2004.12.17 Basel, Switzerland @ St. Jakobshalle

[BBQ Champ]

Special one screen show tonight. Being in Switzerland, I busted out the Lederhosen in the middle of the show; a little surprise for the boys. They pulled me up onstage right before 3 MC's and 1 DJ to pose with them at the begining. I wasn't sure what to do after that and Yauch grabed me and made me jump a round. Then I brought the camera up onstage and filmed the Boys from the stage. First time for everything. I'll try to get a pic up of that. That was my highlight of the show, but hopefully fun was had by all.

Show Intro
Mix Master Mike Intro
Time To Build
Root Down
Sure Shot
Triple Trouble
Pass The Mic
Time To Get Ill
Super Disco Breakin'
Le Brouhaha
Shake Your Rump
Mix Master Mike Interlude
Sabrosa
Ricky's Theme
Lighten Up
Something's Got To Give
An Open Letter To NYC
Body Movin'
Right Right Now Now
Flute Loop
Three MC's And One DJ
Brass Monkey
Ch-Check It Out
So What'cha Want

ENCORE:
Intergalactic
Gratitude
Sabotage

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[romanpetr]

Please,James,put Yr pics on board! I hope U did Yr best in Basel!
They played Flute Loop .......and again The Brouhaha!!!!!! I hope there was a great show!

ps.Please,also put shoutouts from Brussels show on mb

[sevenforseven]

so here I am back from basel where I just expirienced on of my best concerts for a verry long time.

The beasties where wild on stage and belive me james we liked you're show

I took some pics myself but have no are to upload them... but they are on the way....

thanks again for the amazing show.....

Switzerland

[Yusuf]

The whole show was marvellous in Basel...........

The Beastie Boys, MMM, Lederhosen the Sabotage Boys, and Talib Kweli of course.

Thanx for this great concert evening.

Yusuf

[Dustbrother]

Hmmm...

They Boy really played an excellent Show, but
i think the boys were in very bad mood (because
of the baaad swiss crowd) ? anyway, i was kinda
pissed off 'cause the crowd... they were lame, and
that's the reason why the boys were lame...

i wish i could go back and see that gig again...

i couldn't really have EXTREME FUN, because the boys
didn't have that much fun i think.

anyway... when SUPER DISCO BREAKIN' kicked ass... the whole show did...

[KLITKOMANDA]

uuuhaaa...the best fucking (sorry about that word) concert I've ever seen!! I don't know what they smoke befor the shows.. please come back to switzerland soon..or i'll get angry

if there's someone who's got the concert in basel on tape or DVD..please contact me..

THANX beastie BOYS und MMM for comig..

[Kid Presentable]

That's my favourite setlist so far

[tpk]

a few pictures added.

[Lebowsky]

That was fuckin' good sound ... !
One of the best concert in my life (and i can tell u i saw quite a lot)
It was fuckin' intensive and so groovy..!
We did the trip from Lyon and we haven't been desappointed !
Vive les Beastie Boys !
Come in France soon !

[Acbess]

Damn, it was simply a perfect show. I don't know if the Beastie Boys had fun or not, hope so, we tried to give them everything we could (I was on the first row... I could even touch you, James)...

I've got one question, who were the two components of the band? Especially, what I'd like to know, is if the crazy guy playing keyboards was Mark Nishita.

Can anybody answer me?

Come back soon, we'll prepare some new chocolate turntables, a few chocolate microphones and for you, James, a chocolate camera...

[tpk]

Originally Posted by Acbess

Damn, it was simply a perfect show. I don't know if the Beastie Boys had fun or not, hope so, we tried to give them everything we could (I was on the first row... I could even touch you, James)...

I've got one question, who were the two components of the band? Especially, what I'd like to know, is if the crazy guy playing keyboards was Mark Nishita.

Can anybody answer me?

Come back soon, we'll prepare some new chocolate turntables, a few chocolate microphones and for you, James, a chocolate camera...

mark nishita aka money mark on the keyboards and alfredo ortiz on the percussion.

[jennyb]

I (heart) Switzerland and I (heart) Beastie Boys, what an awesome show this would've been to attend. Nice Lederhosen! Thanks for the pics y'all.

[shine]

The show was really, really great!!! Thank you for coming to Basel. Hope you are coming back soon!

[Freakazoid03]

Originally Posted by Dustbrother

Hmmm...

They Boy really played an excellent Show, but
i think the boys were in very bad mood (because
of the baaad swiss crowd) ? anyway, i was kinda
pissed off 'cause the crowd... they were lame, and
that's the reason why the boys were lame...

i wish i could go back and see that gig again...

i couldn't really have EXTREME FUN, because the boys
didn't have that much fun i think.

anyway... when SUPER DISCO BREAKIN' kicked ass... the whole show did...

hi

i'm one of the sabotage-like-dressed. i don't think they were in a baad mood due to the crowd. i met them 2 hours bevore the concert start and mike d was soooo flashed. i dont know what kind of drugs he took or if he was just tired but i think it's the reason because he made that much mistakes.(remember pass the mic faults ) so the concert couldn't compare with munich or milano wher'e if've been too.
anyway they are great,wierd,crazy guys and they kick ass in their 40's

[SwissCheese]

@ Freakazoid03

Where did you meet the guys? I was trying to get a signature, but without success

Was there an after-show-party somewhere or went they back to the hotel?

Great show, but for me tooo many people in Basel. Was much more familiar in Zurich back on "Hello Nasty" tour....

[Freakazoid03]

Originally Posted by SwissCheese

@ Freakazoid03

Where did you meet the guys? I was trying to get a signature, but without success

Was there an after-show-party somewhere or went they back to the hotel?

Great show, but for me tooo many people in Basel. Was much more familiar in Zurich back on "Hello Nasty" tour....

i met them behind the stage ;-)
they reallly nice guys! but i was sooo f'cking nervous, that it was difficult to find the right words. so we talked some bullshit...i'll post the picture asap if you want.

see you next tour...

[SwissCheese]

CoooooooooooL

Please post the pics!

Have you won a meet & greet?

[Freakazoid03]

Originally Posted by SwissCheese

CoooooooooooL

Please post the pics!

Have you won a meet & greet?

we will soon... my friend is on the work...

[fantrashtic]

The show was just awesome... and I also think that the boys weren't in bad mood... MCA was smiling all the time, compared to some live-video material I've seen thats not that usual, I guess.
Anyway, as I allready said the concert was great, I so damn liked it (Okay, all that bouncing was a little bit annoying, in my opinion. I could have enoy the show more without it). And when they put out that chocolate turntable... I was getting hungry.
A friend of mine made some pictures herself... I could upload them, but they are not that good... Little bit blurred and stuff.

@ James B: You were also the guy who was filming some people before the concert started, right? (Yai, I was on the Screen. )

[Weziah]

Awsome concert ! The BB are really incredible on stage...

I think it could have been the best concert I ever saw (with Smashing Pumpkins and REM) IF my girlfriend hadn't fainted 10min before the BB entered the stage...

Damn, that sucked really hard, she just fainted (we have been to many concerts and this never happened before, must be bcs the BB made her crazy, or maybe bcs she was really tired already before the concert, lol), fortunatelly we were directly next to the stage, so security helped my take her (unconscious) above the barrier, then some medics helped me: she woke up after 30 sec and everything was fine...

But seeing her like that really made me nervous and I couldn't appreciate the concert like I should have, and of course, it would have been much better if I could have stayed in the crowd just in front of the stage (where we were before my GF fainted) !!!

Maybe you saw us, I was a guy with a green and yellow Adidas jacket (the1 the BB used to wear on live performances) and my girlfriend has very long blond hair...

Just wanted to add something more about the BB: they are crazy ! I don't know what drugs they take, but they DO take something, they weren't clean during that concert, it was obvious !!!


Now I REALLY hope the BB will comeback sometimes in Switzerland bcs I want to see them again (hopefully without my GF faiting) !!!
Maybe next tour could be called (if next album is in 5 years): "crazy stoned grandpas rockin the stage" or something like that (and the crowd should come dressed like grandpas/mas

[Laver1969]

Originally Posted by Miramanee

An audience recording of this show reveals something that no one who reviewed the show mentioned: at the end of "Right Right Now Now," Yauch threw in a full verse of "Professor Booty" (the one that begins So many wack mcs...). Nifty.

I just heard this and couldn't believe my ears. Wow, that sounded noice.

And what happened with Ch-Check it out. MMM started it then the turntables went dead/music stopped for a verse or something. The boys went acapella for a verse and a half and MMM jumped right back in perfectly. That was strange.