Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Romania and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
I'm losing my edge.
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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Fall to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they'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 Mandrill. All the underground hits.
All The Barracudas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Byrd record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Monolake record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ponytail,
Michelle Simonal,
Malaria!,
Funky Four + One,
Max Romeo,
The Mummies,
Marvin Gaye,
The Remains,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Interpol,
Reuben Wilson,
Stereo Dub,
Throbbing Gristle,
Peter & Gordon,
The Young Rascals,
Wolf Eyes,
Johnny Osbourne,
Harpers Bizarre,
Slave,
Essential Logic,
Donny Hathaway,
Tropical Tobacco,
Adolescents,
Camberwell Now,
Aaron Thompson,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Colin Newman,
Blossom Toes,
Fad Gadget,
Metal Thangz,
Henry Cow,
Derrick Morgan,
Siglo XX,
Circle Jerks,
Susan Cadogan,
The Slits,
Harry Pussy,
The Searchers,
Mr. Review,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Eric Dolphy,
Grey Daturas,
Ossler,
Television Personalities,
Chris Corsano,
Black Bananas,
Anthony Braxton,
X-Ray Spex,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Main Source,
Suicide,
Junior Murvin,
Fifty Foot Hose,
X-102,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Barry Ungar,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
the Sonics,
Skaos, Skaos, Skaos, Skaos.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.