Beastie Boys – Lighten Up

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  General Comment:Man, lighten up. Who died? Who's homeless? Who has cancer? Who lost a child? This song is a great song to remind us that we're alive, we are free, and we can make choices. Life could be so much worse. Good song.

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  General Comment:Great song. I saw them do this song in '98 in Atlanta. That weird thing in the middle turned into a long solo. I don't know what that weird thing is but it was crazy! Check Your Head is well worth buying again if you get the remastered edition from BeastieBoys.com in Apple Lossless-especially if your iTunes hooked up to a home theater. It sounds incredible.

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  My Interpretation:Knowing that Yauch is involved with Buddhist practices, it occurs to me that this may be a reference to the Lojong slogan which translates loosely as "always rely only on a happy mind". Lojong is a practice centered on a series of slogans to use to train the mind. lojongmindtraining.com
  
  The fact that the only concept in this song is "lighten up = shine like the sun" seems to fit the simplicity of this slogan "always rely ONLY on a happy mind". Nothing else is really necessary.
  
  NAMASTE!

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