R.I.P MCA...Beastie Boys Member Passed Away :(

Amanda C, I can't believe I am hearing the news this way!!! I didn't know! (like there would be any other way to hear the news... you know how sometimes you forget that you have no ACTUAL connection to athlete/musician/author/etc that you admire?)

That music was the soundtrack of my grade school through college years. So many distinct memories to the individual songs! Saw them at the Forum in LA, late 90's, they were already on the older side but could still BRING it like no other.

"... and now I've got to pass the mic to Yaaauch..." :(

Very sad, great group, left behind great memories f listening to their fun music.....he was only 47 (I believe)

I am so sad. My son and I jam to Brass Monkey every morning on the way to school....

So sad - he was too young. I love the BBs. ""a lotta beer, lotta girls, lotta cursin. 22 automattic on my person""

I remember sitting on my friend's driveway. Her parents were out of town and we had a rager going on. All of a sudden, Fight for Your Right to Party, came on for the first time. Everyone went craaaaazy! Yep, it was the 80s. RIP, MCA, you rocked our suburban teenage world.

This makes me sad.... I used to listen to the BB in Junior high and watch Dance Party USA. Whenever I hear a Beatstie Boys song, it instantly makes me 14 again. Happy and carefree. My prayers go out to his family. I know how hard it is to lose someone to Cancer.
Poohey!

Damn that makes me sad. Having grown up in the 80's, The Beastie Boys were it. R.I.P Adam.

I was so sad to hear the Adam Yauch is gone. I am a big fan. He was so innovative and talented with the Beastie Boys . Their music will always stand the test of time.

When I saw that he passed I actually gasped out loud. My son ran over to see what I was looking on on the laptop.

They have been a part of my life for soooo long now I don't remember NOT loving them. I listen to them EVERYDAY when I workout. No matter how many times I've listen to them they ALWAYS make me push harder and make me smile at the same time. I can't say that about ANY current "musicians."

RIP MCA. You will be missed.

I am sad! I remember going to see Beastie Boys and Heavy D in concert! Sad day!

I was never a HUGE Beastie Boys Fan........ Although I have to say I was never afraid to bump Brass Monkey.

Hum Anthem for school.............Everclear.....Santa Monica and then the rest of their stuff as it came out.

Also Weezer's Pinkerton Album. I am pretty sure that got me through some of the roughest parts of Teen hood.

The things that come in three's theory is moving rapidly this year...... Seems we are loosing lots of talented people all over the board....

Beasties Rock! I remember watching the video for "fight for your right to party" on MTV and loving it.
hmmm...high school anthem....possibly Offspring- Come out and Play or Greenday Basket Case.

"Don't You Want Me" The Human League was REALLY popular....as was Jack & Diane by John COUGAR Mellencamp--that song still makes me want to hurl! LOL

Love, love, love the Beastie Boys. I was in junior high when "Fight for Your Right to Party" came out. It was their first huge hit and went hand in hand with the Run DMC/Aerosmith remake of "Walk This Way" to put rap and hip hop in the mainstream. It was cool to introduce my 18 year old to their music. He loves them, now, too.

I was so sad to see that he had passed away.

My highschool anthem....that's so tough. I went to public school for the first time in my junior year and I remember pulling up in the parking lot that first day and they were playing music on the speaker system outside. The song playing was Def Leopard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me." The staff must have had no idea what the words were. But I think the one that I listened to and loved the most was "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell.

It's fun to watch my kids discover the music that we used to love. My husband made a Beastie CD for the car last month and the kids are hooked on No Sleep till Brooklyn, Fight for your right, and Brass Monkey. It's maybe not appropriate :) but it's hliarious when my 5 and 6 yr old turn thier hats side ways and do the B-Boy stance.
Yes, a family of fans.

Definitely a fan. Had to search Pandora and I'm listening to them right now. RIP.

Not a fan, never really was, but prayers to his family.

So sad to hear this! His music is the soundtrack to a lot of fantastic memories for me!

I've never been a fan of them, but it's very sad just the same. So young and leaving a family behind. Awful :(

He created a fund to help someone who executed a police officer!!!! I will
just leave it at that. I am sure no one really knows that. I am the wife of
a retired NYC Police Officer who served for 37 years.

Graduated in 1994, so yeah, the beastie boys were the sh--! Loved the video for fight for your right, and the whole licensed to ill album reminds me of cheer camp senior year..love me some Paul revere! Was listening to it with my kids this morning and dancing around the house. So sad!

Libby my friend from hs is married to Davey French! Love everclear too, and anthems from high school include smells like teen spirit, friends in low places, posse on broadway, and snoop's doggy style album :) good mix of rock, country, and rap for this city G.!

Heard that on the radio just now...

We have the right... The right... to....__________________

The best thing, you could substitute any activity you wanted!

I would have to say anything off of "check your head" would be my anthem in high school. But I agree "Whatcha Want" is probably my fave. Huge Beastie fan. Our station here usually plays "90s and Noon" and today it was ALL Beasties!

I'm so glad that I got to see them in concert 15 years ago... every time they've come around I had other activities going on.