A thought I had earlier that I hate enough to share is that most of "Losing My Edge" works in a Trump voice, and that effectively all of the "I was there" parts are basically note-for-note Trump stuff. He was there when Captain Beefheart started up his first band, but he was very nasty to "Trump."
Your favorite president—me—was the first to play [zesty, somehow all in one breath] Daft Punk to the rock kids. I played it at CBGB's and they said I was crazy. But we all know, don't we?
If he’s found guilty and the Post doesn’t use the headline “I love you New York, but you’re bringing me down” then I don’t even know why we’re here anymore.
We love the Can folks, don’t we love the Can. Jaki [grimaces] Leibezeit. I saw Damo Suzuki first; didn’t love it. Not for everyone. But somehow, Cans. I was there.
In defense of that song (one of my all time favorites): the best line is
"But I'm losing my edge/ to better looking people/ with better ideas and more talent/ and they're actually really really nice",
and it does not work in that voice.
big tears in their eyes, they come up to me and say, we're gonna make something real, okay? we're gonna make a yaz record. but they can't! they can't do it!
My car's all ready, and my bags are all packed
I'm late already, and I won't be back
Can you hear me? (Ooh, can you hear me?)
I've been calling you all day
Can you hear me? (Ooh, can you hear me? Ooh, can you hear me?)
“Don’t do it that way, you’ll never make a dime” is word for word something he has said. But he said it to, like, Frank Stallone for “making a bad deal” with the rights to his Rambo 2 end credits song or something like that
I woke up naked on the beach in Ibiza in 1988 (perks up and goes off script) almost with Linda Evangelista. She was VERY into your favorite president. But she left early with a nose bleed. You know what we say about nose bleeds don’t we people? Ha ha that’s right.
A DJ came up to me - big DJ, strong DJ - tears in his eyes, and he said sir, sir he said, thank you for playing Daft Punk to the rock kids. They said I was crazy! Now they know!
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WE LOVE CBGBS DON'T WE FOLKS