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 Mongolia and from London.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Scientists to the dance 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 Art Ensemble Of Chicago. All the underground hits.
All Sly & The Family Stone tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cecil Taylor 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Neon Judgement,
Joe Finger,
Wolf Eyes,
Harpers Bizarre,
Yaz,
Todd Rundgren,
Marmalade,
Siglo XX,
The Mojo Men,
Kurtis Blow,
Zero Boys,
Radiohead,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Scientists,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Black Dice,
Minny Pops,
Visage,
Patti Smith,
Easy Going,
Moebius,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Japan,
Cal Tjader,
Oblivians,
CMW,
Vainqueur,
Eli Mardock,
Big Daddy Kane,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Eddi Front,
Porter Ricks,
Pierre Henry,
Steve Hackett,
Model 500,
Sunsets and Hearts,
E-Dancer,
F. McDonald,
Michelle Simonal,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Bang On A Can,
Youth Brigade,
The Vogues,
Chris Corsano,
Jeff Mills,
Mark Hollis,
Terry Callier,
The Dave Clark Five,
Boogie Down Productions,
Roxy Music,
Soft Machine,
Can,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Peter and Kerry,
Scion,
Audionom,
Echospace,
The Happenings,
Gong, Gong, Gong, Gong.
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.