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

TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf 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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"To is a preposition.
Come is a verb"

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  • JeffAment's-FloorJeffAment's-Floor Posts: 88
    Krisdababe wrote:
    Boom's expertise
    :D
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,933
    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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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf 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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    "To is a preposition.
    Come is a verb"

  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,933
    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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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye 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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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf 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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    "To is a preposition.
    Come is a verb"

  • rtwilli4rtwilli4 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.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,933
    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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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    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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  • mohomoho 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!!!
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    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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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    boom should have fuckin been there! god i love that dude!
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    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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    Come is a verb"

  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye 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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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    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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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,933
    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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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    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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    "To is a preposition.
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  • hailhail82hailhail82 Posts: 330
    That was Brendan O'Brien on keyboards.
    Using the word "methinks" in your message board posts doesn't make you look smart.
  • MKTerpMKTerp 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.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    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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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    MKTerp wrote:
    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.

    Yeah, but they've been playing the shit out of it this month on tour, and it's been fine.
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  • JeffAment's-FloorJeffAment's-Floor Posts: 88
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIhel4RJdQk

    Listen to the first 10 seconds and you'll know why he wasn't there.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    JeffAment's-Floor wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIhel4RJdQk

    Listen to the first 10 seconds and you'll know why he wasn't there.

    Eh. As I mentioned, he's been playing it just fine on this tour. He could have been there, but I don't really care one way or another.
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    MKTerp wrote:
    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.

    Ed's no Roger Daltrey either but that doesn't make me love their version (including Boom) any less. ;)
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    "To is a preposition.
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  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,054
    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?

    do you have ANY idea what a 1st class round-trip plane ticket costs PJ everytime they summon Boom back to the mainland?! ;)
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  • John Briggs 2008John Briggs 2008 Posts: 1,024
    I would love to see him become apart of the official band. Lord knows he has toured enough and contributed things here and there in small doses. But this happens often where a friend/talent is brought on for live performances and payed a salary and then sent on there way.
  • NeverbeenLedbetterNeverbeenLedbetter Posts: 213
    hailhail82 wrote:
    That was Brendan O'Brien on keyboards.

    Thought it was B.O'B. on the piano which would makes sense to have him instead of Boom since he plays the piano on the studio version.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Krisdababe wrote:
    Ed's no Roger Daltrey either but that doesn't make me love their version (including Boom) any less. ;)

    Honestly, listening to Daltrey tonight, you're right. I would never insult Ed that way ;)
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,608
    hailhail82 wrote:
    That was Brendan O'Brien on keyboards.


    I'm glads Im not the only one who noticed.

    Boom is not going anywhere. Brendan was clearly the beter choice for keys this time around.

    I honestly cant wat to see how Brendan helps utilize Boom more on the next album.
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    100 Pacer wrote:
    do you have ANY idea what a 1st class round-trip plane ticket costs PJ everytime they summon Boom back to the mainland?! ;)

    Good point :D
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