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 Argentina and from Johannesburg.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Bologna.
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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the rock 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 Marcia Griffiths. All the underground hits.
All The Trojans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sixth Finger record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Barracudas,
Intrusion,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Standells,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Drive Like Jehu,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Pussy Galore,
Lightning Bolt,
Skriet,
Aaron Thompson,
Sarah Menescal,
Davy DMX,
Niagra,
Make Up,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Monochrome Set,
Scrapy,
Robert Görl,
Infiniti,
Junior Murvin,
The Leaves,
DJ Sneak,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Mantronix,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Doors,
The Golliwogs,
Ronnie Foster,
EPMD,
The J.B.'s,
Faust,
CMW,
Parry Music,
Groovy Waters,
Television,
Minor Threat,
Bootsy Collins,
Suicide,
Hasil Adkins,
Maurizio,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Lucky Dragons,
Hoover,
Sam Rivers,
Cymande,
Brothers Johnson,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Monks,
The United States of America,
Juan Atkins,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Robert Hood,
Kayak,
Arcadia,
Blossom Toes,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.