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 Haiti and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron 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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Lungfish to the electroclash 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 Beasts of Bourbon. All the underground hits.
All CMW tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kevin Saunderson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tres Demented record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Basic Channel,
Unrelated Segments,
Chris & Cosey,
Archie Shepp,
Amon Düül II,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Qualms,
The Residents,
Yaz,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Bronski Beat,
Arcadia,
Outsiders,
James White and The Blacks,
Tom Boy,
Kaleidoscope,
the Germs,
Subhumans,
Be Bop Deluxe,
David Bowie,
Piero Umiliani,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Real Kids,
The Fugs,
The Human League,
Barry Ungar,
New Order,
The Cramps,
Soul II Soul,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
EPMD,
Boredoms,
Grandmaster Flash,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Sonics,
Delon & Dalcan,
Model 500,
The Neon Judgement,
Aaron Thompson,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Boogie Down Productions,
Thompson Twins,
Technova,
Drexciya,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Litter,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The United States of America,
Stiv Bators,
Jerry's Kids,
Joyce Sims,
Desert Stars,
The Pop Group,
Pharoah Sanders,
June of 44,
Nirvana,
Nico,
The Moleskins,
Marshall Jefferson, Marshall Jefferson, Marshall Jefferson, Marshall Jefferson.
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.