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Flute Loop Click for Lyrics

First Appearance: Ill Communication LP May 31, 1994
Written by: Beastie Boys/Mario Caldato/Al Kooper
Performed by: Beastie Boys
Production Notes: Produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato, recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village CA and Tin Pan Alley, New York, NY. Engineered by Mario Caldato and assistant engineer Settly. Sequenced at Bundy's Playhouse, mastered at Futuredisc by Tom Baker

Behind the Beats and Lyrics...

Samples:

  • ""Flute Thing" by Al Kooper - Rare + Well Done: The Greatest + Most Obscure Recordings by Al Kooper
  • "Craps (After Hours)" by Richard Pryor

References:

  • Victoria's Secret - popular lingerie company
  • Al Goldstein - Screw magazine publisher
  • Pat Ewing [1962-] - Patrick Ewing, professional basketball player; retired after 2001-02 season
  • Grape Ape - 70's Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
  • Don Cornelius - creator and host of "Soul Train," TV's first black-oriented music variety show
  • Subwoofer - a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies
  • Perlman - Robert Perlman, credited with drum programming on Hello Nasty
  • Dante - Dante Ross, longtime hip-hop producer

Sample & Reference Breakdown:

  • "I'm like Al Goldstein, I'm all about screwing" - Al Goldstein is the publisher of the adult magazine Screw

Commentary:

"...[Flute Loop's] titular sound weave[s] a high-pitched web around a wall of gnarly guitar" - Boston Herald, August 1998

 

Released Versions:

Flute Loop
Flute Loop (Clean Version)
Flute Loop (Instrumental)
Flute Loop (Live)

Live:

Performed in 145 known Concerts.

First known Performance:
22-Jun-1994 : Astoria Theatre, London, England

Last known Performance:
09-Jun-2009 : Rams Head, Baltimore, MD, United States

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