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New York, NY
Quoted from gecko157:They fought against Monster Energy and won.
It's still weird that it was up for an hour and then pulled; I saw it in my feed. Dead Flip trolling?
BTW anyone that hasn't checked out their all instramental album The Mix-Up; really should, you're missing out.
That's true, but I'm talking about through the years....at some point, all three beasties will be dead, or broke, or greedy.
At that point, can MCA really prevent his music being used in ads from beyond the grave?
At some point, the rights to those songs will be owned by someone besides the actual living Beastie Boys. can you really will something that?
I mean, I hope so, but it seems pretty hard to conjure with!
Quoted from gecko157:As much as I would love for this to be real it won't happen. The surviving members are beyond anal about licensing anything with their likeness or music.
They don't want their songs used for commercials but this is way different. They've put out Beastie Boys skateboards, toys, watches, slipmats, etc. Their songs have also been used in movies and TV (Star Trek, Breaking Bad). I do think they care a lot about how their music gets used but I actually think pinball is right up their alley. They were known to have arcade games in their studio space back in the day. I bet you Adam and Mike would jump at the opportunity as would Yauch (if he was still alive).
Brampton, ON
Quoted from Jam_Burglar:Obscure Beastie Boys track for the win!
And references classic vids!
"Robotron, Gorf, and Galaga ... I got the sexy Dig Dug calendar"
7 months later
More 80’s era themed pins are needed. Beastie Boys, Goonies, Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe ARAH would be amazing.
Beastie Boys would be a unique music theme entering pinball into the Hip Hop world. There should’ve been a Hip Hop music pin by now.
2 years later
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Im all in if this ever happened. It would be my first NIB.
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