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 Bulgaria and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Copenhagen.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Vainqueur to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All Second Layer tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June Days record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Porter Ricks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delon & Dalcan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Lakeside,
Echospace,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Shadows of Knight,
Pierre Henry,
Ossler,
The Dead C,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Royal Trux,
Junior Murvin,
Roger Hodgson,
Anthony Braxton,
Aaron Thompson,
Half Japanese,
Ornette Coleman,
Big Daddy Kane,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
EPMD,
Skaos,
Index,
Niagra,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Neon Judgement,
Quadrant,
Aloha Tigers,
Bobby Sherman,
Ronnie Foster,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sonic Youth,
Bluetip,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Eve St. Jones,
Erykah Badu,
The Remains,
Rhythm & Sound,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Groovy Waters,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Moleskins,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Bush Tetras,
Amon Düül II,
Moss Icon,
8 Eyed Spy,
Lou Reed,
the Bar-Kays,
Jandek,
Monolake,
Das Ding,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Fluxion,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Minor Threat,
The Durutti Column,
The Modern Lovers,
Main Source,
Gichy Dan,
Scott Walker,
Hoover,
Franke, Franke, Franke, Franke.
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.