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 London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Michelle Simonal to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Rhythm & Sound. All the underground hits.
All Dawn Penn tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Los Fastidios record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warren Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New Order,
Sexual Harrassment,
Juan Atkins,
June Days,
The Pretty Things,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Grandmaster Flash,
John Cale,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Minor Threat,
La Düsseldorf,
Clear Light,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Delta 5,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Real Kids,
Pere Ubu,
Sällskapet,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Flipper,
Stereo Dub,
Popol Vuh,
Reuben Wilson,
The Alarm Clocks,
Schoolly D,
Soul Sonic Force,
Jeff Mills,
Grauzone,
Mantronix,
Bill Wells,
DJ Style,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Rotary Connection,
Johnny Osbourne,
Ronnie Foster,
Agitation Free,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Guru Guru,
Japan,
the Sonics,
the Association,
Sex Pistols,
Lalo Schifrin,
Girls At Our Best!,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Amon Düül,
Drexciya,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Scratch Acid,
Boredoms,
Cabaret Voltaire,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The American Breed,
Lalann,
Malaria!,
Tres Demented,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Misunderstood,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna.
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.