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 Thailand and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
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 Country Joe & The Fish to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Eric Dolphy. All the underground hits.
All EPMD tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Faust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 snare and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stetsasonic,
Blossom Toes,
The Real Kids,
Robert Görl,
Ken Boothe,
Ossler,
Nation of Ulysses,
Shoche,
Nick Fraelich,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Steve Hackett,
Sam Rivers,
Dark Day,
The Modern Lovers,
Bush Tetras,
Danielle Patucci,
Unrelated Segments,
The Stooges,
The Smiths,
Trumans Water,
Agent Orange,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Circle Jerks,
Kerrie Biddell,
DJ Style,
Rhythm & Sound,
X-102,
Idris Muhammad,
Urselle,
Al Stewart,
Piero Umiliani,
The Star Department,
Mr. Review,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Music Machine,
Public Enemy,
Hot Snakes,
Buzzcocks,
Andrew Hill,
Audionom,
Suburban Knight,
Glambeats Corp.,
Junior Murvin,
Quantec,
Drive Like Jehu,
Hardrive,
Erasure,
Marvin Gaye,
The Zeros,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
D'Angelo,
H. Thieme,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Vogues,
The Fall,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Deepchord,
Byron Stingily,
Lyres,
Aural Exciters,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Camberwell Now,
New Age Steppers,
Siglo XX, Siglo XX, Siglo XX, Siglo XX.
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.