Sabotage (song)

1994

Sabotage is a song by the Beastie Boys from the year 1994. The label Grand Royal released it under other things on the album Ill Communication. Sabotage can be essentially associated with the genre of hardcore, but also contains elements of hip -hop.

Authorship and recording

The original idea and the characteristic bass riff to sabotage coming from MCA. The text is written Adrock, who also took over the vocals. The copyright of the song is all three Beastie Boys. It was produced by Mario sabotage Caldato Jr. and the band itself

Although sabotage was one of the first songs that were recorded for Ill Communication, he finished last. Adrock recalls in this connection to a man named Chris, who frequently stayed during the recording of Ill Communication in the studios at the Tin Pan Alley. He had most of the time rather bored cast by the music of the Beastie Boys, until he had first heard an instrumental version of the yet untitled sabotage. Then he shouted: " This is the shit! This shit rocks! "This later sabotage have therefore received his honor the working title of Chris Rock. After that, it remained still for about a year an instrumental piece, to the Beastie Boys have finally decided to provide the song with a text.

Music Video

The music video for sabotage is both homage to and parody of the typical police series of the 70s. Director was Spike Jonze. For MTV, the video was temporarily in heavy rotation.

For the MTV Video Music Awards of 1994, sabotage was nominated five times, including " Video of the Year " but got not a single trophy. Sabotage subject in all categories Cryin ' by Aerosmith or Everybody Hurts by REM MCA then stormed into his Nathanial - Hörnblowér costume stage and described the event as a farce. At the awards ceremony in 2009 sabotage was awarded in the category " Best Video ( That should have won a Moonman ) ".

Reception

The music magazine Rolling Stone leads sabotage in its list of the 500 best songs of all time at number 480

Trivia

After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 set the media company Clear Channel Communications sabotage on a blacklist, which contained songs that for the time being should not be broadcast on the radio.

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