Adam Yauch.
Was sad for weeks and took me years to even listen to Beastie Boys again without getting weepy. Here was a guy that was a standard issue kid, making obnoxious music for laughs and fun, that showed the world how to really grow up and mature. We were supposed to get a couple more decades of his creativity and unstoppable kindness before it got taken from us.
I will forever miss MCA
Elbow’s cover of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Mercy Street’
MC 900 Ft Jesus’ cover of Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Stare And Stare’
Gypsy Kings’ Spanish cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’
Adam Yauch. You taught us all how to grow up and be better than we were yesterday
1.21 gigawatts worth, yeah.