Beastie Boys - Gratitude

[@grimm6301]

He may be gone, but this was my Dad's favorite song. I have some serious gratitude to the man who raised me.

[@d-nice8834]

WORD💥

[@pasquasio]

You are blessed.

[@juanmanuelpais4529]

Dios te bendiga!!!

[@weylandyutanicorporate]

There's never been a voice so perfectly suited to both punk and rap as Adrock's.

[@innosanto]

Thus is rock.

[@TheoneGodfather]

Check out Pimpadelic

[@sakallnureddinibrahimkonya3490]

The first rapcore band in the history.

[@michaelmeers8333]

That's why he is the King Adrock.

[@aeon777.]

So true.. he's absolutely incredible

[@shapoopy2964]

Adrock is absolutely fucking killing it with his style and voice. Pure Rockstars these dudes. Rappers who can actually play an instrument are dangerous

[@lloydthompsonart]

These guys were not Rap, They were Hip-Hop. Huuuggggeeee difference. Huge.

[@televisiondevil5235]

@@lloydthompsonartthey were originally a punk band

[@carlgoogle2869]

​@@televisiondevil5235I remember their old stuff

[@davidsellers3639]

Potentially

[@jackknife4547]

They were punkers bruh

[@Paul-dw2cl]

Mike D is an underrated drummer. This is a crazy groove. Sabotage is another one.

[@EarlSmith2469]

Mike D used to be the singer when they played Hardcore in the beginning, then switched to drums

[@somethingsomething9008]

He invented the blast beat

[@mr_ozzio5095]

@@somethingsomething9008 Mick Harris/Napalmdeath? But jazz drummers were doing them in the 50/60s!!!

[@ceast3739]

All thru Jr high,. High school and the air force..I COUKD NEVER LEARN THAT STUPID BEAT AND AN 8TH NOTE...YEAH, YEAH,.YALL THINK IT'S FAKE...OTEMS A REAL FUCKING NOTE!!!!!

[@evang7954]

@@somethingsomething9008 nope

[@bobarctor2063]

The angriest song about being thankful ever written. Absolute masterpiece on every level.

[@hamdelsun68]

GRATITUDE ❤

[@vikingmike8139]

YEASSS!

[@julienewell2135]

Yes. I’ve sent this video to my son every time he forgets why he’s here.

[@silvereagle1944]

Yo yeah

[@Devona-b7v]

Love it so real

[@Gourmet_Goon80]

One of the most underrated B-boys tracks of all time.

[@RuckRuRaggie]

+Andrew Tozier Gratitude to this comment. I love these guys.

[@jorgos27]

Andrew Tozier R.i.p Adam whe will miss you i Cry thinking about the fucking past. that Music never Happend again. Beastie Boys for President fuck cancer. Adam Yauch Rock the heaven 4 US.

[@nadz109]

Andrew Tozier their best song in my opinion

[@anthonyszarek6905]

Andrew Tozier I love the Beastie Boys.. But this song sucks. That's why it's underrated. Half the time the drummer seems lost and doesn't even keep with the beat. This is something some teenagers would make in their garage. I had never heard it before now... And now I know why

[@elarboldejoshua]

In fact the whole CHECK YOUR HEAD album is underrated..

[@The_Mansmith]

This was always one of, if not my favorite, Beastie Boys songs. MCA's bass just kills it. It makes the whole song. What a legend......RIP

[@se9f282]

"What's gonna set you free? Look inside and you'll see" One of my favorite lyrics. Beasties!

[@CarStory]

Listening to this on the 30 year anniversary of the release of Check Your Head. I remember when this record came out, it didn't get anywhere near the appreciation it deserved. Hopefully people can look back at it now and understand how unique and amazing it was especially when grunge music was all the rage at the time. Long live the Beastie Boys.

[@joolzsexson]

Check Your Head is my favorite album of theirs, by a mile.. and this is my favorite song by them. it's just fucking perfect. rip, as always, MCA.

[@Investigate_Mermaids]

@@joolzsexson Same same and same sister 💕

[@leftyzappa]

This is the album that got me into the Beastie Boys. As soon as I learned they can play their own instruments, it was OKAY to like them. Now I love them.

[@michiveritas1420]

Cos De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising came out at the same time/got all the credit (class album too). Or, could've been Paul's Boutique - need to check my release dates/years again, lol, but it was one or the other Beastie album (that lost out). 🙂

[@matty6397]

agreed

[@duanecollier7744]

That distorted bass is killer!

[@MajicFreeman]

+Duane Collier He had some of the best distortion bass tones ever dudes!

[@kevinmcgrath6873]

+Duane Collier They knew it too, that shit is right up front on the mix.

[@BigHotSauceBoss69]

+Duane Collier 2:36

[@MajicFreeman]

+Entropic Dissonance This chick I knew had one of the vintage ones and even though she didn't play guitar she just absolutely won't come off of it. She's fucked in the head (literally, a crackhead i think) so I didn't push it.

[@donnix6931]

RAVEN Blood2Bone MCA got such a killer tone with his fender jazz basses

[@jaygorny]

Awesome track from one of my all time favorite albums. And the homage to Pink Floyd live at Pompeii makes me love these dudes even more.

[@Professorkenneth]

Definitely...👍🏻💯 I love Pink Floyd and the beastie boys. Brilliant song and video.

[@jeffhendrix2166]

Let’s start a petition to get David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Ad-Rock and Mike D into the studio for a collab! Two of my favorite bands of ALL TIME.

[@marvinberry4581]

@@jeffhendrix2166let’s not do that

[@PanekPL]

​@@jeffhendrix2166yeah, seriously let's not.

[@MikeGervasi]

The Beasties putting this out at the time, playing real instruments and still doing kick ass music proved a lot to people. They weren't just guys rapping to backing tracks they could actually PLAY. RIP MCA

[@Hellwyck]

A DJ isn't a backing track, poser.

[@Repstrongisle]

I mean they literally started as a hardcore band so

[@joshuamirabal9891]

That's like most early artists back before the digital age

[@michaelcavallacci2945]

Very important that they did this. Proved to rock fans that they could actually play.

[@frankiecox4283]

Top 5 greatest group of all time. Thats counting any genre. Facts

[@mattrup]

Influence across the board.

[@brudamo9203]

Their discog soundtrack for most situations in life

[@eddievedderface]

You know the Beasties are about to rock out when MCA grabs his bass and some bubblegum.

[@lesbaty8919]

OTG1988 the dude invented cool, RIP MCA

[@GunsNBudder]

[@GunsNBudder]

@@lesbaty8919 may he never be forgotten.

[@BluegrassMark]

50 years old and still rock this shit DAILY. RIP MCA

[@sergioromanomunoz8155]

Exactly 25 years have passed, and this still sounds incredibly current.

[@BUSTRCHERRI]

So does every other song that came out back then.

[@duncan3998]

🔥🔥🔥1993🔥🔥🔥

[@RSCL_BEATZ]

They are so ahead of their time that the world for generations to come will play catch up to them.

[@michaelmeers8333]

It was an amazing era for music. It is wild to look back and realize how many monumental albums were released the same month.

[@No_Deal]

try 30 years

[@jaydilla6782]

that bass line is heavy as fuck, and so is that organ. R.I.P. to the real music of my childhood.

[@TheMarkcu24]

MCA playing that bass like a mother fucking boss of all bosses.

[@markfridvalszki]

🤣🤣🤣 haha! True! 👌

[@julienewell2135]

They were so underrated. They didn’t have the best voices and they weren’t the best musicians but they have pulled me out of some really dark times. Much gratitude.

[@pancakesrlovely]

They were not underrated. They were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. They were definitely badass, and known to be badass. 😏

[@TurnerTurnip]

Why would you say they were underrated? I read other people making similar remarks. Underrated or underappreciated. Which is not the case. They were hugely popular in their day.

[@notanymore9471]

They were great musicians actually and artists. They made simple but dope jams over and over and were creative enough to do stuff like recreate Pink Floyd live in Pompeii with a sick punk rock funk jam.

[@djsuploaded]

The music video to this song is a homage to the 1972 concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

[@bza069]

thanks i was wondering about the PF references

[@korujaa]

nice to know, tks

[@xhellabentx]

this is one of their best songs obviously they thought so as well

[@K6III450MHZ]

bza069 Type Echos and you will see Pink Floyd as stated above at Pompeii and you see the visual that The Beastie Boys obviously were inspired by.

[@geoffkerr1078]

djsuploaded This Video was shot in Rotorua New Zealand!! Best God damn place ever!

[@sherrodwright1162]

AD Rocks facial expressions are golden.

[@Aart87]

+Sherrod Wright I laugh at him every time I watch the Alive music video too. The beginning with him is priceless XD

[@pampietro8980]

Very sexy

[@hansdietrich3102]

Yes he can act like the best. Such a carracter

[@marceloaguirree]

Kind makes me think of thom yorke

[@slantera]

Butthead: Look at his face. Beavis: Yeah, yeah! His face is cool. Butthead: If I had a face like that, I'd be like pretty cool. Beavis: Yeah, yeah!

[@roamlikekane]

Props to the tasty organ at the end Money Mark not over-playing, just perfect outro. I wish they could've kept him in the band and done more albums.

[@honorablewiz7447]

Just 3 friends having fun with music - this sounds really good

[@zackschilling4376]

This is like the perfect representation of the Beastie Boys - You got the rock, the hip hop, the punk and the experimental sides mixing into a perfect miasma of greatness. Good times have gone, hope you didnt miss them

[@jyutzler]

And a video that is the perfect homage to an influence you never would have suspected.

[@randycreasi]

I think you meant melange or something? Miasma is not the word 😂

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

song still so damn good

[@redeyedrednek]

sooooooo good

[@agentbuttermucke0074]

it's sad that some fake youtubers got more subs than beastieBoys

[@tylermcneil5274]

Awesome!!!!

[@Odb718]

2021 called, n said, "YUP!"

[@duncan3998]

@@agentbuttermucke0074 I know, bunch of f*ing oppertunists, this is a hidden 1993 gem

[@noahsnyder]

It's possible that Adrock is stoned.

[@chrisgilbreath]

Throw the books away, kids, school is in.

[@MrPirlo70]

Beastie Boys were audio chameleons. That's why I love them so much,you didn't know what you were getting from one album to the next. Miss you MCA. Thank you for the soundrack to my life.✌❤

[@jeffhendrix2166]

I love that the Beastie Boys made the music that they wanted. Paul’s Boutique flopped, then they came out with Check Your Head which didn’t do well either. And now 30+ years later Check Your Head is finally getting recognition and Paul’s Boutique is a fucking CLASSIC.

[@jlouis4407]

Ill Communication did well Paul’s Boutique did not Check Your Head did kind of

[@Lissa734]

They all are awesome af

[@signoguns8501]

yea, i kind of took them granted when i was younger. I knoew their stuff, but it never really clicked. Now i love the beastie boys, wish id gone to see them and been involved in their movement back in the day. Easily one of the best bands of the 90s, and the 90s produced top tier bands.

[@alexisc1970]

Paul’s Boutique is one of the best albums ever made

[@alexisc1970]

@@signoguns8501 1980’s!!!

[@DrewKane]

That organ sounded amazing.

[@sabre22b]

Drew Kane y, actually. Well said. I liked that too.

[@SolamenteVees]

Hammond through a Leslie

[@cosmobuszard]

Money mark

[@StrangeBotwin007]

That bass line though

[@TheOHmomof3]

His face though! Hot!

[@reddeve2531]

RIP Adam Yauch. Two years. :(

[@jasonwarren2002]

i feel the same young lady :{

[@chicken563]

jay warren SHIZ NOT A LADEY

[@reddeve2531]

Who's not a lady?

[@saint3211]

Lindsay Glenn I'm not :P

[@comedyTVforLife]

I knoooow 😭 RIP

[@Jack_Rivet]

I’m just going go to say it: I still miss Adam Yauch! Extremely underrated bassist

[@metamorphicblood]

The bass tone in this song is especially mean. 🔥

[@tenran07]

십센치가 인정한 명곡.. 너무 좋다

[@tenran07]

+) 스타일

[@냠냐미-e8x]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 반가워요,,,

[@김나연-d8b]

님도버블보고오셧군

[@Hyun9-10]

옷도 진짜 예뻐요

[@hi-xr4ez]

혼자서는 절대 몰랐을 노래인데 넘 좋아서 충격받음...

[@caesar349]

One of their many fine moments going back to the roots. As well as showing their instrumental skills...

[@martinhyizna3299]

Musically, they are at the top of their game here

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

their instrumental album The Mix Up won a Grammy for this style of NY funk/jazz, ch-check it out

[@brabham74]

One of the greatest, yet most underrated rock songs of all time.

[@paulchandler9241]

You, fellow human, are absolutely correct.

[@rogerwalters9557]

Check your head is still their finest record in my opinion.

[@mikearon1970]

I always felt like this track was like the prequel to Sabotage. This was like the raw rap-infused punk funk, and Sabotage polished it up for the masses.

[@unclebob1959]

remember when MTV used to play music?

[@holdtrue2021]

Uncle Bob, good old days 😛

[@gman2015z]

Pepperidge farm remembers.

[@rustyjames1727]

Music sharing and piracy in part made it unprofitable to promote music with videos. So we kind of have ourselves to blame.

[@trumpgottagoitmfa9216]

I think the M in MTV stood for ‘music’, NOT Me

[@brandoncallaway5354]

R.I.P. Music Television

[@alextorres7655]

The beastie boys are so sick, they are a rap group and a band, i love it! RIP Yauch

[@wendychong8823]

Sick, cuz, bro

[@peterpalermo2542]

Maybe my favorite Beasties video. I love the homage to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii. And I also love the attention paid to the spinning Leslie amp during the organ solo. Nothing sounds as sweet as a spinning Leslie (unless it's TWO of them! ). And the song is a rocker.

[@bunkerprodu]

Thank you for talking about this Leslie amp. I reckongnise this from Apple's Logic which show this image in a plugin that makes a tremolo/flanger effect. Really nice! Thank you!

[@harrythepuppet9361]

I noticed its a korg. Whats the model? Very B3 sounding.

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

Your comment is best one! A true audiophile and Beastie fan. I salute you!

[@rc-my9tc]

Andrew Bird uses a similar amp and uses it well, (I had no idea what it was called)

[@scottplumer3668]

I've never seen a Leslie close up, so I really liked seeing it too. Instead of having "Pink Floyd London" on their cabinets, having "Beastie Boys New York" would have been cool, and it would have made the homage a little less obvious. I used to work for an AV company, and I had to stencil some big speakers that we got, and I made a stencil that said " NPI Cleveland" in the same style as my own little homage.

[@DJR-NZ]

They filmed this in Rotorua, New Zealand. Went to their concert the week before they made this video in Auckland at the 1000 people capacity venue The Powerstation. Great show!

[@brianfearynz]

For some reason they put kangaroos in the clip at the end? Pretty funny/classic example of the person editing not knowing NZ is not part of Australia (and doesn't have kangaroos)

[@01aaa84]

0 p 00 000 p P

[@Secretlyanothername]

So what you're saying is... this video stinks?

[@ED-gz4cg]

Oh, I didn't know that. The whole set up looks like a little nod to Pink Floyd's Live in Pompei, at least that's what I thought when I first saw it back in the day when they used to play it on MTV.

[@amnril]

@@ED-gz4cg live in Pompeii, yes it’s clearly a nod to That.

[@ChefGoldblum79]

This brought a tear to my eye. Rest In Power MCA!

[@awesome117unsc]

Beastie Boys + Pink Floyd = Awesomeness.

[@BickleBungle1991]

Man, Paul's Boutique is a masterpiece, but the fact that they went back to playing instruments in this album (and amazingly well), along wth the diversity and pure originality, makes it my personal favorite from them. And of course, it still sounds as fresh as ever.

[@brentpreid]

Love to the Beastie Boys. You're pure magic. RIP MCA.

[@Lu-KN]

Number one band in the world. Forever and ever.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head are their two best Albums IMO and I love this jam. Gratitude!

[@Left-Earth]

*Good times gone!!!* 🎶

[@Professorkenneth]

These guys are /were the greatest. I love the pink Floyd inspired video...😆👍🏻(echos) live at Pompeii. The beastie boys reminds me of pink Floyd a lot. Both are brilliant and creative with their music.

[@ageandorange9514]

This is really such an awesome tribute to live in Pompeii by Pink Floyd ✌️

[@jakesnacks1149]

One of the greatest bands ever, so many lyrics and amounts of talent musically

[@joncrook8829]

Massivley underated bass riff in this.

[@stevechartrand4362]

Yes folks! The Beasties actually can play instruments! This track is bitchin!!

[@louiso.4325]

People don’t realize that they started out as a hardcore punk band

[@koshermoses393rogue8]

U act as if ONLY u knew this...

[@andrewpappas9311]

They did start off as a punk band

[@nathgangma]

Well yeah sorta,

[@nathgangma]

That's a matter of opinion, regardless fucking cool song.

[@therollingbeachfloyd645]

The Beastie Floyd

[@Human_of_the_World]

Or The Pink Boys

[@Gekokujo76]

Which one's Pink? My name's Mike D, not Fat Mort Jelly Roll.

[@lacr1mation]

VOMIT

[@glennm8337]

Best post and follow up comments I’ve ever seen!

[@andrewpappas9311]

Rap Rock Pink Floyd/Beastie Boys tribute band

[@eelco4256]

this song is so good. Why is this song so good? Must be the energy right?

[@CoalMiningPolak]

Killer video for all of its analog equipment, from the cameras shooting the footage, to the instruments. Song rips, too.

[@vanessalouzon]

They're amazing coz they're just being 100% themselves! May we all aspire to arrive at that level of being ourselves!

[@sjsiemka]

That bass at the start gets me everytime

[@BA-ev4cq]

43 year old here.... its 2020 and this is still sick as fu..!!!! Its amazing how a song can take you places youve forgotten.

[@dizmop]

How did they do this, They merged the energy of Punk, Rock and Rap into one song, Brilliant!!!

[@brentad2004]

Satan

[@dizmop]

@@brentad2004 😆😆😆

[@sci_fi5979]

Saw this at the Glasgow barrowlands in '95 the vibration of mca' s bass in this tune went straight through every part of me so strong I can still recall it.. Blessed I feel!

[@lightcomes2763]

I'm grateful for this song, the Boys, and all of you beautiful people !

[@DaltonCulture]

you can't get enough of beastie boys

[@Mike-b7733]

There is no shortage of great beastie boys tracks

[@gregsefcik6700]

One of, if not best beats and riffs of all time

[@mr.t6142]

I miss this band so much. Much of my teenage years and beyond are set to BB songs in my heart and mind, always.

[@kierstenbeck1933]

Always

[@clever-username]

nothing but love to you all. ✌️when you're in your teens you literally can't imagine things feeling any more intense than they do already, but it only gets deeper and realer as you grow older. this song grows truer and truer over time, in new ways i never thought, it blows my mind. keep listening, it's called gratitude. :)

[@bradgotch]

The 90s are defined by incredible music. There was no techknowledgey it was pure.

[@mollygreeno7069]

Yep..Adrocks voice on this and MCAs basslines and Mike Ds rockin it with the drumsi but the keyboard player REALLY adds to it all.. FANTASTIC LOVE MY BEASTIES! ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!!

[@louisesmith8148]

The best bass listend too

[@9999bigb]

One of my favorite bands referencing another of my favorite bands. Such a classic

[@マグマ大使]

Paul’s boutiqueの後にコレ出すの凄すぎるしadrockの声は天下一品

[@cuffedpans]

did anyone notice that this music video is a parody of pink floyd echoes at pompeii?

[@sssnacksss]

only dorks

[@jasoncrumpet9764]

Did you see the stenciling on the crates?

[@yonishafir6025]

The soundtrack of my youth till this day, RIP MCA I was so lucky to see the boys killing it live in Tel Aviv, one of the best shoes ever! Beastie Boys' music will live forever

[@Jimmy-uh8vi]

Still love this track 30 years on❤️

[@dienekyes1976]

Man the Memories....

[@josejones7025]

The Whole sound is incredible

[@carrito1981]

this is beyond good. love the Bodhisattva vibe, the message to be grateful, the beastie boys here did something truly beautiful.

[@BTsMusicChannel]

I love watching Adam Yauch chew gum while he plays bass.

[@lewissmith6086]

Those speakers are legit

[@bariselmasdere106]

Yeaa healthy output

[@flaviosan3020]

I like to think that they were actually playing live in this video, amps cranked up to a ludicrous level and drums as hard as possible.

[@ChiliCheeseD0g]

This reminds me of hanging out in the basement of Wetlands in NYC in the 1990s.

[@chrislobb936]

Forgot how bad ass this tune is. MCA had such killer bass riffs.

[@vanessalouzon]

Adrock's singing is amazing! 100% real.

[@jackgrover3788]

Totally ahead of it’s time

[@donnix6931]

mca always achieved such a killer tone with his fender jazz basses, a great player he was

[@3340steve]

MCA bass line is killin it, and the organ drops in, beautiful....

[@juanespinosa1259]

One of the sickest overdriven bass lines ever (thanks Nathaniel Hörnblowér). Up there with Jack Bruce's Apostrophe with Frank Zappa. Beastie Boys were not only hot to trot on the mike, they were accomplished musicians. That's why they lasted so long. They supposedly had one-hit wonder written all over them after licensed to ill, but (beastie) boy, how wrong were the haters.

[@Freakzone550]

Love the Beastie Boys. Solidly in my top 3 favorite bands of all time. RIP MCA.

[@floridahiker1800]

RIP Adam Yauch. Adam on overdriven bass blows my mind.

[@Rory-EXE]

This song got me tweakin

[@olazom283]

My best times of my life are with the Beastie Boys

[@AbirTarafdar]

I reckon Ad-Rock looks like a young Deniro here.

[@Madbandit77]

I reckon that too!

[@Gekokujo76]

Im always a year late to The Reckoning.

[@calebbasile2219]

Taxi driver

[@LeatherCladVegan]

I reckon he looks like that dude from the Beastie Boys. Spike Jonze or whatever his name is.

[@scottadams8561]

Mean Streets

[@alphadrewaz88]

Love the nod to Pompeii!!!!

[@melissasalisbury4489]

Best band ever ❤

[@ariadneschild8460]

Gone but not forgotten. Thanks for this one Boys. 🤘❤

[@jeremypawelkiewicz]

THE best song out of the 90s... period.

[@srpdesigns]

I think everyone remembers where they were and what their life was like when this album hit... I was living in Colorado in 1992 with this cassette in the Walkman jumping off cliffs and skiing backcountry slopes and partying all night long in ski lodges .... OMG... TAKE ME BACK PLEASE!!!