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 Lesotho and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Jakarta.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Guru Guru to the disco 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 Normal. All the underground hits.
All Nirvana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eric B and Rakim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Fortunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stiv Bators,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Fatback Band,
Bizarre Inc.,
Gong,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Hot Snakes,
Henry Cow,
Delta 5,
Mantronix,
Big Daddy Kane,
Janne Schatter,
The Monochrome Set,
The Velvet Underground,
Nas,
Minny Pops,
Smog,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Flash Fearless,
Bad Manners,
Johnny Clarke,
Echospace,
Chrome,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Scratch Acid,
Erykah Badu,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Dirtbombs,
Josef K,
Rosa Yemen,
the Sonics,
Trumans Water,
Groovy Waters,
Little Man,
Lou Christie,
Deepchord,
The Index,
Radiopuhelimet,
Ultra Naté,
Swans,
Soulsonic Force,
The Grass Roots,
Cheater Slicks,
Buzzcocks,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Franke,
Khruangbin,
Girls At Our Best!,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
John Coltrane,
Siglo XX,
Sex Pistols,
Deadbeat,
The Invisible,
Jawbox,
Bill Wells,
Scrapy,
The Music Machine,
The Techniques,
Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin.
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.