80s Jams #17: Beastie Boys "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" (1989)

Paul's Boutique is a considerable change from the hard rock of Licensed to Ill, shifting to layers of samples and beats so intertwined they move beyond psychedelic; it's a painting with sound. Paul's Boutique is a record that only could have been made in a specific time and place. Like the Rolling Stones in 1972, the Beastie Boys were in exile and pining for their home, so they made a love letter to downtown New York -- which they could not have done without the Dust Brothers, a Los Angeles-based production duo who helped redefine what sampling could be with this record. -- Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfwxqy5ldse

"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" contains the most live instrumentation on Paul's Boutique, with guitar and bass played by Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch respectively. Songs Sampled: "Time" by Pink Floyd, "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain, "Last Bongo in Belgium" by the Incredible Bongo Band, "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Down_the_Barrel_of_a_Gun