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 Niger and from Philadelphia.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Milan.
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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Jawbox to the rap kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The Busters. All the underground hits.
All Fat Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Television Personalities 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nas,
John Lydon,
Marshall Jefferson,
Crispy Ambulance,
Scion,
Minutemen,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Cramps,
The Dirtbombs,
Peter and Kerry,
Arthur Verocai,
Flipper,
Simply Red,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Freddie Wadling,
The Angels of Light,
Scrapy,
The Blackbyrds,
Drive Like Jehu,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Pere Ubu,
Interpol,
Gang Starr,
Liliput,
Michelle Simonal,
Jesper Dahlback,
F. McDonald,
Roy Ayers,
Sonic Youth,
Roxy Music,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Dennis Brown,
Pharoah Sanders,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Rhythm & Sound,
Isaac Hayes,
Avey Tare,
The Star Department,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Black Sheep,
Desert Stars,
Amon Düül,
Cluster,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Vogues,
Max Romeo,
The Kinks,
Black Flag,
Quadrant,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Public Image Ltd.,
Connie Case,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Shuggie Otis,
Gang of Four,
Byron Stingily,
Roxette,
Wings,
Unrelated Segments,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Half Japanese,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Barracudas,
ABC,
OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO.
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.