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 Kazakhstan and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Busters to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Nirvana. All the underground hits.
All Gang of Four tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Darondo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jandek record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Copeland,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Avey Tare,
Main Source,
Joyce Sims,
T.S.O.L.,
Soulsonic Force,
The Mojo Men,
The Index,
Curtis Mayfield,
Thompson Twins,
Icehouse,
Von Mondo,
Idris Muhammad,
Harry Pussy,
Gang Green,
Kool Moe Dee,
Danielle Patucci,
Sparks,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Black Flag,
The Zeros,
Yusef Lateef,
New Order,
FM Einheit,
Nico,
The J.B.'s,
Television,
Lee Hazlewood,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Make Up,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Techniques,
The Stooges,
The Fall,
Negative Approach,
Franke,
Masters at Work,
Harpers Bizarre,
Minnie Riperton,
Porter Ricks,
Anakelly,
Pole,
The Cosmic Jokers,
the Fania All-Stars,
the Normal,
Marshall Jefferson,
Chris & Cosey,
Stockholm Monsters,
Reuben Wilson,
The Seeds,
Sandy B,
the Slits,
Wasted Youth,
Hoover,
Glambeats Corp.,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Stetsasonic,
The Birthday Party,
Angry Samoans,
Gil Scott Heron,
Banda Bassotti,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme.
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.