The Brass Monkey is a cocktail made with dark rum, vodka, and orange juice. It was originally sold as a pre-mixed drink by the Heublein Company in the 1970s and 80s, and it gained popularity partly due to the Beastie Boys' song of the same name.
Funny thing is back in high school when I heard this track nobody really knew what the heck the drink was we were all under 21 and there was no internet back then. LOLOLOLOL!
60 here. I was 24 in the Military. I was stationed in South Carolina 1985- 1987 Brass Monkey and other BB songs were always was playing in the dorm lol....
I saw the Beastie Boys open for Madonna in '85 in San Diego. SDSU was not ready. They got into "She's on it" and got booed off. They were years and YEARS ahead of their time. Pure legends. Keep up the content man.
You're 25 years old. I 1st listened to this album in 1986 when I was 14. We smoked a bunch of weed that day, also my 1st time. I've heard all these songs so many times I can play them in my head. Like the sax intro of this song. I like your reactions. I guess 'cause you like the music too. It's like that feeling you get when you get to show someone a really good movie for their 1st time.
Your last line absolutely sums up exactly what my main pleasure is in watching various music reaction videos -- seeing and "sharing" the music of my childhood and teen years with another generation. Early on, I thought it would only be classic country that I'd find that in...but it turns out, it is there with early rap and hip hop too.
in 1986 I was a 16 year old softmore in high school. brass monkey was a mixed drink with orange juice mixed with a congnac or dark rum or some other type of dark liquor
What you are hearing is a Roland TR-808 Bass drum machine being used to make our 4 10s or 2 12's or 2 15's and our 1000 watt Sherwood cook the trunk of our cars - We had this on loop
The 808 hit so fucking hard on this song that when they first started playing it live, they would literally fry whole PA systems with the low end. Concert and show venues literally didn't have the equipment to handle the fucking bass on this track.
I use to go to an all ages club back in the 80s which was owned by a Jamaican family so the sound system was on point and when this came on you felt it in your spine and the place would go nuts
Dude.... Brass Monkey is a canned "cocktail" that WAS sold in every liquor store/convenience store back in the day. Like "Mai Tai" or "Screwdriver". A drink, you lushes!
It was sold in cans but way before that it was just a drink bartenders made. It's dark rum, vodka and orange juice. It's traditionally served in a highball glass. It's just a screwdriver with a shot of dark rum in it.
Hey man I’m 54yrs old and came up on the Beastie boys in 1986, that is when this album came out. Brass monkey was a bottled drink that you got from the liquor store, corner store. Me myself I didn’t like it but yes it was a popular drink back in the day. St Ides was a popular malt liquor (beer) back in the day also. You will hear Ice Cube speak on this beer in a lot of his songs!!!!!
I was in 9th grade when this came out, about the same time as subs started becoming popular in cars. Beasties were playing in tons of cars at High School. I still use this song to test my systems.
One of the best things about the Beastie Boys from the start was their ability to have fun and be the first to laugh at themselves. Even when their message was something serious, they still injected fun and style into everything they did.
Back in the day... we would drink Brass Monkey and take a drink every time the Beastie Boys said the word "monkey." People were rolling down the stairs, falling over the railings on the second floor while vomiting, breaking windows to get "more air," hanging from the chandelier, shit was CRAZY. 😅
2:43 ya. Brass monkey was a drink, marketed as aphrodisiac. But a brass monkey was part of a cannon. "Its so cold it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" comes from when they were too cold to functuon... but it works with 2 meanings 😂
12 years old - walking into a middle school dance and hearing the start of Paul Revere. Ran into the gym and me and my boys sang the song start to finish. Yeah we butchered it but it was the best time. The good ole days…..
I saw them live in 2006 and when they did Brass Monkey they brought Snoop Dogg & Rahzel (beatboxer) on stage to do it with them. Genuinely top 10 moments of my life ✌️❤️
55 yo here, following your trip! Glad to see there's hope hor the future! Take care! Looking forward to you checking these out next! Intergalactic & Sabotage
Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails, supposedly orange juice, rum, and vodka. You always could add more yourself. The Brass Monkey cocktail was available in bottles from half pint up to 750 ml.
My first 2 cassette tapes were Beastie Boy's License to Ill and Boogie down productions Criminal Minded KRS 1.. I've seen the Beastie Boys 22 times and still have all the Albums on opened!!
Bro, love your reactions to Beastie Boys! Reminds me of the first time I heard these guys back in the 7th Grade after track practice waiting on our ride home. My ol' friend Darby had BB & Run DMC on one cassette tape. Both bands turned us all into hip hop rap super fans! 👊🏻😍👊🏻
54 y/o here. Know this album SO WELL I'm sitting here singing and "scratching" on my desk and LOVING your reactions to the Beasties. Man oh man, does this album bring back memories. Cruising (ya'll just don't KNOW) blasting music, skating rinks...
This was a must on any bass mixtape. Takes me back to my ‘92 Camaro with two 12” Kickers in the hatch and punch 100 driving them. Bass was king in those days. Going back to Cali and Brass Monkey are two of many staples.
Brass Monkey was just one in a whole line of pre-made cocktails in the 70s and 80s. Kind of like the premade drinks you see in the stores today.. This some was one of the most played songs at house parties and from the cars cruising the strip with the start of the big sound systems. Thumpin. In fact its still not a party until Brass Monkey is played even today...;
Spanish fly was a placebo tablet sold in the back of comics, and other teen magazine (as well as 357 Magnums, and Black Betties----legal amphetamines back then)
You're my new fave reaction dude. Your facial expressions are to die for. Side note- I was a stripper back in the day, yes I was. This was the song I'd open up with every nite and the crowd would go wild, standing up and dancing and hollering. The Beastie"s changed the game for us whitie's. Hooked, instantly. I will continue to tune into your channel. Good job, and thanks.
Love the Beasties. They could do message style stuff later on in their careers but they never stopped having fun. I honestly think this album is one of the best at that time because there’s not a bad song on it. I had a college radio show & used to play old independent Beasties when they were goofy-ass dudes before they got famous with this album. Kind of shocked me they sounded so good when License to Ill dropped. 😂
@ I swear once Google became a thing I made sure it was them even though I lived through the experience with other people coming up multiple times during my show & laughing hysterically while playing Cookie Puss. We couldn’t get our own copy so we made sure to hide it well in the station’s huge vinyl library. 😹
Brass monkey is a cocktail that at the time of recording was commonly available as pre-mixed cocktail drinks in cans for very cheap prices. It is a very simple cocktail consisting of orange juice, dark rum and vodka.
Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails made by the Heublein Company. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial expressions, widely differing recipes share the same name. In the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, the Heublein Company produced the premixed cocktail labeled Brass Monkey
I just got done watching this reaction. As im reading the comment..nov 2024...im watching the MI v ORE football game. The song they just played in the stadium...beastie boys...sabatage. Cant make this shit up. Almost 40 years later...Beastie Boys are still bumping in stadiums. Thats how you make a HOF...
I was 7 years old when I got the cassette tape of this "license to ill", took apart my dual cassette boom box just to watch the speakers move to the bass. Brotha, keep jamming to them, for few, then pull up "song for junior", it gonna blow your mind !!
rass Monkey is a cocktail made with vodka, rum, and orange juice. It can be served in a highball glass with ice and garnished with an orange slice. The drink is named after the Beastie Boys song of the same name, which increased its popularity in the 1980s.
Yo thanks for doing these... This album was the first album I ever had as a little kid. It's cool seeing the music keep going and your appreciation for it.
You have so many 50 somethings dancing in their recliners and singing along! 😂😂😂
Guilty as charged
You ain't wrong
No shit, ya herd
And 40 somethings. 9 year olds had it too😂
@ , y’all should still be dancing on the floor, not in the chair! 😂😂😂
The Brass Monkey is a cocktail made with dark rum, vodka, and orange juice. It was originally sold as a pre-mixed drink by the Heublein Company in the 1970s and 80s, and it gained popularity partly due to the Beastie Boys' song of the same name.
Funny thing is back in high school when I heard this track nobody really knew what the heck the drink was we were all under 21 and there was no internet back then. LOLOLOLOL!
Love your reactions! Im 51, and seeing the new generation doscover BEASTIE BOYS, and appreciating their TIMELESS muaic and genius!
I'm also 51 and completely agree.
60 here. I was 24 in the Military. I was stationed in South Carolina 1985- 1987 Brass Monkey and other BB songs were always was playing in the dorm lol....
I'm 51 as well seeing the New Generation hear this as well and them saying fk that's dope
I'm 52, and feel the same way!
54 here and destroyed this cassette because I listened to it so much. 😅
My 5th grade sentence for the word Dwell was "I got a castle in Brooklyn that's where I dwell." Lol in a NY school of course 😂
I saw the Beastie Boys open for Madonna in '85 in San Diego. SDSU was not ready. They got into "She's on it" and got booed off. They were years and YEARS ahead of their time. Pure legends. Keep up the content man.
LOL I'm 60 years old and love watching you Gen Z watching old videos.
You're 25 years old. I 1st listened to this album in 1986 when I was 14. We smoked a bunch of weed that day, also my 1st time. I've heard all these songs so many times I can play them in my head. Like the sax intro of this song. I like your reactions. I guess 'cause you like the music too. It's like that feeling you get when you get to show someone a really good movie for their 1st time.
Your last line absolutely sums up exactly what my main pleasure is in watching various music reaction videos -- seeing and "sharing" the music of my childhood and teen years with another generation. Early on, I thought it would only be classic country that I'd find that in...but it turns out, it is there with early rap and hip hop too.
Same here. 14 in 1986 and the bass on this album bumped. Party music
i can trace my contact highs to around this album dropping.
in 1986 I was a 16 year old softmore in high school. brass monkey was a mixed drink with orange juice mixed with a congnac or dark rum or some other type of dark liquor
@@G.D.Martin this one gets it ^^^^
What you are hearing is a Roland TR-808 Bass drum machine being used to make our 4 10s or 2 12's or 2 15's and our 1000 watt Sherwood cook the trunk of our cars - We had this on loop
Yoooo you said Sherwood haha! I had my pyramids with my 2 15 pile drivers 😂
@@fonsecarichard The system guys who sold these amps and speakers at the bazaar smelled like they hadn't showered in days !!!
@@duespaid5803 haha I bet your nose didn’t deceive you! 😂
Back in the day.
The Parties were rocking the Beastie Boys.
Drinking brass monkey.
Packing 22 automatics.
The 808 hit so fucking hard on this song that when they first started playing it live, they would literally fry whole PA systems with the low end. Concert and show venues literally didn't have the equipment to handle the fucking bass on this track.
I use to go to an all ages club back in the 80s which was owned by a Jamaican family so the sound system was on point and when this came on you felt it in your spine and the place would go nuts
Yeah. That was That 2 ohm bass. That cassette locked up a lot of subs in people's cars back in the day. I know...I was there. I lived it.😎
@@JerryHelton-zo7dg I miss those days dude.
This is the only song I use to tune audio systems in any car!
Anybody remember Cricket speakers? Couldn't blow them up. Put this song and turned it up
High Plains Drifter is one of the low key best Beastie Boys songs. Technically a chef's kiss .
Dude.... Brass Monkey is a canned "cocktail" that WAS sold in every liquor store/convenience store back in the day. Like "Mai Tai" or "Screwdriver". A drink, you lushes!
It was sold in cans but way before that it was just a drink bartenders made. It's dark rum, vodka and orange juice. It's traditionally served in a highball glass. It's just a screwdriver with a shot of dark rum in it.
It is a tasty drink. Found it in the early 2000s in glass bottles.
@@JoeBlow_4and the high school kid version of that was to put oj in your 40.
.. uh, huh.. and?
Hey man I’m 54yrs old and came up on the Beastie boys in 1986, that is when this album came out. Brass monkey was a bottled drink that you got from the liquor store, corner store. Me myself I didn’t like it but yes it was a popular drink back in the day. St Ides was a popular malt liquor (beer) back in the day also. You will hear Ice Cube speak on this beer in a lot of his songs!!!!!
"This song is already doing something to my soul" 😂 - that's how I felt when I first heard it, too.
Talking about Eazy E one of his lyrics in 8 Ball "I don't drink brass monkey, like to be funky
Nickname Eazy-E, yo' 8 Ball junkie". LOL
I was in 9th grade when this came out, about the same time as subs started becoming popular in cars. Beasties were playing in tons of cars at High School. I still use this song to test my systems.
One of the best things about the Beastie Boys from the start was their ability to have fun and be the first to laugh at themselves. Even when their message was something serious, they still injected fun and style into everything they did.
Back in the day... we would drink Brass Monkey and take a drink every time the Beastie Boys said the word "monkey." People were rolling down the stairs, falling over the railings on the second floor while vomiting, breaking windows to get "more air," hanging from the chandelier, shit was CRAZY. 😅
Brass Monkey is the original Mike's Hard Lemonade and is delicious. Pint of that will having you doing the Smurf, the Popeye, and the Jerry Lewis.
2:43 ya. Brass monkey was a drink, marketed as aphrodisiac.
But a brass monkey was part of a cannon.
"Its so cold it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" comes from when they were too cold to functuon... but it works with 2 meanings 😂
This is gonna be a sad thing for all y'all...but EVERY 50+ years old WHITE DUDE knows every word to this song. And "Paul Revere" as well. LMAO!
Here’s a little story I’ve got to tell…
The whole album
Not just you white dudes... us middle-aged white ladies too
Yep for sure yep
I am one of those 50 years old white guys.
Brass Monkey is known as a "wake up in a field face down in a pile of your own vomit" drink... like MD 20/20.
12 years old - walking into a middle school dance and hearing the start of Paul Revere. Ran into the gym and me and my boys sang the song start to finish. Yeah we butchered it but it was the best time. The good ole days…..
Beastie Boys "HEY LADIES" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This entire album was 🔥...
My first 2 cassettes when I was a lil kid were this Beastie Boys tape and Run dmc Raising Hell.
Ah...cassettes! My wifey wants me to get rid of my old collection siiting in shoe boxes somwhere at the bottom of the closet!! 😂😂
Newcleus Jam on Revenge and LL Bigger and Deffer.
Me too bro
License to Ill and Bigger and Deffer were mine. But I had tons of records before I started buying cassettes.
Mine was a tdk with license to ill on side A and raising hell side b 😂😂
I saw them live in 2006 and when they did Brass Monkey they brought Snoop Dogg & Rahzel (beatboxer) on stage to do it with them. Genuinely top 10 moments of my life ✌️❤️
55 yo here, following your trip! Glad to see there's hope hor the future! Take care!
Looking forward to you checking these out next! Intergalactic & Sabotage
I'm 56. I know you know about them boys locking up a lot of subs in people's cars back in the day. I sure do!😎
Saw beastie boys open for run DMC in no sleep tour in 86/87
Same!! What a time!🎉
Sure shot!!!! Please!❤ It amazes me how many young people don't know Beastie boys!!! Missing out for sure❤
i'm 52 its cool to see youth get into the music from back in my day brings back memories from when i heard it for the first time.
Beastie Boys "3 MCs and 1 DJ" Its incredible
You got the personality, the charisma, the mojo, my man. Keep up the good work!!!
Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails, supposedly orange juice, rum, and vodka. You always could add more yourself. The Brass Monkey cocktail was available in bottles from half pint up to 750 ml.
Rhymin n stealin , slow n low
My first 2 cassette tapes were Beastie Boy's License to Ill and Boogie down productions Criminal Minded KRS 1.. I've seen the Beastie Boys 22 times and still have all the Albums on opened!!
3:50 Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
I think starting with License to Ill is a great place to begin. I am so enjoying your reactions to the Beasties. They are the GOATS!!❤
Licensed To Ill was a breakout album everyone loved. It was like a Whitman's sampler of Hip Hop, Rock, Punk and tons of comedy.
This album that had us puttin skate rink speakers 🔊 in the back of our trucks
Bro, love your reactions to Beastie Boys! Reminds me of the first time I heard these guys back in the 7th Grade after track practice waiting on our ride home. My ol' friend Darby had BB & Run DMC on one cassette tape. Both bands turned us all into hip hop rap super fans! 👊🏻😍👊🏻
54 y/o here. Know this album SO WELL I'm sitting here singing and "scratching" on my desk and LOVING your reactions to the Beasties. Man oh man, does this album bring back memories. Cruising (ya'll just don't KNOW) blasting music, skating rinks...
Right on, hermano. Such good chit! On my 15th birthday (1997) I saw Murphy's Law, Fishbone, and Beastie Boys live. BEST. GIFT. EVER!!!
BTW.. a car with a good system and the bass in this will hit you in the soul....
That's the whole album. And then the rest of the albums.
@@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer true enough :)
Especially this song tho@@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer
Hell yeah! I miss my system.
This happens to everyone that does Beastie Boys reactions. Doesn't hurt that you're reactions are 🔥🔥🔥
LOVE your BEASTIE reactions!!! Once you watch their 1999 Glasgow concert you will fully understand their greatness.
License to Ill is a classic and a must own.
License To Ill is one of the most complete albums of all time. The whole album has bangers. Almost every song was a single.
The party is lit when the beastie boys are spinning!
This was a must on any bass mixtape. Takes me back to my ‘92 Camaro with two 12” Kickers in the hatch and punch 100 driving them.
Bass was king in those days. Going back to Cali and Brass Monkey are two of many staples.
This used to set the party off back in the day. Not to mention the fact that we were drinking Brass Monkey also 😂😂😂
OOOHHH IM SOOO GLAD YOU FOUND THIS BANGER TOO!! 😂🤣 You are starting to get it ❤❤🔥🔥🔥
Brass Monkey was just one in a whole line of pre-made cocktails in the 70s and 80s. Kind of like the premade drinks you see in the stores today..
This some was one of the most played songs at house parties and from the cars cruising the strip with the start of the big sound systems. Thumpin.
In fact its still not a party until Brass Monkey is played even today...;
47 years old so growing up in the mid 80s and 90s we had great music! Beasty Boys included! Saw them play at the Garden in NYC
45 here. Never saw them live. But as far as music of that era you absolutely right.
One of the BEST Hip Hop albums ever made. There wasn't a bad song on this album. You have a real dope vibe. You'll blow up soon.
Spanish fly was a placebo tablet sold in the back of comics, and other teen magazine (as well as 357 Magnums, and Black Betties----legal amphetamines back then)
I still jam out to this song!!!
Awesome reaction! 💛💛💛
This reminds me of "Funky Cold Madina".
Oh yeah! Cruising on Highland Ave. in my friend slammed Nissan with four 12 inch subs, the Alpine and Rockford Fosgate Amps getting hot!
Love your reactions! I was in high school when this album came out and I had the chance to see them in concert. It was crazy!
hell yeah, subbed....
I drank a metric assload of Brass Monkey back in the day. Somewhere around '86 or '87. Choice!
You're my new fave reaction dude. Your facial expressions are to die for. Side note- I was a stripper back in the day, yes I was. This was the song I'd open up with every nite and the crowd would go wild, standing up and dancing and hollering. The Beastie"s changed the game for us whitie's. Hooked, instantly. I will continue to tune into your channel. Good job, and thanks.
ok ... your reaction is FIRE ... I'm in
Love the Beasties. They could do message style stuff later on in their careers but they never stopped having fun. I honestly think this album is one of the best at that time because there’s not a bad song on it.
I had a college radio show & used to play old independent Beasties when they were goofy-ass dudes before they got famous with this album. Kind of shocked me they sounded so good when License to Ill dropped. 😂
I saw them at a punk show pre rap days they definitely chose the right direction I was shocked they were so good .
@ I swear once Google became a thing I made sure it was them even though I lived through the experience with other people coming up multiple times during my show & laughing hysterically while playing Cookie Puss. We couldn’t get our own copy so we made sure to hide it well in the station’s huge vinyl library. 😹
Any reactor who loves BEASTIE boys gets my SUB. Keep goin. 🐒
Your reactions are the best lol 🎉
That’s Beasties Nation. If you down for a good time, so are we. We just want to keep the party going.
Orange juice, Malt liquor and whatever spirit you have laying around usually rum or vodka
Brass Monkey had me so F’d up one day I let someone I didnt like drive my car back to post.
Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, and Ill Communication are the Holy Trinity of albums. All different, all world class.
These were the beats of my youth.. nice to hear it’s held up and gets respect.. because our parents called it noise.. lol
Drinking Brass Monkey and listening to this were so 80's.
Word. 🤘😎🤙
My guy... ANYTHING from Hello Nasty. That Album is FIRE, that or Ill Communication :) Keep it up man!
Beer bonging music!!
Kegs stands and all the girls.
It was a great time.
That Spanish Fly is some old school Cosby style. Always sold behind 3 inches of glass and a lazy Susan turntable. Lols
Brass monkey is a cocktail that at the time of recording was commonly available as pre-mixed cocktail drinks in cans for very cheap prices. It is a very simple cocktail consisting of orange juice, dark rum and vodka.
Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails made by the Heublein Company. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial expressions, widely differing recipes share the same name. In the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, the Heublein Company produced the premixed cocktail labeled Brass Monkey
I can’t imagine a world where this is first time anyone has heard thjs
So glad I found your channel thanks to the Beastie Boys but I stayed because you are awesome!
You’re hilarious bro keep up the good work making these videos
Yeah. He’s doing great!
🔥That song: "The New Style" of that album is great btw!! Especially that live music video with Dave Chappelle is dope! 😸
I just got done watching this reaction. As im reading the comment..nov 2024...im watching the MI v ORE football game.
The song they just played in the stadium...beastie boys...sabatage.
Cant make this shit up.
Almost 40 years later...Beastie Boys are still bumping in stadiums.
Thats how you make a HOF...
I was 7 years old when I got the cassette tape of this "license to ill", took apart my dual cassette boom box just to watch the speakers move to the bass. Brotha, keep jamming to them, for few, then pull up "song for junior", it gonna blow your mind !!
Malt liquor and orange juice! My fav is Ol' E and something pulpy
OLD SCHOOL MUSIC! $ Life!
Me and my friends used to put OJ in a 40 of Old English. That’s what we called a brass monkey.
Your reactions are fire man! Love your channel! You be you brother it's killer
Brass Monkey was the first thing I ever got drunk off of when I was 17.😅😂
rass Monkey is a cocktail made with vodka, rum, and orange juice. It can be served in a highball glass with ice and garnished with an orange slice. The drink is named after the Beastie Boys song of the same name, which increased its popularity in the 1980s.
Yo thanks for doing these... This album was the first album I ever had as a little kid. It's cool seeing the music keep going and your appreciation for it.
Gotta definitely do "Paul's Boutique" It was so underrated!Subbed!
& if anyone is wondering, yes at high school parties in the 80's we made Brass Monkey 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 of this song.
This song is just so awesome it’s Literally incredible. ❤❤❤❤
The Beasties are loved by old heads like me and your generation too! That's why we love these vids!
the best part of this album, you didn't need to skip any songs. do Slow and Low if you haven't yet 😉
the bass is fire
As a young man this was my cruising song. Nothing like this beat pounding through you from some kickass woofers.
One of the craziest songs, we started drinking brass monkey because of them and it was awful. Tasted like crap, but we did it.
Yes it was a real drink
Sure shot👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼great tune
gotta check out their first album... back in the hardcore days
Your reactions are always on ; " POINT"- next up - 'Sounds of Science' . the whole Paul's Boutique is insane
New subscriber coming back to catch some of your past reactions - love Beasties