“Beastie Boys” is Track #1 from Pollywog Stew EP, the Boys’ first studio effort, released 11.20.1982.

Beastiemania found that “Beastie Boys” has been perfored in 58 known concerts.

• 1st Known Performance: 12.11.1981 — Max’s Kansas City, New York, US

• Last Known Performance: 5.22.1999 — Riverside Stage, Brisbane, Australia

“The Vibes" is a bonus track from the Ill Communication era, released May 31, 1994 on the “Sure Shot” single.

Samples include:

• “Johnny Ryall“ by Beastie Boys from the album, Paul’s Boutique (1989)
• “Timebomb“ by Public Enemy from the album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)

Track #3 on Beastie Boys’ fourth (full-length) studio album, Ill Communication, released 5.31.1994.

Samples include:

• Adam Yauch’s answering machine message (featured only on Grand Royal and non-US releases of Ill Communication)
• The skit “French Girl“ from the 1974 comedy album, That Ain’t My Finger by Mantan Moreland
• “Beat Bop“ by Rammellzee & K-Rob, a 1983 test pressing

The final cut on “B-Boy Bouillabaisse”, and Track #23 on the 20th Anniversary Edition of Paul’s Boutique.

Mike D (in Beastie Boys Book) on “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” and “AWOL”:

We wanted to make our own psychedelic rap manifesto inspired by listening to the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, and Hendrix super loud in various automobiles and Yauch’s bedroom. We had nine song ideas left over. We could have spent time working on them and developing them more fully, but instead we decided to shove them all together into one medley and call it a bouillabaisse. […] Coming from hardcore, we always loved the economy of super-short songs. So what if we tried some rap songs like that? Then throw in for good measure a completely crazy (said with a thick French accent) 808 beat that Yauch recorded onto an 8-track in his kitchen (“AWOL”), backward loops, fuzz bass, b-boy routines, and a hundred NYC shout-outs, then chop up and mix and cut it all together with a Ginsu II.

AWOL is the nickname given to Suicidal Tendencies drummer Amery Smith. He explained:

It’s a nickname that the DJ Hurricane of the Beastie Boys gave me in the early ‘90s. I was never where I was supposed to go. So 'Cane just said I was AWOL.

Samples include:

• “Good Times” is a 1979 song by the group, Chic, from their 1979 album, Risqué.

• “Good to Go“ by Trouble Funk from the album, Drop the Bomb (1982)

Beastiemania found that “AWOL” has been performed in 1 known concert.
- 1.24.1996, Kawasaki, Japan

One day when Dust Brother John King was scratching elements of Pink Floyd’s “Time” over “Last Bongo in Belgium" by Incredible Bongo Band, MCA picked up his bass and began jamming along. From this jam session came “Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun” – one of only two tracks on the Pauls' Boutique that the Beasties played instruments on (the other is “Hello Brooklyn”).

Samples include:

• “Time“ by Pink Floyd, from the album, Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
• “Put Your Hand in the Hand“ by Ocean, from the album, Put Your Hand in the Hand (1970)
• “Mississippi Queen“ by Mountain, from the album, Climbing! (1970)
• “Last Bongo in Belgium" by Incredible Bongo Band, from the album, Bongo Rock (1973)

“Looking Down…” was performed in 26 known concerts.

• 1st Known Performance: 23-May-1992 : Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, US

• Last Known Performance: 12.31.1995 — Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia