March 2, 2024

S7E337 - Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique' with Kevin Moyer

S7E337 - Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique' with Kevin Moyer

Initially considered a commercial failure following their multi-platinum debut, Beastie Boys' groundbreaking second record "Paul's Boutique" is now viewed as a landmark achievement in the world of hip-hop. Producer/Music Supervisor Kevin Moyer (Heaven...

Initially considered a commercial failure following their multi-platinum debut, Beastie Boys' groundbreaking second record "Paul's Boutique" is now viewed as a landmark achievement in the world of hip-hop. Producer/Music Supervisor Kevin Moyer (Heaven Adores You, The Glamour and The Squalor) joins us as we unpack this dense, highly influential classic.

Songs discussed in this episode: Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys (Live in Amsterdam, 2004); It's The Little Things - Redd Kross; Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys; Annie's Gone - Redd Kross; Girls, To All The Girls, Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys; 6 O' Clock DJ (Let's Rock) - Rose Royce; Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon; Unity, Pt. 2 (Because It's Coming) - James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa; Johnny Ryall - Beastie Boys; Sharon - David Bromberg; Egg Man, Egg Raid On Mojo - Beastie Boys; Sport - Lightnin' Rod; The Murder - Bernard Herrmann; High Plains Drifter, The Sounds Of Science, 3-Minute Rule - Beastie Boys; Brave & Strong - Sly and the Family Stone; Hey Ladies, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys; Last Bongo In Belgium, Apache - Incredible Bongo Band; Car Thief - Beastie Boys; Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory; Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan; What Comes Around - Beastie Boys; Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin; Put On Train - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds; It's Hot Tonight - Alice Cooper; Rhymin and Stealin, Shadrach - Beastie Boys; Loose Booty - Sly and the Family Stone; Never Let Em Say -  Ballin' Jack; B-Boy Bouillabaisse - Beastie Boys; The Well's Gone Dry - The Crusaders; Mess Around - Redd Kross

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Kevin Moyer

Producer / Music Supervisor

Kevin Moyer / Producer/ Music Supervisor
Kevin Moyer is an award-winning creative, producer, and music supervisor who has done production and supervision work on various artist albums, musical scores and soundtracks, and music videos, in addition to various and eclectic independent and feature films, as well as content appearing in all broadcast, cinema, and radio media worldwide. Moyer independently recorded and released the "Live From Nowhere Near You" charity album series which includes friends and collaborators like Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Gus Van Sant, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Spoon, Bright Eyes, The Shins, Ryan Adams, Daniel Johnston, and more. Moyer was Producer and Music Supervisor, also recording and providing the score for the posthumous Elliott Smith documentary "Heaven Adores You", as well as producing the soundtrack for the film of previously unreleased Elliott Smith music. Moyer also provided Music Supervision for the music documentary "The Glamour and The Squalor" about hall of fame radio DJ Marco Collins, as well as produced both soundtrack and score albums for the film, which included music by Mike Mccready of Pearl Jam. Moyer also recently finished the newly released films: the documentary about Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon ("All I Can Say"; a documentary film about CREEM magazine ("Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine"); a film about David Bazan and Pedro The Lion ("Strange Negotiations"); a film ironically released on Netflix about the last days of a brick and mortar VH… Read More