Line #26 YMMV/BeastieBoys


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: While the Beasties insist that ''Licensed To Ill'' was a StealthParody, some still take the material seriously and wonder if the official explanation is a ParodyRetcon (the boys ''were'' big partiers at the time, and were known to perform with a giant inflatable penis onstage). We might never know for sure.
2	* AngstWhatAngst: In the "Triple Trouble" video, the boys are pretty blasé about having been [[spoiler: kidnapped and held captive by the Sasquatch for six years.]]
3	* BrokenBase:
4	** ''To The 5 Boroughs'' has a very split reaction. Some fans found it a good return to form, others found it forgettable.
5	** Their old hardcore punk material is either great or crappy, depending on who you ask.
6	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
7	** Opening for Music/{{Madonna}} on one of her earlier tours. The interaction between the fanbases was...interesting.
8	** The short film for "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" with Santigold certainly qualifies. A marionette adventure! The plot of the video is: [[spoiler: the Marionette!Beasties are pursued by a {{Determinator}} unnamed commando who is inexplicably anti-Beasties. The commando ambushes the Beasties at a concert, who promptly escape into a snowy forest. The commando and his troops attack the Beasties; all but the commando are killed. The dead troops return as zombies to come after the Beasties, who are unexpectedly rescued by a Yeti. The Yeti flies the Beasties off by helicopter, which is then shot down by the commando. The Beasties parachute safely into an ocean. Mike D is then attacked by a shark, but rescued by the return of Santigold, who was on stage during the concert at the beginning. The Beasties and Santigold, inside a submersible, then take out the commando and his next wave of troops by firing missiles at them. As the Beasties and Santigold escape, the commando emerges from the water, still bent on revenge.]]
9	** Possibly "5-Piece Chicken Dinner" on ''Music/PaulsBoutique'': a CountryMusic interlude (sampled from ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'', no less) in the middle of the album, sandwiched between [[IntercourseWithYou "Hey Ladies"]] and [[RapMetal "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"]].
10	** The "Triple Trouble" video provides a unique explanation for the band's six-year hiatus after ''Hello Nasty''—[[spoiler:they were kidnapped by the Sasquatch and held hostage in his cave. After they insult him at an awards show, he proceeds to Mapquest directions to their location and re-kidnap them right out from under Mix Master Mike's nose.]] It only gets weirder from there.
11	* EpicRiff: Pretty much all of their songs have at least one.
12	* EvenBetterSequel: ''Music/PaulsBoutique''.
13	* GrowingTheBeard: They started growing some beard on ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' (and in MCA's case at the time, literally), and finished the job on ''Check Your Head.'' By that point, they'd long shed the frat boy persona they made their name with, and their immense musical ambition was readily apparent.
14	* HarsherInHindsight: The remix of "Too Many Rappers" found on ''Hot Sauce Committee Part Two'' substitutes MCA's verse from the original single, released before his cancer diagnosis. [[TearJerker It's not hard to see why]]:
15	-->''Yo, I been in the game since before you was born''
16	-->''I might still be [=MCing=] even after you're gone''
17	-->''Strange thought, I know, but my skills still grow''
18	-->''The 80s, the 90s, 2000s, and so''
19	-->''On and on until the crack of dawn''
20	-->''Until the year 3000 and beyond''
21	-->''Stay up all night, and I MC''
22	-->''[[Music/{{Nas}} And never die, 'cause death is the cousin of sleep]]''
23	* HilariousInHindsight: As of ''Hot Sauce Committee'', [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Beastie Boys have eight albums]].
24	** Back in the [=80s=], when the boys were picking up steam, a fairly popular novelty song called "Star Trekkin'" came out. The B-Side, which used the same beat and cadence as Star Trekkin', albeit modified to be a mockery of ''Licensed to Ill's'' beats, was a massive TakeThat towards the boys' style of rapping, calling them disgraces to rap and hacks. Through the years, though, the boys consistently put in references to Franchise/StarTrek--and come the reboot, Kirk's a fan of the boys themselves. And the band's music is highly regarded in the 23rd century (at least in the reboot timeline).
25	--->'''Dr. [=McCoy=]:''' Is that ''classical'' music?\
26	'''Spock:''' (''subtly bobbing his head'') Yes, Doctor, it would seem to be.
27	* MemeticMutation: For their song "Mullet Head", the Beastie Boys made fun of people with a contemporaneously popular haircut by calling them mullet heads, a term meaning stupid or foolish. They ironically coined a name for said haircut, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut) mullet]].
28	* MisaimedFandom: While a lot of their songs (especially their earlier material) were meant as a parody, quite a few people wound up taking them seriously. For example, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" was meant as a spoof of party songs but ironically became a big hit among the people they were making fun of. Of course, there are some who know it's a parody [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales and use it as a party song anyway]].
29	* OneSceneWonder: Mike D on "Paul Revere".
30	-->''"I'm Mike D and I get respect''
31	-->''Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect"''
32	* SignatureSong: Originally "Fight for Your Right", now it's probably "Sabotage" and "Intergalactic". Maybe "Hey Ladies."
33	* SoBadItsGood: "Dedication" ended up on ''Hello Nasty'' because the band themselves found it laughably terrible- the entire song is just Mike D ListingCities for two and a half minutes over a messy psychedelic funk jam.
34	* SoOkayItsAverage: ''To the 5 Boroughs'' met this reception from fans, although quite a few critics loved it.
35	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Your mom threw away your best porno mag" might be the funniest line from "Fight For Your Right", but it's also the most dated, as the proliferation of online porn since the turn of the millennium has driven porno mags into extinction.
36	* VindicatedByHistory: ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' didn't sell as well as ''Music/LicensedToIll'', but it's still regarded as their masterpiece.

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