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 Belarus and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Saccharine Trust to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Robert Wyatt. All the underground hits.
All Piero Umiliani tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every B.T. Express record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Can,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
DJ Sneak,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Chris Corsano,
The Human League,
Hasil Adkins,
Quantec,
Derrick Morgan,
The New Christs,
D'Angelo,
Moebius,
Robert Görl,
Davy DMX,
Jandek,
Talk Talk,
LL Cool J,
Agitation Free,
Fatback Band,
Rapeman,
Interpol,
Das Ding,
Amon Düül II,
Gastr Del Sol,
Bad Manners,
The Standells,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Blackbyrds,
Josef K,
Joe Finger,
Sparks,
Kayak,
New Order,
Ossler,
Tomorrow,
10cc,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Alison Limerick,
Roy Ayers,
Lyres,
The Fuzztones,
Glambeats Corp.,
Eurythmics,
Wings,
Todd Terry,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Big Daddy Kane,
Delon & Dalcan,
48th St. Collective,
Panda Bear,
Nils Olav,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Birthday Party,
Bobby Sherman,
Curtis Mayfield,
John Holt,
Scratch Acid,
The Mojo Men,
Scion,
Monks,
The Beau Brummels,
8 Eyed Spy,
Archie Shepp,
The Residents, The Residents, The Residents, The Residents.
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.