Saturday, January 24, 2015

The Beastie Boys' "9th Symphony"

I'll never forget my buddy reviewing Paul's Boutique for our high school newspaper and giving it a B- after we listened to it ONCE on my turntable and agreed that, while WAY better than Licenced to Ill, it still wasn't THAT great...

Of course this record would later change my life completely... expanding my taste in music exponentially...

And ever since that "missed connection" that was the first time I heard Paul's Boutique (Seriously, how could I MISS those "Funky Snakefoot" snare rolls that set off the second track, "Shake Your Rump" like a pack of firecrackers??), I've often thought, If only my buddy had kept that original, quad-gatefold pressing of the LP...

Oh well, recently, having thought that I'd seen everything related to my favorite Beastie Boys record, I discovered this:  a visual companion to Paul's Boutique!!

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