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 Cambodia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Seoul.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Bootsy's Rubber Band to the punk 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 Gang Green. All the underground hits.
All The Doors tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-101 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DeepChord presents Echospace record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ituana,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Toasters,
Pantytec,
Lucky Dragons,
Inner City,
Crispian St. Peters,
In Retrospect,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Popol Vuh,
Tres Demented,
The Move,
Drive Like Jehu,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Busters,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Lightning Bolt,
Bronski Beat,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Selecter,
Marshall Jefferson,
Camberwell Now,
Joey Negro,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Interpol,
Funky Four + One,
Qualms,
Lakeside,
Franke,
The Pop Group,
Talk Talk,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Five Americans,
Scion,
Rakim,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Subhumans,
Make Up,
Peter and Kerry,
Graham Central Station,
Spandau Ballet,
Panda Bear,
Terrestrial Tones,
Anthony Braxton,
The Flesh Eaters,
Agitation Free,
Sun Ra,
Tears for Fears,
Young Marble Giants,
Scientists,
Cecil Taylor,
Flipper,
Tim Buckley,
Mantronix,
Goldenarms,
Clear Light,
Pierre Henry,
Marcia Griffiths,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Seeds,
Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff.
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.