Fight for your right to party…
A few months ago I heard an acoustic version of the Beastie Boys classic anthem “Fight For Your Right (To Party)” by a guy named Andrew Paul Woodworth. It really floored me. I remember the song being a symbol of all my crazy teen years and all the parties and of course good old teen angst. It seemed to say that the world is against you and if you wanna have a good time in life you got to avoid all the BS from anyone over thirty and anyone in authority. It also seemed to mean that having a good time was chemically induced and no one had the right to tell me what chemicals to put into my body. Thats the anylitcal subtext i guess. But this acoustic version I heard gave me a new take. It felt a little haunting and profound. It made me think about everything young adults go through and all the swirling emotions of simultaneously feeling isolated and yet one with everyone …desires which came all within 5 minutes of eachother. It made me think back on my young years and the desire for freedom. The desire for escape. The desire to be left alone. The desire to be included. The raging war of my mind. Battles which if we were to be quite honest we all still sometimes fight. So the song is just a song , but I did like it enough to use a clip of it in my show “Dirt.” Today the beautiful people of LMTI (Not TI#*s..I owe you a quarter jamie) asked about the song and I said I would upload it for them. So here it is guys. See you soon and keep fightin.
jamie says:
hey john
thanks for putting this up. we appreciate it and will enjoy it in the office. hey we have your hat. we’ve been practicing ‘el diablo’ with it. as soon as we finish our fun, i’ll send it back, along with your cd (which is very good, by the way). see you soon!
jamie
September 11th, 2006 at 8:58 pm