Beastie Boys HD : American Bandstand - 1987

[@dharvell]

I love how they're not even hiding the fact that they're lip syncing.

[@Zero8880]

Since they weren't aloud to sing live, they treated the performance like a high school talent show and it's amazing 🤣

[@dlpnrmp1212]

D.J. Hurricane just standing there rubbing records back and forth with no needle on wax. LOVE IT

[@michaela.c.2097]

Is that Hurricane or is it Dre?

[@dlpnrmp1212]

@@michaela.c.2097 Hurricane , Dre is and was a bit shorter and (no offense) wider.

[@GodWeenSatan]

Scratching when there is no Scratching in the song lol

[@roy_for_real2674]

I'm sad for him

[@angeleye1998]

That audience acted like, they didn't know they had a right to party.

[@joemartin1253]

This was something new at the time.

[@ericasaldivar7650]

this is borderline performance art

[@jstead22]

With choreography like this... this is why they are the top Boy Band ever. Kids you put in the work rehearsing your dance steps, maybe you can reach this success.

[@carlostheegr81]

Choreography?!?! This is slam dancing this is punk. That shit comes naturally.

[@garyskadra5236]

Obviously you don't get it. They were never some boy band that was manufactured. The Beasties paid their dues. Boy bands don't write their own songs like the Beasties did.

[@jstead22]

@@garyskadra5236 "Obviously you don't get it..." 🤣🤣🤣

[@bperk3253]

They danced like that and stopped singing into the mics at some points in protest because they were forced to lip sync with a backtrack. None of their instruments/dj equipment or microphones are live lol

[@nathansyupp1137]

THOSE PEOPLE WERE DEFINITELY NOT READY FOR THAT! Lol even the back up dancers didn’t know what to do

[@dustanglx50]

I love the way MCA deliberately made it obvious they where lip syncing. They where making fun of there own performance, during there performance.

[@GP-ff8en]

Just like Sure Shot video and the bullshit mic that's made outta plastic

[@dacypher22]

A lot of groups showed visible disdain for being forced to lip sync back in these days and before. A lot of the rock groups would purposely be playing the wrong chords on their guitar to signal to other players that it was a farce. Gary Numan hit a spin at the mic on Top of the Pops but didn't make it back around to the mic before the lyrics kicked back in (at the same time laughing about it) all while his keyboard player was staring hollowly into the camera, never looking down at his keyboard and the 2 keys he was pressing over and over.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

were their

[@mwara2444]

Assuming the studio did not have all the audio technology required for a live band. There are famous clips of even Freddie Mercury having to lip sync. And everybody knows he has chops.

[@christophercharlesonelifetime]

PIL did that on some TV show in Japan haha

[@PrisonMike-]

I can't believe American Bandstand was still on when the Beastie Boys started.

[@stephenanastasio8057]

Whenever music drastically changes , at first it is way misunderstood-- thus the beastie boys rock on

[@southfromtexas2527]

I'm still listening in 2020

[@drlock978]

They were the opening act for Madonna,s 1985 The Virgin Tour. June 8th,1985 Radio City Music Hall. 17.50 Mezz Row E Seat 305 Saturday eve,8.pm.

[@acb9896]

I took a dump at 2:23 pm, got on the 781 Bus to 125th St station, beat off in front of a blind chick, got off at 15th Ave, got a slice at Rays and sold the last ticket I had and bought some smack. Yeah, I remember, too

[@susanma4899]

"You ask your mom please...." What a polite young man.

[@Mythical444]

It’s funny the Beasties acted like frat boys at first but they are secretly musical geniuses that put out some of the best music in history hence Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head.

[@bobbycowper2915]

I stop listening to anything after check your head. just didn't have the hip hop feel that pauls and ILL had.

[@bazookajoe6760]

best music in history lmao

[@KeatDaSneak]

That’s maturing you ass hat. You probably started as a twat and ended up a “DJ”.

[@tachycardia2224]

@@bobbycowper2915 Hello Nasty did nothing for you in that regard?

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

@@bobbycowper2915 Hello Nasty was definitely hip hop, listen to The Move

[@mrHoppedupford]

American bandstand was which a great show use to watch it every Saturday.

[@MsPatriotfront]

The irony is, here is an act that actually understands the ridiculousness of Bandstand

[@nevrock1]

1985 - Tried to get my HS buddies to drop $50 for a bus ride and tickets to see Madonna in Chicago. Beasties opened for her but no one was interested. It was pre-L2I. That came out two years later and was played at every party I went to my freshman year of college.

[@specialse]

Never gets old ....

[@robertlemuel1577]

rip adam

[@unapprovedtruth7116]

@Adam Malec wrong Adam

[@noahb.6592]

The beastie boys hated the song because it became a frat boy song when it was made to make fun of frat boys

[@Chaz16]

Not at this stage they didn’t hate it. Was only a year old. They dancing around like idiots cause they were made to lip sync.

[@jinglebellssantasmellsssssd]

​@@Chaz16you saw it on reddit too huh

[@Chaz16]

@@jinglebellssantasmellsssssd haha. Maybe… lol

[@lynnpehrson8826]

They we're making fun of themselves to some extent. They just grew out of it.

[@CamV28661]

Wish they actually sang it live. Thank god their appearance on Joan Rivers still exists. Such legends

[@TitoRigatoni]

Yeah, they were live on Letterman too

[@seeingeyegod]

yeah what was up with that shit, like they wouldnt let them actually do their thing?

[@KissMyBiscuits]

No one sang live on AB.

[@informant2331]

When they were on AB it reminds me of this religious dance class I went to years ago. You were to dance around this huge room...any way you felt, to all types of different music. It was awesome.

[@joemartin1253]

This is iconic.

[@gerald7148]

Freshman in HS at Mather in Chicago on California and Peterson! Ha ha ha! We're B boys in red suede Puma's w/ fat laces. Man, those were the days!

[@MikelGCinema]

They were soo ahead of their time...

[@reasonablefacsimile]

Holy shhh it took me a second to realize MCA was picking up a dancer and not an inflatable doll. (Either one would be in character for that era!)

[@TheKorfish]

They're rappers but they dance like punks. Awesome.

[@chauncyfill-ups7613]

David Sadowski because they originally were a punk band

[@DirtCheapFU]

Rick Rubin adjusted their style by steering them into a more hiphop sound from their original ska-punk style. When they branched out after DefJam you would see it coming back. I even like the subpop-esque sound they would take after they moved east. "Instant Death", "Picture This" and my alltime favorite chill and cruise track from any artist. "I Don't Know". Hello Nasty is my favorite album of all time, because of the variety.

[@joeldukes303]

Ian-Devon Lewis cheers bud, Hello Nasty was their apex. I enjoy everything in its entirety, License to Ill through Hello Nasty....

[@51515123]

They would never had let the B-Boys do this live. That was probably the one condition of being on the show so, they acted as crazy as they could without having their mics live. You could tell they were making a huge joke about it. They were throwing their microphones around to each other like baseball's 🤣

[@CharlesBrown-yd1xw]

Awesome band

[@Terrybryk]

LOVE U GUYS

[@sublime88sublime]

Very Very few musicians EVER performed like on American Bandstand. Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis are the only people to ever perform live as far as i know.

[@Red4350]

live*

[@gonzaloreyes8782]

Funny performance😆👍

[@redemptorsaturnus2015]

whoever said white boys can't dance obviously missed this spectacle

[@slapiro]

white jewish boys.

[@Lady_Firefly]

Right.. Lmao 🤣😂🤣

[@OJIkski]

Those guys have a nice fun with the playback track…Tripped!So Alive!Show me now someone like this in Music industry?

[@thearchive4109]

Doesn’t seem like their kind of crowd lol

[@miclocherrydinglecherry6658]

Talk about being ahead of your time.. noone there was ready for the revolution the bestie boys were about to place on the music world

[@Alwhite1929]

I love when they are singing into the bottom of the microphone, lol

[@julienicolazzo5145]

They are THE BEST!

[@carlostheegr81]

This shit goes so HARD. Slamming Punk and metal and rap. And MOST importantly, NOT giving a FUCK. YES please.

[@carlostheegr81]

These foos were another life form. To just go from punk to that and NOT let go of their punk roots at that time!?. That shit goes hard asf. Ima westcoster forever but they went hard. Much respect

[@surgery6862]

Right when I went Into.the mill delayed entry prog such a huge song !! Wow

[@andsoitbegins464]

Hard to believe these guys were just three nice little Jewish boys. They were awesome and so much fun!

[@MrMarvelous1973]

This is great

[@HOWYOUDOIN884]

Love you guys so strongly

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

R.I.P. MCA.

[@juanperez1340]

Musical geniuses!

[@mariagavin6256]

Beastie Boys rule!!!!

[@maxcohen13]

lol... they gave zero fucks during this.

[@allendracabal0819]

Actually, I counted and they gave three fucks during the entire performance. Close to zero, though.

[@michaelburke7742]

Zero fucks given right here.

[@alfiehorovitz1709]

Man I didn’t realise they knew I was lip sinking

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

American Bandstand and Dick Clark wasn’t ready for them. Lol

[@chiefcrowtheflatearthworms3259]

Best boy band ever

[@a.b.s_productions]

Wow the audience/dancers weren’t ready for them.

[@chrisisom992]

Kind of like Marty's guitar solo in Back to the Future.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

@@chrisisom992But their kids were gonna love it!

[@the420mega]

MCA was a rebel 👌🤘

[@lewesleyacklin1408]

New york citys finest🍻🍻!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BigPoppa23]

Good video! ✌️

[@OwenL2020]

It's crazy! Ah! AAHHHHH!!

[@theempire00]

Lmao they just fucking around

[@reider0608]

This could be someone’s big 💭 dream.

[@DomFalance]

Hmm. 1987, This would put it towards the tail end of the ABC run.

[@landrykkb]

Dom Falance Yes indeed!

[@retroguyretail1976]

1/2 hour guess mtv killed that back then

[@jonnidematteis1753]

RIP

[@Groovetube714]

Yes in deed

[@anthonyesquivel-t4v]

the camera men were not prepared, lol

[@sublime88sublime]

AAHHHHH!!!!

[@surgery6862]

Ml boys!!!

[@messyfilms6325]

Got this on cd when it came out and me and my sister blew out the speakers on our huge tape/cd/record player. We played it loud enough so we could hear it at our friend’s house about 6 houses down from us 😂

[@patrickhennessey5656]

Cassette tape, cd wasn’t available then,

[@messyfilms6325]

@@patrickhennessey5656not true at all. CDs were most definitely available.

[@messyfilms6325]

@@patrickhennessey5656I like how some young kid is trying to tell ME what I had. 😂lol

[@patrickhennessey5656]

@@messyfilms6325 I’m forty-five

[@messyfilms6325]

@@patrickhennessey5656 embarrassing that you don’t know simple things then

[@stephengarcia5915]

Most artists did lipsync on American Bandstand. Even in the 50's on up.

[@phadde]

If you are going to say ‘flirtation with punk’, say it like that!

[@tommydub1281]

Was that Guillermo from the Jimmy Kimmel show in the front row

[@lxdesign1]

haha.... back in the days of lip sync'd performances... but these guys are awesome.

[@aidanmagill6769]

Up there with Nirvana on TotP.

[@frankiejames650]

I remember when this aired. The Beasties were very inspirational for a white kid in the projects.

[@fasteddie777666]

LIP SYNC

[@anononomous]

WHAT REALLY?! 2:28 😂

[@remo2196]

REALLY????!?!?

[@tomasrios1903]

omg really

[@DarthHater100]

Yeah, but that DJ scratching is legit af.

[@cap1njimbo]

Ad-Rock using the wrong end of the microphone is a nice touch.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

The Tigers Woodses of rap.

[@jstead22]

From 0:12 to 1:20... what the heck is going on with that AB audience, who are these people, why are they there? I'll bet they really loved this artistic choreographed presentation of the hit song.

[@johnnyballenatl]

jstead22 This was from the syndicated “Dick Clark’s Golden Greats” in 1988, which featured some classic performances from Dick Clark Productions’ vaults (including Bandstand).

[@Ephbaum]

This song actually wasn't intended to be a 'party anthem'. They were actually making fun of party people.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

+Ephbaum You're fuckin' kidding me!!! Holy shit..and to think...all these years I was in the dark dead of night

[@nashs69on]

Yup, these dudes were ahead of their time with music parody and no one knew it back then it's crazy. That's why all their albums after that were the best

[@theempire00]

Ephbaum source?

[@scottm8579]

no

[@joeldukes303]

Anybody who buys this line of bullshit is as gullible as they come... get real kid

[@johnpierce2095]

Who's the old folks in the audience

[@Exotic3000]

I'm really glad they didn't 'lip sync'.

[@duckbrew]

3:10 Gramma zat you??!!

[@retroguyretail1976]

I wish this was on bandstand when it was the full hour they coulda done another song

[@antoineemory6772]

it was on a hour i recorded this on my vcr when this first aired an i still have it. reason they didnt do anotha song they started actin an ass an tore up all tha mics.

[@utkgrad101]

Why are all the old dudes in the audience??

[@laurenchristianna2092]

Potential sugar daddies. 😊

[@pmpdx]

FN nuts

[@rebelgreen2398]

That's so funny. Beastie Boys making a mockery of the "live" performance. The actual song is a mockery of frat boy antics. It was never meant to be taken seriously.

[@SA1isSWANSEA]

"hard core punk rap scene"

[@abelesser69]

Saw them open for Madonna VIRGIN tour. ..They were booed the whole time on stage

[@davidlopan7633]

I think this was waaay to X rated for A.B.

[@shanestreeter2906]

lol lol them first slam dance but realy slow if metal head you no what I mean

[@stephen300o6]

Who's the stiff?

[@TheJKDGuy]

💪❤️👍

[@soulfulgardener]

No one in the crowd knew what to do with that, polite clapping. Hell no! Get in the pit and mosh around! Hang bang a bit already

[@nicholas6081]

So looks like they were forced to lip sync and rebelled by doing the most ridiculous choreography and mic work to make it obvious they weren’t the actual vocals lol

[@masondashgarcia1535]

The dj is doing fake spinning.

[@markeathawesome1321]

That black guy really rolled his eyes

[@nickmaille5951]

Knew they were lipsincing

[@ruger3939]

They remind me of the white dudes in the movie "Cant Hardly Wait" who try to be gangsta.

[@brianblotnicky8751]

Talent not required....

[@williamsmith7914]

talk about lip syncing

[@coachjody1971]

Definitely lip syncing but still having fun

[@ronaldalexanderdamiandiaz8449]

madonna's fans were right

[@pauly260]

They should have chugged a beer every time they had to lip sync a lyric.

[@susanb2015]

Like Ian did.

[@roberth9948]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah