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 Mozambique and from Accra.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Nas to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Absolute Body Control. All the underground hits.
All The Cosmic Jokers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cameo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Neon Judgement,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Remains,
Infiniti,
The Sonics,
The Gories,
Howard Jones,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Eric Copeland,
Whodini,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Mandrill,
The Modern Lovers,
The Fire Engines,
Eddi Front,
The Pretty Things,
Kerri Chandler,
David Axelrod,
PIL,
Avey Tare,
Charles Mingus,
The Pop Group,
Glambeats Corp.,
Lungfish,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Joyce Sims,
Black Flag,
Jawbox,
Al Stewart,
Rosa Yemen,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ultra Naté,
The Misunderstood,
Outsiders,
Unwound,
Mary Jane Girls,
Blossom Toes,
Ronan,
Skarface,
Moss Icon,
Kurtis Blow,
Rotary Connection,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Saints,
Pantaleimon,
Nils Olav,
Japan,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ludus,
Delta 5,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Neil Young,
Icehouse,
The Standells,
Minnie Riperton,
Graham Central Station,
The Mojo Men,
Hardrive,
Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal.
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.