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 Lille.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lyon.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the sitar 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 Make Up to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Motorama. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Hutcherson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Davy DMX record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül II record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare,
Bluetip,
Fatback Band,
Joensuu 1685,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Godley & Creme,
Ultra Naté,
Bill Wells,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Cybotron,
The Happenings,
Scientists,
Bad Manners,
Glambeats Corp.,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Soft Machine,
Roxette,
Maurizio,
Mad Mike,
Aaron Thompson,
Eric Dolphy,
Dennis Brown,
Sugar Minott,
Yaz,
Charles Mingus,
Yazoo,
The Grass Roots,
Donald Byrd,
Symarip,
Brothers Johnson,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Tremeloes,
Brick,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Motions,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Kool Moe Dee,
Robert Wyatt,
Metal Thangz,
The Skatalites,
Soft Cell,
Agent Orange,
Vladislav Delay,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Move,
The Toasters,
Das Ding,
Negative Approach,
Michelle Simonal,
Audionom,
Scion,
Masters at Work,
The Fuzztones,
Lightning Bolt,
Spoonie Gee,
Iggy Pop,
James White and The Blacks,
Schoolly D,
Deadbeat,
Ice-T,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot.
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.