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Production Credits:
Finger Lickin' Good Click for Lyrics
First Appearance: Check Your Head LP, 21 April 1992
Written by: Beastie Boys/Mario Caldato/Wendell Fite/Hill
Performed by: Adam Yauch (bass), Michael Diamond (drums), Adam Horovitz (guitar), Mark Nishita (D6, Clav, Organ, Wurlitzer), Drew Lawrence (tamboura, mridunga)
Production Notes: Engineered by Mario Caldato, produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato. Recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA. Sequenced at PCP Labs.
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...
Samples:
- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" by Bob Dylan - Vol. 2 - Greatest Hits by Bob Dylan
- "Breakout" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith+ - Breakout by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- "Three for the Festival" by Rashaan Roland Kirk+ - We Free Kings by Rashaan Roland Kirk
- "Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music by Sly & the Family Stone
References:
- Finger lickin' good - advertising slogan for Kentucky Fried Chicken, a fast food franchise
- Money Mark - Mark Nishita, Beastie keyboardist
- Paul Bunyon - legendary hero of lumber camps of the American Northwest
- Ernie Anastos - New York City news anchor
- Pasta with pesto - Yauch's recipe published in Grand Royal magazine, Issue #1
- Frugal Gourmet - TV chef personality
- Pete the Puma - Warner Bros. cartoon character, nemesis of Bugs Bunny
- Minnie the Moocher - 1931 song by Cab Calloway
- The Freak - dance
- The Patty Duke - dance
- The Spank - dance
Sample & Reference Breakdown:
- "Just give him some wood and he'll build you a cabinet" references Beastie keyboardist Mark Nishita's carpenter skills
- "They'll even print my recipe for pasta with pesto" references Grand Royal's publishing of Yauch's pasta with pesto recipe in the debut issue of the magazine
- "Goin back to New York City, I do believe I've had enough" sample: "Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues" by Bob Dylan
Commentary:
Beastie Boys:
(In regard to how much the Bob Dylan sample cost) "Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal." - Michael Diamond June 1992 Boston Rock
Press & Print Media:
"...mixes live instruments with electronically sampled sounds and fluid tempos" - Newsweek, 1992
"[An] old-school-flavored track [that] underscores the group's rhyming skills" - Rolling Stone, 1992
"...the one track where the Beasties truly flex their loud mouths"
Released Versions:
Finger Lickin' Good
Finger Lickin' Good (Government Cheese Remix)
Finger Lickin' Good (Instrumental)
Live:
Performed in 8 known Concerts.
First known Performance:
17-May-1992 : Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Last known Performance:
24-Nov-1992 : Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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