So...is Boom an official member or what?

TransplantedNewf
TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
edited July 2008 in The Porch
I just watched VH1 Rock Honors and didn't see Boom. Some other guy was playing the piano. I find it odd that when playing a song that could clearly use Boom's expertise, he's not on stage.

What's on the go?
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  • JeffAment's-Floor
    JeffAment's-Floor Posts: 88
    Krisdababe wrote:
    Boom's expertise
    :D
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Krisdababe wrote:
    I just watched VH1 Rock Honors and didn't see Boom. Some other guy was playing the piano. I find it odd that when playing a song that could clearly use Boom's expertise, he's not on stage.

    What's on the go?

    He's not in the band. He's a side contributor. not unlike Money Mark, the guy who has been playing keyboards with the Beastie Boys since the early 90's.

    edit: oh, and the band wasn't about to have their goofy lookin' Hawaiian keyboard guy on national TV with them. his expertise? I think the guy with the orchestra did a fine job....as anyone who can play piano would have.
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  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    JeffAment's-Floor wrote:
    :D

    Dude. He does a better job than i could do.
    and shit, if they stick organ in Rats, there's no doubt in my mind he should've been there during Reign O'er Me. Especially since they've played it with him several times now...
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Krisdababe wrote:
    Especially since they've played it with him several times now...

    they don't people outside of the hardcore fanbase to know about him because he's a freakin' goofball. notice he wasn't on SNL or Letterman with them in '06?
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  • PJBuckeye
    PJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    He's not in the band. He's a side contributor. not unlike Money Mark, the guy who been playing keyboards with the Beastie Boys since the early 90's.

    edit: oh, and the band wasn't about to have their goofy lookin' Hawaiian keyboard guy on national TV with them. his expertise? I think the guy with the orchestra did a fine job....as anyone who can play piano would have.

    This might sound ignorant (I know shocking from me) but I had no idea who Money Mark was. I saw him on the Roo lineup and was indifferent.
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  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    I think the guy with the orchestra did a fine job....as anyone who can play piano would have.

    No doubt, the guy with the orchestra was great...but since they have the "goofy lookin' Hawaiian keyboard guy" on stage every show for that song for the last couple tours, it only makes sense that he'd be there last Sunday.
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  • rtwilli4
    rtwilli4 Posts: 261
    who gives a fuck about how Boom looks. If anyone said he wasn't fit for TV i'm sure it was VH1 and not PJ.
  • Ledbetterman10
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    PJBuckeye wrote:
    This might sound ignorant (I know shocking from me) but I had no idea who Money Mark was. I saw him on the Roo lineup and was indifferent.

    yeah he's good. he also works with Beck.

    Here's a great performance of Sabotage. the video says Woodstock '99 but it's not because the Beasties didn't play there. check out Mark going completely crazy on the keys.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=43WBo-LpMXY
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  • PJBuckeye
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    By the way, Boom SHOULD BE official by now. He's not a drummer. PJ has had only one keyboard guy, and it seems that the keyboard will be a fixture in PJ shows forever. So why not make him a permanant member?
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  • moho
    moho Posts: 541
    Boom probably just couldn't make it, he may have had to go back to hawaii to surf long boards and sip some beers watching the sunset, laughing his ass off that he gets paid to tour with a great rock band but not do the dirty work like VH1 award shows.
    JUST PLAY THE F***ING NOTE!!!
  • slightofjeff
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    PJBuckeye wrote:
    By the way, Boom SHOULD BE official by now. He's not a drummer. PJ has had only one keyboard guy, and it seems that the keyboard will be a fixture in PJ shows forever. So why not make him a permanant member?

    I have a strange feeling Boom may be being phased out. He didn't play on that many songs this this tour. It seems for half the shows I was at, he wasn't even on stage.

    Coupled with this VH1 thing ... I dunno ... I just have a sense his time might be done.
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  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    boom should have fuckin been there! god i love that dude!
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  • TransplantedNewf
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    PJBuckeye wrote:
    By the way, Boom SHOULD BE official by now. He's not a drummer. PJ has had only one keyboard guy, and it seems that the keyboard will be a fixture in PJ shows forever. So why not make him a permanant member?

    I totally agree with you. That's why i wondered why some other dude was on stage!

    ....maybe VH1 got wind of fans screaming his name and figured BOOOOOOING would sound/look bad. :D
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  • PJBuckeye
    PJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    yeah he's good. he also works with Beck.

    Here's a great performance of Sabotage. the video says Woodstock '99 but it's not because the Beasties didn't play there. check out Mark going completely crazy on the keys.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=43WBo-LpMXY

    Thanks for the video. That was prett tight. I have never seen the Beasties live. That makes me want to go see them.
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  • PJBuckeye
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    slightofjeff wrote:
    I have a strange feeling Boom may be being phased out. He didn't play on that many songs this this tour. It seems for half the shows I was at, he wasn't even on stage.

    Coupled with this VH1 thing ... I dunno ... I just have a sense his time might be done.

    You might be right.
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    PJBuckeye wrote:
    Thanks for the video. That was prett tight. I have never seen the Beasties live. That makes me want to go see them.

    well then I have one more for ya. it's from 2007 so it'll give ya an idea how awesome they still are. It's shot really well by some guy in the crowd. check Adrock's vocals on the opening lines. unbelievable.

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  • TransplantedNewf
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    slightofjeff wrote:
    I have a strange feeling Boom may be being phased out. He didn't play on that many songs this this tour. It seems for half the shows I was at, he wasn't even on stage.

    Coupled with this VH1 thing ... I dunno ... I just have a sense his time might be done.


    I hope you're wrong. I LOVE Boom!!
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  • hailhail82
    hailhail82 Posts: 330
    That was Brendan O'Brien on keyboards.
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • MKTerp
    MKTerp Posts: 66
    Boom's not a classically trained piano player. It would be a risk having him play tonight. He butchered the song when they debuted it in Europe last year.
  • slightofjeff
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    Krisdababe wrote:
    I hope you're wrong. I LOVE Boom!!

    I like him too, in doses. This tour was just about right for me.
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