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 Iran and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Tomorrow to the punk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Procol Harum. All the underground hits.
All China Crisis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brand Nubian 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Louis and Bebe Barron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Panda Bear,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Depeche Mode,
Minor Threat,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Moebius,
Skaos,
The Moleskins,
The Seeds,
The Fall,
The Electric Prunes,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Tom Boy,
Fat Boys,
The Litter,
The Gap Band,
Nils Olav,
The Neon Judgement,
Kaleidoscope,
CMW,
Mars,
The Doors,
Dave Gahan,
Little Man,
The Vogues,
Drexciya,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Das Ding,
Rotary Connection,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Kinks,
Moby Grape,
Black Flag,
X-102,
Derrick Morgan,
10cc,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Davy DMX,
Cymande,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Bob Dylan,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Busters,
KRS-One,
The Skatalites,
Bush Tetras,
Grandmaster Flash,
Aswad,
Eurythmics,
Wolf Eyes,
Flash Fearless,
Arthur Verocai,
Bill Wells,
Kurtis Blow,
Bizarre Inc.,
Harmonia,
The Cramps,
Joe Smooth,
The Offenders,
Khruangbin,
Pylon,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.