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 the UAE and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ 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 Public Enemy to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Mark Hollis. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Busters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 linndrum and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lou Christie record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul Sonic Force,
The Evens,
Jerry's Kids,
Ohio Players,
The Wake,
Stetsasonic,
Nico,
Franke,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Panda Bear,
The Last Poets,
Cameo,
Amazonics,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Blackbyrds,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Ultra Naté,
Cluster,
Pussy Galore,
Dawn Penn,
Easy Going,
the Human League,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
PIL,
Zero Boys,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
These Immortal Souls,
MC5,
Rufus Thomas,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Pantytec,
Oblivians,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Janne Schatter,
Magma,
The Techniques,
Kerri Chandler,
Television,
Main Source,
Joey Negro,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Selecter,
Unwound,
Ralphi Rosario,
Funky Four + One,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Shoche,
Moebius,
Ornette Coleman,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Todd Rundgren,
The Beau Brummels,
John Holt,
Joy Division,
Flipper,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Simply Red,
Cheater Slicks,
Traffic Nightmare,
Wolf Eyes,
Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan.
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.