Monday, February 18, 2008

When Confusia Met Terpsichore...Continued

Part Two: Birth of the Beastlie Girls

One day, while driving around somewhere after we got off work, Terps and I were throwing down some free-style rhymes. I have no idea why. We're just easily entertained. These were really, really bad rhymes, but we were laughing hysterically anyway. We started joking about having our own rap group. Little did I know what it would become.
Terps and her roommate were heading off to New Orleans that weekend while I was having to stay at home due to lack of funds. The next Monday at work, Terps informed me that we had formed a group. We were the Beastlie Girls. She was going to be Big D (in honor of Mike D) Her roommate would be PsycHo Ray (like MCA), and I would be the Queen Sex Rock,(in honor of King Ad Rock) Lucky me.
We began our careers as rap superstars which we continue to be to this day.
It's hard work, being rap goddesses. See, what we do is, we take BEastie Boys songs, we figure out who does what part, and then we rewrite them. Some people might use the word, "Steal." Through the years, we've come up with some great songs, though. Here's a partial list:
Alive........becomes..............Supersize
Sure Shot........becomes............Tator Tot
Body Movin'.........................Naughty Groovin'

These lines from "Tator Tot" are some of my favorite:
Well, I got a growl in my tummy, and just one thing can fix it.
Take some cheese and ketchup, it's okay if ya mix it.
I just wanna taste, taste, taste, taste, taste.
No time to step back, no feedin' time to waste.

From "Naughty Groovin'"
The sound of our music puttin' you in pain,
Can't explain a thing, except we're insane.
And like a bottle of Natural Light, that crap,
That spews from your lips when we start to rap.
We need Body rockin, not rejection.
We got lots of action in our back sections.

See what I mean? Genius.
So anyway, we put together a website, and we even performed on Toulane University's radio station. The DJ was in love with Terpsichore, and so we pimped her out to get that spot. Way to take one for the team, Terps!

Anyway, our Beastlie Girl exploits have become the stuff of legend. We're not sure why. All we know is that whenever we do this act at any karaoke place anywhere, it brings the house down. It could be my instinctive understanding of the hip-hop genre, and outstanding talent for riding a flow, or it could be what one Beastlie Girls audience member calls Terpsichore's "hot stripper moves". I don't know.

The BEastlie Girls Project took us through the New Orleans years, and these were wild years! Terps and I really bonded through this time because we worked alot together rewriting Beastie Boys songs. I think this is when we began to realize that we are two sides of the creative coin. In the words of Mike D, "We got a million ideas that we ain't even rocked yet!" I'm not saying that these are good ideas, or that the world shouldn't be really afraid. I'm just saying we've got alot of them.

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