THEIR RECORDS

This is for me the most difficult part where to find similarities. Ive heard some people say that Paul's Boutique is Abbey Road and some stuff like that which i do not agree, the Beatles have more records so ill take the Beasties records and try to find there equivalent in the Beatles discography.
Licensed To Ill is: The first 2 records (Please Please Me and With The Beatles), they are more commercial and immature in my opinion, just like LTI. They are all great albums, but if you compare them to what was about to come, they look and sound inferior.
Paul's Boutique is: Sgt. Peppers. It is! Even if 'Rubber Soul' and 'Revolver' had already showed to the world what the Beatles were capable to do, it was with Sgt. Peppers that you couldn't deny that they were genious. Just like in PB, you can see how talented our boys are. Both records were very original and creative, and I think they have the same feel.
Check Your Head and Ill Communication are: The White Album, first of all, I think that CYH and IC are very similar, they have the same flavour and feel to them, so I think I could very well classify them as the White Album, being this one a double album and all. The reason? It has that demo feel to it and lots of songs from different styles living together in one big album.
Hello Nasty is: this is to me the most difficult one to find a similarity....but. if i had to choose i'd say Abbey Road, cause they are records who sound better if you listen them in full, as in the songs work better together and not separately. They also show the maturity level achieved by both bands. But, Abbey was the last Beatle album to be recorded, and Hello will not be the last Beastie album recorded.

WHO IS WHO?

This one is my favorite topic! I love to dissect who would be who in each band....Again there is a numeric difference so I chopped Ringo off. He was the one who didn't had much to do with anyone so I let him out....poor ringo.

So! I thought and I thought and I came up with these conclusions....

YAUCH is GEORGE. Cause they are both the quiet type, and from a very early age they were very dedicated to playing their instruments. The eastern culture had a deep impact on them, such impact that they both changed their lifestyle completely....they became less materialistic about things, an adopted a more pacifist outlook in life. They both also helped organize events to raise awareness of the poor situation in some countries (Tibet e Blangadesh).
MIKE is PAUL. Cause they are both the type who likes to control things. You can easily see how when it comes to business Mike is the beastie who releases statements and if you see some interviews from a couple of years ago, sometimes you could see that none of them wanted to answer the question, and Mike was usually the one who would then assume the position to answer it, and of course, he was the one who controled GR, Paul was a bit like that in the Beatles, and you can sense that till today when he gives interviews. Their wifes (Tamra and Linda) are a bit similar too, Tammy is a filmaker and Linda was a photographer, they have a similar physical type, and they are both very discreet persons. The two couples seem(ed) to be very much in love with each other.
ADAM is JOHN. Okay, think fast, if there is a picture of the beastie boys, who is the beastie making the funny face? The same apply to the Beatles. Not only that but there's a weird similarity of life facts that backs me up here...I'll mention just a few cause I could go on for hours... Their parents divorced when they were both very young, then their mother died when they were in their teens, soon after they got famous at a very early age, and they both got married in their early 20s, they lost their best friend (both were very young at the time), after less than 10 years of marriage they divorced. John married Yoko Ono, who is an artist and was very involved with politics and gave john a push, so he who previously didnt really spoke much about that and was famous for the funny lines he would drop in interviews became then more politically involved, but never really lost his humour touch. Well, Adam started dating an artist too, Kathleen Hanna, and maybe you can see the similarities for yourself, cant you?

 

As I said before, these are my opinions, as we really dont know them, and as each music feels one way to each ear, you probably disagree with me in some topics....but thats the whole fun of this all. Isnt it?

 


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