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RIP, MCA: Supercut of Adam Yauch opening lines from every single Beastie Boys song

Xeni Jardin at 1:02 pm Tue, May 8, 2012

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[Video Link]. An excellent supercut memorial. (via Andy Baio)

 
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Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • ehdubkay

    most annoying tribute ever

    • http://twitter.com/davidtuckisgay Kevin

      You obviously haven’t heard the Coldplay tribute yet.

  • Mister44

    Sweet. The Beastie Boys were unique and they will never be the same with out MCA :o( Not usually too bummed about famous people passing – but I am in this case.

  • milkman

    That’s too much even for people with ADHD.  But I can appreciate the thought.

  • phlavor

    You can hear his voice get rougher over the years.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1247842954 Tom Henthorn

    Damn, memories… I used to listen to Check your Head, Licensed to Ill and  Hello Nasty all the time when I was a teenager, but I haven’t listened to any of them in over a decade… but I remember so many of those songs. I need to go download those 3 albums again.