Fold - Be Water My Friend (Single) by fold published on 2014-03-24T14:07:59Z “A grand, funky number” — NME Magazine “So interesting, so original.” — Dave Rowntree (Blur, XFM) With a nod to 1970s jazz funk greats the inspirational and humanitarian musings of the enigmatic Bruce Lee are backed by breakbeats, bass, guitar, shakers, 3 piece horn section and a haunting vibraphone melody. All recorded using real live instruments and in order to preserve a natural groove no click track was used during the recording. On May 22, 2014 Dave Rowntree of Blur made it his record of the week on XFM calling it "so interesting, so original." Both Don Letts and Gideon Coe have been spinning it on BBC 6 Music along with WFUV's Kara Manning in New York and numerous local stations across the UK. Be Water My Friend will be issued on new Leeds imprint All My Friends as a split 7” with label mates Invisible Hands & their debut single Just. http://all-my-friends.bandcamp.com/album/be-water-my-friend-just ___________________________________ Written by Fold (PRS / ASCAP) Produced & mixed by Ed Heaton & Seth Mowshowitz Mastered by Hippocratic Mastering Brass arrangements & Tenor Saxophone: Emma Johnson Trumpet: Ciaran Diston Trombone: Peter Johnson www.hornsforhire.co.uk ___________________________________ LYRICS [Spoken & authored by Bruce Lee] Empty your mind Be formless, shapeless Like water When you put water into a cup it becomes the cup when you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle when you put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend Running water never goes stale so you gotta just keep on flowing Be water my friend Its very slow and you push it out but all the time you are keeping the continuity going bending, stretching everything I suppose you know you just keep it moving see the idea is running water never grows stale so you gotta just keep on flowing Be water my friend To express oneself honestly not lying to oneself and to express myself honestly now that my friend is very hard to do and you have to train you have to keep your reflexes so that when you want it its there When you want to move you are moving and when you move you're determined to move not taking one inch - not anything less than that If I want to punch I'm gonna do it man Be water my friend Here I am you know as a human being How can I express myself totally and completely? Its a process of continuing growth Empty your mind Be formless Shapeless Be water my friend You what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because - I mean, I don't want to sound like 'as Confucius say...' but under the sky, under the heavens man, there is but one family. It just so happens man that people are different. Genre Jazz Funk Comment by cotton beast criminal damage! 2017-12-10T15:33:34Z Comment by mikeymozphotographer I rang Jumbo in Leeds AND Crash and they hadn't heard of ya! Coz I wanted a copy of this! 2015-03-27T17:24:53Z Comment by Solar Wolf Yeah really nice :) 2014-07-07T13:22:24Z Comment by Magnus Here Man, I just love this song so much. The melody is really good. 2014-06-21T03:17:37Z Comment by fold @dicendae: Thank you and I'll pass that on to our drummer! 2014-06-10T13:49:30Z Comment by Furni3s Rapture Shower!! Lyrics!!! Nice tune! 2014-06-05T10:15:12Z Comment by SEGFAULT love it 2014-06-05T08:05:36Z Comment by Side Streets Great sound! 2014-06-05T08:04:03Z Comment by Laminate Pet Animal ah man dem horns! So nice! :D 2014-06-02T18:46:55Z Comment by USBR like. would play this!! 2014-05-24T15:32:29Z Comment by hz klopfen like that trippy music my friend. 2014-05-11T19:28:42Z Comment by Andrew Walsh 18 i think i just heard something life changing 2014-05-08T22:24:21Z Comment by Andrew Walsh 18 i have goose bumps 2014-05-08T22:23:52Z Comment by fold @conover: The one and only Bruce Lee. 2014-05-06T07:51:13Z Comment by fold @conover: Thanks Conover, glad you dig it. 2014-05-06T07:51:00Z Comment by Tokio Fujiyama Love it my friend! :-) 2014-04-27T23:20:04Z Comment by The Merry Funkster Top tune. Love this 2014-04-14T20:47:09Z Comment by Ceiling Demons Great tune lads! 2014-03-25T19:36:15Z Comment by The Mask of Chill This is hot! 2014-03-25T07:16:33Z Comment by Jugoe Always with those drums! 2014-03-25T02:09:41Z