Topper! Heady Topper is my favorite beer of all time, hands down. Without further ado, here’s Beastie Boys and a six pack. They were artistically interesting enough for the music and art kids, fun enough for the jocks, and could rhyme for the hip hop kids. When I was growing up, Beastie Boys had this universal appeal. Sorry, no Brass Monkey here, but plenty of other beers to fit your Beastie Boys catalog from License to Ill to Hello Nasty. Summer’s just about here, so pop a Beastie Boys cassette in the boom box, lace up your golf shoes, and crack open a beer because it’s time for Beastie Boys and a Six Pack. From the bratty kids of License to Ill, to the underdog masterwork of Paul’s Boutique, to the live instrumentation of Check Your Head, the Beasties were constantly evolving. Unlike many bands of the era, they were constantly reinventing and pushing themselves forward. It was heartfelt, fun, and informational, all wrapped up together.īeastie Boys to me were a group that always delivered. It’s two hours of history, reminiscing and musings by the two living members at a live audience taping. The newly released, Beastie Boys Story on Apple + was one new show I did not want to miss. From The Last Dance to Waco, TV has been something to look forward to. Just like most of the population out there, good television is one way that I’ve been coping with the life-altering pandemic. Christian Slater's character explains this when he introduces it on the air saying, "Now here's a song from my close personal buddies, the Beastie Boys.a song that was so controversial they couldn't put it on their first album".Kick it! It’s time for Beastie Boys and a six pack. The song was cut from the Beastie's Def Jam album Licensed to Ill after being deemed too explicit. Although the song appears only briefly in Pump Up the Volume, it is notable because it never appeared in any official release, however is available on hard to find bootleg recordings. Not as prominently featured is a legendary early track by the Beastie Boys entitled "The Scenario". "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." by Ice-T is played on a boombox outside of the school by some boys. ![]() Also present in the film but absent from the soundtrack are "Hello, Dad, I'm in Jail" by Was (Not Was) from their 1988 album What Up, Dog?, "Fast Lane" by Urban Dance Squad from their 1990 album Mental Floss for the Globe, "Weinerschnitzel" by The Descendents from their 1981 EP Fat, "Love Comes in Spurts" by Richard Hell and the Voidoids from their 1977 album Blank Generation, and "Talk Hard" by Stan Ridgway, the original version of which has never been released (though Ridgway has released a live version of the song). The song is "If It Be Your Will" from Cohen's 1984 release Various Positions. Another Cohen song appears briefly when Mark is talking about Malcom's suicide on the air. Although Cohen's version serves as the theme song for Mark's ( Christian Slater) pirate radio program during most of the film, he opens his final broadcast with the Concrete Blonde cover that appears on the soundtrack. The original, upbeat version of "Wave of Mutilation" appears on Doolittle, the third studio album by Pixies, while the UK Surf version was a B-side for a single from the album, " Here Comes Your Man".Ī number of songs prominently featured in the film did not appear on the officially released soundtrack, including the original version of "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen, which appeared on his 1988 album, I'm Your Man. Concrete Blonde revisited "Everybody Knows" on their 2003 album, Live in Brazil. Peter Murphy's exclusive track was later included on a special reissue of his 1988 album, Love Hysteria, while Sonic Youth's song appeared on their 1990 release, Goo.Īn earlier version of Soundgarden's "Heretic" appears on the 1985 Seattle band compilation album Deep Six. "Stand" by Liquid Jesus is a new version of the 1969 song by Sly & the Family Stone. The Cowboy Junkies' contribution to the soundtrack is a remake of a Robert Johnson song, while the Bad Brains and Henry Rollins track is a cover of the MC5 anthem "Kick Out the Jams". The official soundtrack release had eleven tracks. ![]() Music being central to the plot of a film about a young pirate radio station DJ, the soundtrack featured a diverse number of artists. The album peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard 200 chart. ![]() It was released on Augthrough MCA Records. Pump Up the Volume (Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to Allan Moyle's 1990 comedy-drama film Pump Up the Volume.
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