{"id":1358,"date":"2020-12-09T18:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realchange.org\/taoish\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2020-12-09T18:16:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T03:16:42","slug":"lets-be-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realchange.org\/taoish\/lets-be-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Be Leonard!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was listening to a band, live on some upstate New York radio station, and couldn’t shake the idea that the song was about Daoism. Or maybe it was<\/em> Daoism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Spit It Out” by “Let’s Be Leonard” — no clues in those names. A jazzy jam band, OK. Then I found an earlier version of the song on a YouTube video, from the historic Caffe Lena in Saratoga Spring (Bob Dylan played there back in the day!) with lyrics such as:

“So when you know don’t speak.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still water runs deep.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can relax and set yourself free<\/strong>.”

Slinky bass, that loose-and-tight sounds of a well-traveled band (and bonus points for a rock band with a saxophone)… Bass player Chris Cronin (aka Chris Crowbar) answered my email and confirmed my hunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The song was influenced by the Tao-
‘When you know don\u2019t speak. Still waters run deep.<\/strong>‘
‘All the while you could have been something. You can be something you like. When all your thoughts and all your words, and actions have brought this to life<\/strong>\u201d
Kinda telling a story of somebody who lost it all. \u201cOut on the street… what do you have for your health<\/strong>\u201d etc.
I\u2019m glad you like the song! I wrote it years ago. Feel free to do anything you want with it or interpret it any way you want.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds pretty Taoish to me. Check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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