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 Mauritius and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Cairo.
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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Ronnie Foster to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Quadrant. All the underground hits.
All Minny Pops tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sarah Menescal 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gary Puckett & The Union Gap record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cal Tjader,
Cymande,
Jeff Mills,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Carl Craig,
Skriet,
Fugazi,
Slave,
Scott Walker,
R.M.O.,
Flash Fearless,
The Red Krayola,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Boz Scaggs,
Babytalk,
Chris Corsano,
Drexciya,
David Bowie,
JFA,
Lungfish,
Nirvana,
Nas,
Robert Hood,
Terrestrial Tones,
Tres Demented,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Guru Guru,
FM Einheit,
Moby Grape,
The Zeros,
Judy Mowatt,
Bizarre Inc.,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Vainqueur,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Traffic Nightmare,
Intrusion,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Nation of Ulysses,
Marcia Griffiths,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Martian,
Ten City,
Groovy Waters,
Youth Brigade,
Surgeon,
Jacob Miller,
Wolf Eyes,
Minutemen,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
World's Most,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Yellowson,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Graham Central Station,
Country Teasers,
The Electric Prunes, The Electric Prunes, The Electric Prunes, The Electric Prunes.
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.