I loathed "You've Got to Fight (For Your Right to Party)". Hated it. Frat bullshit. Hated that mesh of hard rock with rap. Hated everything about the Beastie Boys from that first album.
Then, after they faded from view, literally three years later, watching VH1 of all things, there they were with a rotoscope video...something so different from that first album. They were so good!
Honestly, I love CheckYour Head better than Paul's Boutique, but Paul's was an epiphany. It is akin to liking the Pixies Doolittle more than Surfer Rosa... Surfer Rosa was the game changer.
Listening to it right now... it has a confidence, a joy, and "what the fuck" attitude.
The Beastie Boys defined a certain vein of cool. I love them. Miss them.
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