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 Colombia and from Copenhagen.
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 Mexico City and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Carl Craig to the crunk 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 Louis and Bebe Barron. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Organ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fifty Foot Hose record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boredoms,
Bob Dylan,
Scan 7,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Remains,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Alarm Clocks,
Blancmange,
Urselle,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Deadbeat,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Marcia Griffiths,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Country Teasers,
The Offenders,
The Buckinghams,
Juan Atkins,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Neu!,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Sun Ra,
Pantytec,
Nick Fraelich,
Porter Ricks,
Nik Kershaw,
Todd Terry,
James White and The Blacks,
Tears for Fears,
Be Bop Deluxe,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Average White Band,
Mark Hollis,
Cecil Taylor,
Parry Music,
the Normal,
Reuben Wilson,
JFA,
Excepter,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Grass Roots,
Mr. Review,
Clear Light,
The Fortunes,
Zapp,
The Music Machine,
The Gun Club,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Pretty Things,
June Days,
Albert Ayler,
Lou Christie,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Moby Grape,
Bad Manners,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Unwound,
E-Dancer,
Metal Thangz,
Altered Images,
Marine Girls,
Bobby Byrd,
Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow.
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.