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 Antigua and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 theremin 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 Rites of Spring to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Joensuu 1685. All the underground hits.
All Ludus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Glenn Branca record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Clear Light,
OOIOO,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Bronski Beat,
The Associates,
The Motions,
Aaron Thompson,
Dorothy Ashby,
Blancmange,
Radiohead,
Kayak,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sound Behaviour,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Janne Schatter,
Babytalk,
Ice-T,
Nirvana,
Delon & Dalcan,
Gang Green,
The Cowsills,
Glambeats Corp.,
Patti Smith,
Roger Hodgson,
Reuben Wilson,
Magma,
Lalo Schifrin,
Fatback Band,
MC5,
Sam Rivers,
John Foxx,
Alton Ellis,
DJ Sneak,
Depeche Mode,
Pierre Henry,
Bootsy Collins,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Brand Nubian,
Liliput,
Anthony Braxton,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Scion,
Letta Mbulu,
Sandy B,
Cal Tjader,
Panda Bear,
Grandmaster Flash,
Zapp,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Schoolly D,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Eve St. Jones,
June of 44,
Grey Daturas,
The Cramps,
Barry Ungar,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Archie Shepp,
Ken Boothe,
Arthur Verocai,
Y Pants, Y Pants, Y Pants, Y Pants.
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.