Beastie Boys - Instant Death Lyrics

That short moment at the end of hello nasty where bboys turned into Radiohead

Zak, this song is for you, homie. 💜

My oldest brother bought this album when was in high school, i use to listen this album when I was a kid, I mustin been around 7 or 8. I always use to skip to my favorite song on the album, "And me" because of the base drop. This is my first time listening to this song. It almost it seems as though I was suppose to listen to this song in 2019, at 28 years old, not as an 8 year old kid. Music is funny when mixed with time, because you cannot begin to imagine how a song 20 years later can affect someones life. Listening to this song, and just looking at the album cover, the brothers in a sardine can with electricity/fire around them it just makes sense. Anybody else ever feel that way about a song?

RIP MCA : we have lost a legend... :(

I often felt the ending to this was anticlimactic. The track starts to build and it feels like it's gonna get epic then it just ends. I suppose it is fitting. It's an Instant Death.

Underrated

4 mins cooked alive:)

I wanna remix this ending...it needs to be longer

When those drums kick in...... Holy macoroni.

Maravilloso

This sounds kinda like Becks music back in the day mellow gold

.....but better!

The trio tracked this and beck had influence from the b boys as did most of us. Just saying

MCA R.I.P.

Love it when the drums kick in

Beastie boys were my introduction of a lifestyle that took me places that i wish i hadn't gone. However the music and this group as a band and mc's are the the sickest of my time. Thank you Beastie boys.

like to die instantly

rest in paradise mca.

who's singing

Horovitz. AKA Ad-Rock.

Such a haunting track...

JOHN BERRY, REST IN PEACE! 1953-2016

This song is actually dedicated to Dave Scilken who died fro man overdose in 1991, wich made the Beastie boys reflect on their rock n roll life and who decided to become a Hip Hop band ( rather than a punk band ) after Dave´s death.

@HoboTango
Really? Wow.  Cool Fun Fact.

@Jack Atkinson Yeah, I guess they were already pretty much hip hop in 1991, but I took this from a quote I read somewhere from them.


I tried to see a difference between the albums when I read that but I cant really find one ( before/after 1991 ) there is elements of hip hop and punk in pretty much all their albums.

Anyway, the album ´´Check your head´´ is dedicated to Dave.

I come back to this song again and again. This is by far one of my favourite songs. I'm appalled by only 78 likes out of 11,000 views.

Hmmmm, I see 0 dislikes. Wonder how that can be (re-uploaded?). Anyway, I think we've jinks'd it, more downvotes coming...

My fav Beastie Boys song by far

i don't know is eqal = but this one is good too

anybody know the story behind this song? if there is one.

+Based Jeb Kush No I think that's clearly spot on. Fuck.

This song is actually dedicated to Dave Scilken who died fro man overdose in 1991, wich made the Beastie boys reflect on their rock n roll life and who decided to become a Hip Hop band ( rather than a punk band ) after Dave´s death.

( pretty much like Based Jeb Kush said )

It's the Boys regretting everything they've done to this point and they just want to die, which unfortunately Adam Yauch (or MCA) got in 2012.

@J.L.H. Productions No it's not. It's not about regret at all. It's about AdRock trying to cope with grief after losing two people who were really important to him. My sis and I lost our mom a few years ago and ever since it's been hard for her to cope. There are a lot of times she feels the hurt so bad she feels like dying. It's really tough.

@John Brian Costa No. He's not. It's about a friend of his who died.

this is last song .. and i always skipped it (since 1998) and just last week I realized how good this LAST TRACK IS :D .. 

Awww.. :D

for me, best song of the album, glad you finally found it :)

:D Aww this has always been the beat for me :D, Reminds me of childhood when i used to skate with my boyd 10 years ago :D

Esta canción es genial