MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

On March 4th of 1998…
this track was all over the radio and MTV

It’s the Beastie Boys.

“Intergalactic.”

(Music Cut #2)

By this point, they’d been around for over a decade.

So… more mature?

Not at all

Because to get that voice—

they used an actual children’s toy.

(Music Cut #3)

Mike D ran his vocals through a toy walkie-talkie.
And then pushed it through a robot-voice effect.

They wanted it to sound like it was broadcasting from a distant spaceship.

That “futuristic” sound?

It all came from the toy aisle.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“From the Hudson River out to the Nile.
I run the marathons ’til the very last mile.” – by Beastie Boys

Please subscribe on YouTube and spread this channel wherever you can – Thank you!