Here's the lyrics to a song by LCD Soundsystem called 'I'm Losing My Edge'. Made me giggle.
i'm losing my edge
the kids are coming up from behind
i'm losing my edge
to the kids from france and from london
but i was there
i was there in 1968
i was there at the first Can show
in Cologne
i'm losing my edge
to the kids whose footsteps i hear when they get on the decks
i'm losing my edge
to the internet seekers, who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1978
all the words
i'm losing my edge
to all the kids in tokyo and berlin
to the art school brooklynites in little jackets
and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered 80s
i'm losing my edge
but i was there
i'm losing my edge
i can hear the footsteps every night on the decks
but i was there
in 1974, for the first Suicide practices
in a loft in New York City
i was working on the organ sounds
with much patience
i was there when captain beefheart started up his first band
i told him
"don't do it that way
you'll never make a dime"
i was there
i was the first guy playing daft punk to the rock kids
i played it at CBGBs
everybody thought it was crazy
we all know
i was there
i've never been wrong
i used to work in a record store
i had everything before anyone
i was there
in the Paradise Garage DJ booth with Larry Levan
i was there
in Jamaica during the great sound clashes
i woke up naked on a beach in Ibiza in '88
but i'm losing my edge
to better looking people
with better ideas and more talent
who're actually really, really nice
i'm losing my edge
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody
every great song by the Beach Boys. all the underground hits
all the modern lover's tracks
i heard you have vinyl of every niagara record, on german import
i heard you have a white label of every seminal detroit techno hit 1985 86 87
i heard that you have a cd compilation of every great 60s cut
and another box set of the 70s
i hear that you're buying a synthesizer, and an arpegiator and throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real
you wanna make a Yazz record
i hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables
i hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars
i hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that i know
have you seen my records?
You don't know what you really want
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okay.... I think i will stick to ...
okay.... I think i will stick to TOOL....
stick to your own eh?...
stick to your own eh?
er... i guess you were wanting a ...
er... i guess you were wanting a reply... i guess this is it
eeerrr... very inspiring...
eeerrr... very inspiring
I think it's brilliant. lena, surely ...
I think it's brilliant. lena, surely you can relate? Isn't it just lovely that someone in the world somewhere understands you? Who'da thunk it?
¿how can anyone understand me when i ...
¿how can anyone understand me when i don't understand myself?- this sad truth is applicable to all- & will become self evident as you grow & ripen little heath
hehe i heard this track the other ...
hehe
i heard this track the other day
hehe
//this sad truth is applicable to all- ...
//this sad truth is applicable to all- & will become self evident as you grow & ripen little heath
It's kinda reassuring to have my own evil mentor.
lena, she's evil enough as it is, dare ...
lena, she's evil enough as it is, dare you unleash this havoc upon the unsuspecting world? we'll be eviscerated on sight! she will become more powerful than you have ever dreamed!
muahahahahahaha! Aaaahaahhaahahahaha! ...
muahahahahahaha! Aaaahaahhaahahahaha! MUAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
Oops, I mean -
//i hear that you and your band have ...
//i hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables
// i hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars
word
i heard this on active once. .. . .funny as
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My fave bit is: // i hear that ...
My fave bit is:
// i hear that you're buying a synthesizer, and an arpegiator and throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real
// you wanna make a Yazz record
The thing is you kind of have to be the sort of trainspotter knob it's bagging to get half the gags. Lucky I can rise to that challenge. ;)
well, not all technos are bad, prodigy ...
well, not all technos are bad, prodigy rules!
// well, not all technos are bad, ...
// well, not all technos are bad, prodigy rules!
I should mention that the track is a dance track. In fact now I think about it, almost all the references are to do with key events in the history of dance music.
every young music lovers fantasy isn't ...
every young music lovers fantasy isn't it- somehow a keen 20, 25 yr old will have more information & understand more fully all the permutations & combinations of the history of music- this understanding trickling down & enabling them to create far more 'valid' music with far less effort- that kind of thing- the 'young turk'- the 'younger faster stronger' wave only works in fields of physical endeavor- sometimes not even then- in the history of ancient greece there was a wrestler of great reknown- in his later years the fathers set him against the 'great new hope'- young able & strong- fully expecting that this 'show' match would establish the young man's rep- the old wrestler won the match- easily even- the fathers concluded that it was won by experience & they gave to the victor the prize- a strong young bullock- the old wrestler took the prize- looked at the match organizers- gazed into the eyes of his vanquished foe- took the bullock by the horns- twisted- & ripped it's head clean off
¿mental endeavor?- dorothy parker & a bright new hollywood starlet headed for the same exit of a restaurant simultaneaously- starlet opens door for dot- 'age before beauty' she quips- dot walks thru the door- 'pearls before swine' she replies
i've met some 25 year olds who have a dubbed copy of harmonia deluxe- maybe even a cd copy- they usually love the record & have listened to it on average 2ice weekly for the year or 2 that they've owned it- i've had a vinyl copy for almost 30 yrs- listened to it 1000's of times- met rother & dinger- & a lot of the other 'luminaries' of german music of the time- got their records too- don't think a lot of them are as 'great' as they're made out to be- listen to kraftwerks 1st album (yes- i've got an original copy of that too) it's actually pretty crap- ¿how can any of these young guys compete?- 5 or so years of intense study & seeking out rarities can't match 50 odd years of the same- ¿so their 'attitude' & 'confidence' is a full 110%?- even without the back up that counts for a lot- mine- however- is a justified 1000+%- i've yet to meet a 25 yr old who owns a copy of deluxe & can discuss monteverdi & the venetian school- or hugo wolf even- 2 particular passions of mine- artists who i rate far higher than harmonia- harmonia being- after all- kinda pedestrian- like the song tho
vel- you're welcome to copy & use any ...
vel- you're welcome to copy & use any of this- for free- but you gotta include me in the acknowledgements
The interaction between old bull young ...
The interaction between old bull young bull, dorothy parker & a bright new hollywood starlet, the 25 year old seeker and lena o, no doubt you're used to the youthful quest for knowledge, brash and fumble like the first sneak under a brassiere, sometimes teachers reward us with their insight and knowledge, and give it as a gift.
¿notice how i waited til this topic ...
¿notice how i waited til this topic wasn't on the 1st page?- hahahahaha
//vel- you're welcome to copy & use ...
//vel- you're welcome to copy & use any of this
What would I possibly use it for? I have no idea. Maybe I could print it out and make little paper elephants with it. that's probably the most useful thing I could do.
oh your soooo experienced. You know so ...
oh your soooo experienced. You know so much more about music than anyone else here.
wow
who the hell doesn't know about Can ...
who the hell doesn't know about Can anyway?
er... i know for a fact that you've ...
er... i know for a fact that you've only known about them for a short while..... ¿where did i mention can anyway?
paper elephants are good vel- but let's be honest- you admire my writing- all aspects- you just can't admit it cos i combed your hair with a cheese grater a while back
//a cheese grater I like cheese....
//a cheese grater
I like cheese.
//notice how i waited til this topic ...
//notice how i waited til this topic wasn't on the 1st page?-
Whoa, hold the phone. Thiis guy is smaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart with a capital S.
i'm not promoting anything- unless ...
i'm not promoting anything- unless it's the opposite of what you're promoting.... in which case i'm promoting intelligence
honestly- if you don't like my posts ¿why do you seek them out & read them so religiously?- ¿why do you wanna step up to the plate?- you know i've struck out far better
I don't exactly seek them out. When I ...
I don't exactly seek them out. When I press 'last 100 posts' and your icon keeps nagging at my peripheral vision like some kind of little child, it's hard not to notice.
//if you don't like my posts
I never even insinuated that darling. But I hope you like mine. Do I get the seal of approval? Ta-ra.
P.S Nice baseball analogy.
sure...
sure
i'm certainly not as stupid as you look...
i'm certainly not as stupid as you look
lena dear, as someone promoting ...
lena dear, as someone promoting originality, you remind me of a vegetarian butcher.
good ol can aye...... another cool ...
good ol can aye......
another cool as german group - the scorpions, nefore they where 'hair metal' they brought an LP out in 1971/2 - the beast of the track - am i going mad.
haha gotta love those lyrics... sadly ...
haha gotta love those lyrics... sadly enough it reminds me of most people i know.