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Originally Posted by Far-L
I gave it a listen and you are right, and I stand corrected. It is an interesting album and deserves the praise. James Brown once sued David Bowie over "stealing" his music but one would never say that Bowie was just a rip off of Brown or anyone else's music and I won't be saying that about Kanye now either and admit that my opinion before was based on hearsay. My bad and I thank you for opening my mind and setting me straight.
Footnote to Paul's Boutique... I turned Yawk onto shrooms and the lectures of Huxley, McKenna, and some other psychedelic inspired geniuses. (Try listening to the full Tim Leary speech that produced "tune in, turn on, and drop out" sometime). Always felt I helped make a small contribution to that record in my own special way, including that Jerry Garcia riff on Johnny Royale since I turned my buddy onto the Dead and he turned me onto hip hop.  The original release had me in the "thanks to" print. |
Wow. I'm so happy right now but kind of shocked. It's like when Tom Cruise got Jack Nicholson to admit that he ordered the Code Red. He knew he could do it, but then when it happened, he just kind of stood there for a second like 'Did he really just say that?'. lol! So thanks for giving it a shot.
I'll definitely listen to that Tim Leary speech. That's another fascinating time in pop culture history and I haven't really read about it since reading The Electric-Kool Aid Acid Test in college. It was actually in a history class which, in hindsight, is pretty cool because you wouldn't necessarily think that such a book would be included in the curriculum. The professor who assigned it went to Harvard was very liberal, so I lucked out.
I bet you had a great time hanging with the Beastie Boys. I'm jealous. Yauch was a class act and I'm sure that taking shrooms and learning about those guys had an impact on his life beyond music. He was always very creative and very curious about the world. Loved his speech at the VMA's. Not just his words, but the humble way in which he presented his thoughts.