Beastie Boys HD : The Joan Rivers Show - 1987

[@philmstud2k]

Imagine being 17-19 with a platinum debut record. Legends. Still holds up as one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

*20-22

[@Mr.Plant1994]

They were 17-19 when they got together I think they took 3 years to get to that platinum record

[@prittyugly86]

@@Mr.Plant1994 they said they are 19. Children/teen protégés.

[@RVCJJ3J]

Check Your Head is a masterpiece

[@jomama5186]

I was 17. It was a freakin' AWESOME time to be a teenager.! Off the chains !!! My Great Gramma loved this song !

[@lowellphillips2470]

Thank god someone taped this

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

Lowell Phillips Love how you can tell it was VHS 😂

[@DarthHater100]

Why? Surely the entire Joan Rivers Show is preserved and stored by the Library of Congress.

[@Ellie-sx2rh]

@@iLitAfuseiCantStop it was 1987. The sound. The quality. The stripes on the screen.... classic VHS.Good guess I would say!

[@garyrouyea8314]

Hell yeah man this is must see BEASTIE BOYS $#!+

[@garyrouyea8314]

@@iLitAfuseiCantStop aaahhhhh VHS...love it.

[@anthonynavarro6074]

I love it. Rolling Stone review of licensed to ill: "Three jerks make a masterpiece "

[@demogog3449]

"Idiots" not jerks

[@johngannon9954]

@@demogog3449 they weren't wrong.

[@jfmc2581]

@Michael Powell ...Where did you meet? Real answer: "Our daddies go to temple together...."

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Actually that was the Village Voice who made that quote.

[@stgann510]

@Michael Powell privileged like all artist these days..

[@mattfoley4654]

I listened to Beastie Boys and now I am living in a van down by the river.

[@pumpkinpuna4087]

😭🌹

[@mitchellwilliam95]

From the Hudson River out to the Nile!

[@johntravolto4058]

Hahahahahahaha thank you!

[@happytrees4734]

ClassicRockMan95, way under rated comment! Take my like sir.

[@HenryCasillas]

🍪

[@winterlynn9012]

I had to share this video with a few of my family members! I was around 4 or 5 when this originally aired and my eldest brother was around 11 and getting into the Beastie boys and was watching this. Both my other brother who was 8 at the time and I started jumping around the living room like lunatics when the Beastie boys performed "Fight for your right " and I guess I thought I'd be cool and jump on our coffee table that had a busted leg and start dancing. Bad idea as the table broke sending me and whatever else was on the table crashing to the floor. Our mom heard it from the kitchen and yelled "What was that noise?" And without missing a beat my 8 year old brother yelled back "It's the Beastie boys!" Thankfully i wasn't hurt but our mom was pissed lol. It's one of the earliest memories of childhood I have and this is the first time i've seen this performance again since that night lol great memories. They were so young here!

[@scout805]

I was 17, went to this concert, they opened for Run DMC, It was 98% white kids, when they were done, the crowd flipped 98% black! Lol We Wuz Out! Actully got a High Five from AD Rock as they were gettin on they're Tour Bus.

[@TheeORESTES3]

Super cool story

[@StevenMW]

Xlnt story...you and brothers were in the spirit!

[@artistamisto]

hilarious!! 🤣🤣

[@newmanparker02]

Her: He's probably cheating on me.. Me with the boys: 0:55

[@RobCollette]

I watched this when it happened and it was off the charts out of control in my mind. I thought these guys were having the best time anybody could ever have.

[@magdalenaprettycripple549]

Still get teary eyed over Adam Yauch. I finished their bio a few months back and savored every damn word.

[@kristinewhite3206]

2022 and this is still rocking!!!! Love this recording!!!!

[@JoeyLevenson]

Goddamn right!

[@davefb]

2024.. Still rocking...

[@drago6769]

People this is the perfect example of why punk rock and hip hop are the same. Its all because of the ATTITUDE of the music ladies and gents

[@tedcruzforgayrights2045]

D Rago well they started in a punk rock band so that might have also helped

[@milorodriguez3739]

I don't know that much about hip hop but it seems a lot more "Im the best" and punk rock is more "everything is the worst"

[@Zvox]

@@milorodriguez3739 commercialization will do that to any type of music. look what happened to punk when it went mainstream.

[@elliottjames1256]

Milo Rodriguez yeah check out nas, my favorite song is New York state of mind, and check out wu tang clan and biggie smalls they mostly rap about how shitty life is

[@georgehess3961]

Music is music..

[@Hcs31980]

Joan was great. She was a trip. The Boys were so young back then.

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

one of them was 12

[@ledzeppie211]

mmmhumummhmm The Pretend Spirit ha

[@fusionn4316]

@@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40 No lol.

[@deanmignonelli2199]

Everybody was younger then ....

[@growmiezhomiez8760]

Accept she dissed the title of the album the bitch

[@hypnicjerk7614]

iconic song love these guys

[@PeterSavad]

This was a real thing. It actually happened.

[@pthedevil]

I remember seeing this.. Dam! I was 10!

[@lauriewagner4349]

No shit!

[@papitodd]

Thank god!

[@mattsimon2646]

@@pthedevil dude i was 11. got to see them live 2

[@HeyBear]

Actual HISTORY.

[@elvis316]

Drunk history. These guys are smashed.

[@szqsk8]

"I'm enjoying you because this is not my house" lol. Joan was the best. RIP Joan and Adam. 🌹🌹

[@bobbon6987]

@Kim Gow You're as dumb as a brick.

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

She was not as funny as Johnny. But better than Leno and Fallon

[@scaparapadoobedoooo3170]

@Kim Gow you should upload a tutorial on how to make a foil hat

[@teksaucee]

@@scaparapadoobedoooo3170 LOL that is if she can achieve that

[@electricfil]

@Mighty Megatron the topic is Joan Rivers, not your mother.

[@nick42085]

this video proves one thing. the Beastie boys truly never gave a fuck.

[@matthewmoore1543]

dawg, they clearly gave a fuck about making music since they put their soul into this shit. they just couldn't be bothered to care about how other people perceived them. there is a huge difference between that and what you are saying.

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

thats what nick means, you both are getting your knickers in a twist :-D

[@kritzberg2911]

"I'm 19, 19, I'm 12"

[@gregourmet]

A hairy 12!

[@Diablo-gq7ro]

2:05 fall in love

[@m.rodrigolemus6224]

Only Joan Rivers could keep up with three Beastie Boys. 😁

[@Luke-tm5oy]

I legit didn't know much about her. And seeing other interviews in 2006 where older people don't get the beastie boys. Its cool to see Joan get it and keep up with em.

[@komitkazi]

​@@Luke-tm5oy Joan was simpatico with the BB. She didn't give a fuck what others thought. She may not hear the same beat but it was the same drummer for sure.

[@cance7984]

Sensational! There will never be another hip hop group like the Beastie Boys.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

Amen! They're the best!

[@HistoricalDiggers]

Never

[@thischarminglovehound2376]

@Michael Powell they're better than hip-hop

[@mileyrocks852]

Michael Powell lol no ones listening to that prejudice shit 😂😂😂😂

[@TheBalls55]

@Michael Powell Shut up putz tuches lecher

[@Jedi116]

Now I can see where Billy Madison got his style. Straight Ad-Rockin' it!

[@DavidSmith-rv2hw]

that's clearly frank's shirt he's wearing!

[@chelseadagger2498]

😂

[@truthiswhatiseek]

Jedi116_ I love them both.

[@Trae4499]

Mike Ds wife directed Billy Madison. They for sure had an influence on that film.

[@james9311]

Jews

[@jasonjaxxson]

No ...let's be serious for a moment....this WAS history in the making! Thank you for posting this groundbreaking video.

[@cmale3d]

This is Brilliant! Joan knew the situation played it perfect! The 3 boys were awesome! Kudos to Joan for letting it be!

[@decristo1021]

She grew up around kids like that, she had their numbers

[@BitterTongues84]

How do I adjust the tracking on my KZbin??? :D

[@okkcomputer]

kids will never get that joke

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

BitterTongues84 Best comment ever ⭐️

[@garryiglesias4074]

You may try on UHF channels.

[@bruceradke922]

Or more tin foil

[@newphonewhodis1035]

Lmao!! Good ole tracking!

[@Puddletownd]

I was 17 and s senior in high school when this came out. We had the best music. Beasties brought together a lot of different genre lovers and everything was just music then. We loved all kinds of music and beasties brought us all closer. I wish rap was still like this. They had fun and it was about the art.

[@Phrankster163]

Awesome clip. Talk shows today are so boring and formal. Here it´s actually people having fun. What a concept! I got to see the Beasties live once (in 2006, I think it was), but I would have loved to have seen them live during this era.

[@goofyanimal]

This is beautiful! I love everything about this interview. Wish more interviews were this entertaining.

[@plainpawesome]

So much of what we have today was influenced by what we see here, yet in so many ways so different from what we have as a result

[@Houdini774]

Rest in peace Adam "MCA" Yauch.

[@BlackoutCYANIDE]

My boy Yauch was about to smash mid concert😂😂

[@icyshells]

They're so adorable

[@jackmitchell9381]

madonna right?

[@jackwenn_9693]

@@Soundeagle3456 they? Plural?

[@n.schneiderman7993]

"I'm twelve" that killed me

[@palmsquad4]

N. Schneiderman It reminds me of that scene in The Goonies where Troys dad shows up with the papers to sign and says, is your mommy home? Then Brand backhands him with a "No actually she's down at the market buying pampers for all us kids." Wooooo! Burned. 😝

[@adrianhernandez1058]

Go to bed

[@reybeez73]

HD="How distorted"

[@AbG-pk4ti]

Reybeez HD in 1987

[@IrLosin]

That's what happens to a magnetic medium like a tape, if it is not stored under perfect conditions it deteriorates. But two of the four in the interview are no longer here, so I am glad someone saved this.

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

Reybeez It's called VHS. I love it actually. Although the resolution isn't great, it lends a bit of a nostalgic feel

[@FungusMossGnosis]

It's way better than not having any recording of it. But to hype it as "HD" is absurdly disingenuous.I love genuine representation.

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Reybeez Funny way of showing gratitude for a free and rare performance.

[@grahamrobb9382]

2019, Anyone still listen to the beastie boys? I do! , does anyone even still remember?

[@rozzie101]

Its funny how the Rap community (at the time) HATED the bestie boys, but came around to liking them after their 2nd album. A friend of mine who was into alt music, had this album. I LOVED it.

[@zerocool1ist]

Rip joan u were the coolest!

[@2bobaf]

You are thinking of Rip Torn aren't you?

[@OrangeYTT]

@@2bobaf no, Joan Rivers died.

[@13blackcatzzz]

Omg.....I REMEMBER THIS!!! My Mom and I watched Joan together every night. Thanks for the memory

[@kemouse]

"license to ill" "That's a stupid name for an album!" hahaha

[@poispinnerdotcom]

I love that Joan Rivers dished it right back at them. 'THAT'S A STUPID NAME FOR AN ALBUM!' Lmao.

[@RedactedFreePress]

her show didn't last but no other woman has took a crack at late night. where u at girlys?

[@WallyHays]

More like been given a crack at late night... but I hear you

[@markrobertson2052]

Wally Hays More like smoked Crack on late night

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

And they took it like men.

[@ncorp2668]

Agreed, and I think they liked the fact that she poked fun at them and was comedic and respected her more for it, probably.

[@equisequis.55]

Joan was hillarius, I never seen this recorded live performance on Joan Rivers before. This was awesome.

[@doyleismylastname]

I frickin DIE EVERYTIME AT THE END…. “Yeeeeeaaaaaahh bwwwwwooooyyyyye y’knaaam sayyyeeennn bwwwaaaaaaaayyyyy” - Ad-Rock 😂😂😂😂

[@Mystery69]

Beasties - Pro trollers before trolling was even a thing. Also that Time to Get Ill at the end is some of the best shit ever captured on tape.

[@Tito171091]

the beatles also were great trollers in their first interviews and even later also

[@mitchellwilliam95]

Trolling has always existed, it's just that we refer to it as "trolling" now.

[@niggato23]

@@Tito171091 especially John

[@62marilyn]

This was awesome!! Thanks for up loading!

[@axiffyy571]

R.I.P MCA

[@johnnypolo1983]

This video would have millions upon millions of views if it was titled “Beastie Boys - “Fight For Your Right/Time To Get Ill (Live)”

[@dennislodewijk5426]

Johnny Polo prolly not

[@morsteen]

I think they prolly meant to say probably.

[@growmiezhomiez8760]

morsteen prolly

[@teksaucee]

@@growmiezhomiez8760 proll

[@constantreader7944]

Joan Rivers was so cool. So in on the joke. Love this.

[@Callacatakitten]

the world needs more 80s strippers

[@NickyG_vz]

aint that the truth

[@josephringling769]

Lol

[@jamiegwhite30]

danzig - she rides, lol!!

[@MrMojo271]

I don’t think they’d still as good

[@Redhunteur2]

There are plenty of 80's strippers. They drive SUV's now and pick up their fat, dumb, smelly kids from school.

[@sparklesupreme8170]

Joan looks so good here. I love her style!

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

15 when this came out and MTV was actually Cool and New back them and played non-stop Music and Very Popular and this I loved it first time I heard it I remember recording this song and many other songs off MTV to my Boombox that's how I did it in the Mid 80's

[@kenn_k]

1:56 😂😂 I love it, MCA wasted and looking like that last line was just exhausting, "alright, I'ma just take a moment here, recollect myself... you guys are doing great."

[@kathsyrella]

0:55 THAT DANCE, amazing. HAHAHA love it.

[@garnerdorminy6202]

These guys are high off their minds and they don’t give a shit! It’s beautiful.

[@heshengirl88]

memories!!! this song came out my freshman year in high school. this song and motley crue's home sweet home was our anthem. i miss the 80s!!!! the backyard kegger parties, the music, the dance clubs, concert parking lot parties, NO CELL PHONES!! i could go on and on...*sigh*

[@lockandloadlikehell]

The massive crime and murder rate

[@jenfentress7636]

@@lockandloadlikehell yes-but we did not Know! No evidence to so much good bad & cringe!

[@flexibleatheist]

Great performance. This song never gets old even though I listen to rock n metal.

[@colleendito2046]

Omg those were the days! Everyone listened to these guys, everyone partied, and all had fun.

[@danileuenberger5620]

They clearly wont last for long with this silly type of music those naughty little fellas

[@dumb1ststup1der50]

Beyond death my friend

[@EdertheJust]

I wonder how many people watched that show live and said the same thing.

[@tavarchieharding6260]

Now they all work worth 70 Million

[@joediaz2589]

I'm sure you meant that tongue-in-cheek, right? Lol

[@AdamTLive]

"Janet, this is your agent Paul. We've had a gig open up for you. How would you feel about being the Beastie's lead Thruster on the Joan Rivers show tomorrow?"

[@danielledenis9863]

Licensed to ill was a creative masterpiece. Genius writing still one of my all time favorites

[@svviftghost]

It's called License To Ill. This is proof of a Mandela Effect. Listen to how Joan Rivers says it. She made a comparison to 007's License To Kill.

[@mannixfleming7838]

This might be the only time they played "Fight for your right" live on TV. Soon after this, they refused to play it live ever again.

[@georgewaters8592]

This is why I miss the Eighties sooooooooooo much !!! *So glad I was able to live through it :) :) :)

[@RobertBranch-FL]

Awesome video, too bad television isn't fun like that any longer. Thanks for posting!

[@SuperStrik9]

My mom used to HATE IT when I'd blast Fight For Your Right as a kid lol. All it did was make me love it and play it more lol.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

SuperStrik9 did she ask you what’s that noise? and was your reply with it’s the beastie boys?

[@Soul03]

My parents too but it just made me want to listen to them I was rebellious I wanted to fight for my right to party

[@schlazz]

Adrock keepin it tucked!

[@michaelmaddox6646]

"what a stupid name for an album" Joan was the best. No filter! could use some of that today.

[@AngMcE]

BEASTIES were cool AF!

[@jasont.swartz1543]

"I'm 12" says MCA. I answer the question with this clip running through my head

[@miketroncin749]

Jason T. Swartz Having mentioned j.d.salinger a few times, I believe mca may have picked it up from Holden Caufield, who used it when a bartender asked his age... pure speculation tho

[@evapalma8078]

He’s a hairy twelve

[@LordStanley94]

Legendary Group. Beastie Boys!!!! Love 'em

[@grungyasscinema]

these guys vocals were lowkey underrated

[@ryline666]

They were never underrated or low key. What are you on about?

[@StrokedGT]

People just wanna say "low key" for everything these days, don't know if they even know what it means anymore

[@gb6281]

How can they be underrated when they're considered one of the greatest rap groups of all time?

[@markrobertson2052]

@@StrokedGT you are low key so on point

[@svviftghost]

Are we going to talk about how lowkey the Mandela Effect is? The album was clearly called License To Ill and not Licensed To Ill. Thank you Joan for the historical proof.

[@dankdispensaryrecreational1274]

that was on point, thank you for sharing! Adam rocking the tight roll, and snapping the fingers! These guys at 19, damn, that must have been a wild ride as they already moved to LA! instant star!

[@soniaalvarado3669]

my brothers had this episode taped. of course it got lost. This brings back so many memories!!! "that's a stupid name for an album!" LOL

[@eyelikehurdles]

If Bill and Ted grew up in New York City instead of San Dimas this would be them.

[@sergiogalindo3024]

I remember Joan's dis about the album name! It was HILARIOUS!

[@rogernelson8747]

Still love their Music ♥️

[@Fetespete]

JR is an awesome comedian and because of that not so great as a warm and welcoming talk show host. I loved how The BB cracked up when the Phyllis Diller line dropped and Adam pointed at Joan. Good shit. Thanks for posting.

[@robertbikers9502]

♥ Thank you whoever you are/were for recording this amazing performance and sharing it.

[@cwarner218]

was in HS then, now at 51 , they still rock.

[@happytrees4734]

The stage show is Punk Rock meets Pee-wee Herman....so glad someone recorded this back in the day. The VHS tracking lines are the perfect cherry on top 👍

[@imyourrealdad.6071]

The dancers though.....😍

[@user-ui1lj8vi1y]

Straight sexy!

[@evapalma8078]

Are you really my real dad?

[@artistamisto]

Awesome interview and performance. I missed this episode back in the day. But we did go to a Beastie Boys concert in the late 80's while they were new. The only thing I remember is that I heard that the stadium decided not to sell alcohol because fights were happening at their concerts in other states. What a drag.

[@Djarra]

I just find it mind blowing that the UK broadcast of this led to people campaigning to the Beastie Boys banned from the country.

[@johnanthony5931]

Over 10 million of license to I'll sold in the U.S. alone. It went diamond! Beastie Boys have sold over 26 million albums in the states over 50million worldwide. They need no introduction. Or need to explain themselves! One of the most iconic bands to come out of the 80's if not in history!

[@yukimaruzam]

I gotta figure that ten years later the Beastie Boys met up with Joan Rivers and talked about this - and laughed. I would have loved to be there for THAT conversation!

[@djmegamase7590]

Love the Beastie boys. Them and Public Enemy did world tours with styles that was as far as east to west.

[@therapist6328]

Mike D rocking the Houses of the Holy shirt!

[@messyfilms6325]

Me and my sister blew out the speakers to our typical mid 80s huge tape player/record/CD player when we got this record when it came out.

[@publicfilth]

They look like they’re having so much fun. Wish people were still like that today at concerts.

[@jerrycarollojr]

I just watched this four times, Shit brings back memorys...I actually saw the show as it aired.

[@salinavera4388]

Jerry Carollo damn jerry...

[@garyrouyea8314]

That's awesome

[@evapalma8078]

Memories

[@evapalma8078]

That was a grammar edit, just so you know.

[@coltonsnider7848]

Love how Yauch just walked up to the dancer “sup” wraps microphone around her haha

[@benvasilinda9729]

They never ever sold out and kept their brand of music alive the entire time.

[@aleciakeys9740]

I remember that I had to wait til my brother was at football practice so I could sneak in his room and take his taped copy of this album to make a copy for myself. He never even wrote what it was on the tape so my mother wouldn't throw it away if she found it. Fantastic memories!

[@robbieh1899]

The musical geniuses of the 80's...so ahead of the times...

[@Serafina7]

gorgeous boys

[@thepickle7757]

Never seen til now...CLASSIC '87 Beastie Boys still are Banned from my hometown for having "Ballsacks" filled w beer spraying/exploding during concert...

[@reygomez2306]

Straight legends I remember buying this on lp and tape and break dancing till well past 1 am

[@HeavyJ713]

eventually they matured and went on to become legends

[@dennislodewijk5426]

Heavy Jay they became big because of their first album tho?? Because they were acting like that.... they were sick as Hell in the 80s

[@alansands256]

I suspect that even back then they were smarter than they let on, but they had an image to uphold. It seems they became more comfortable with their intelligence as they got older.

[@maryperry6573]

@@dennislodewijk5426 yeah, but can't be children forever. Not cute after a certain age; still successful, still legends

[@JymDyer]

@@alansands256 - They were smart, they'd already put out some parody singles earlier that were clever. The idea of "rapping" a prank call, reggae played with plastic whistles, and their first EP was a parody of hardcore bands. If you were listening to all the new school rap at the time, you could go song for song in _Licensed_to_Ill_ and recognize what they were doing dead-on parodies of.

[@kuraudo9700]

The Beastie Boys fusion of Hip Hop and punk rock is the norm today. Definitely ahead of their time.

[@4mknelson]

9:40 mark kills me everytime.

[@russclayton1853]

Reading the new BB book and this was mentioned, had to seek it out. Totally worth it. RIP MCA, RIP Joan

[@detroitwhiteboy5130]

Anybody who cares. The Beatie Boys Had a Solid Contract Between Themselves. Never Can ANY of Their Music Be sold for Commercial Purposes. Its been Tried in Court. It Stood. Still Stands Today!

[@baronofbeef]

This is the year I saw them in Dallas. I sold a lot of Cookie Puss records in 84. Then they came out with License to ILL and bought that the first day! I knew it was over then.

[@modulator7861]

Joan Rivers was a perfect host to interview these guys! Other TV hosts might have been a bit too formal, but as one of the first "shocking" comedians (see Howard Stern), she had the perfect mix of irreverence and playfulness.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Epic work of ART..... 3 icons doing what they do and making it look so fun