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 Oman and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 This Heat to the funk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Cowsills. All the underground hits.
All Alphaville tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stereo Dub 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Reagan Youth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fluxion,
Nirvana,
Radiohead,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Neon Judgement,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Scratch Acid,
Deadbeat,
Connie Case,
Dennis Brown,
Parry Music,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Jandek,
Maurizio,
The Young Rascals,
Roxette,
MC5,
Brass Construction,
Letta Mbulu,
The Skatalites,
This Heat,
Pylon,
New York Dolls,
The Sonics,
Lou Reed,
Ash Ra Tempel,
KRS-One,
Franke,
Motorama,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Simply Red,
Roxy Music,
The Five Americans,
Bill Wells,
the Soft Cell,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Masters at Work,
Silicon Teens,
Marmalade,
the Association,
The Monochrome Set,
Lakeside,
Danielle Patucci,
Blossom Toes,
Swans,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Sonic Youth,
Quantec,
Young Marble Giants,
cv313,
LL Cool J,
Barbara Tucker,
Glenn Branca,
Sam Rivers,
Spandau Ballet,
Arab on Radar,
Donald Byrd,
Joe Finger,
Chris Corsano,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Sound,
Ornette Coleman,
Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash.
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.