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 Bolivia and from Woodstock.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the güiro 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 Nas to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Dead Boys. All the underground hits.
All Hoover tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bauhaus 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Young Marble Giants record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ossler,
Black Bananas,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Star Department,
H. Thieme,
Groovy Waters,
Q and Not U,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Divine Comedy,
Michelle Simonal,
Jawbox,
Eric Dolphy,
Cal Tjader,
Flamin' Groovies,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Althea and Donna,
Infiniti,
Radiohead,
Prince Buster,
Carl Craig,
The Vogues,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
James White and The Blacks,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Ludus,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Count Five,
Sun City Girls,
Skarface,
Symarip,
OOIOO,
Mr. Review,
Tom Boy,
Shuggie Otis,
Marc Almond,
Wolf Eyes,
Popol Vuh,
Livin' Joy,
Eddi Front,
Simply Red,
Soft Cell,
The Slits,
Cybotron,
Moebius,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Frankie Knuckles,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Monks,
Pagans,
Minny Pops,
Index,
The Leaves,
Erasure,
Dave Gahan,
The Blackbyrds,
Khruangbin,
Moby Grape,
Blossom Toes,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
World's Most,
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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.