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 Nigeria and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Procol Harum to the disco 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 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth. All the underground hits.
All Bang on a Can All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every James Chance & The Contortions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythim Is Rhythim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kas Product,
the Soft Cell,
Young Marble Giants,
Fugazi,
The Gap Band,
The Skatalites,
Groovy Waters,
Au Pairs,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Siglo XX,
Scan 7,
Hashim,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Joyce Sims,
MC5,
Tommy Roe,
FM Einheit,
Reuben Wilson,
Howard Jones,
Lyres,
New Age Steppers,
The Beau Brummels,
Jimmy McGriff,
Donny Hathaway,
Robert Görl,
The Flesh Eaters,
New Order,
Yellowson,
Thee Headcoats,
The Fugs,
OOIOO,
The Tremeloes,
Half Japanese,
Monolake,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Music Machine,
Guru Guru,
Pylon,
Marvin Gaye,
Dual Sessions,
Minny Pops,
Section 25,
Frankie Knuckles,
Lou Christie,
Sonic Youth,
Pole,
Brothers Johnson,
Bob Dylan,
Sound Behaviour,
Lindisfarne,
Gang of Four,
Tubeway Army,
Symarip,
Bauhaus,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Absolute Body Control,
Cymande,
the Sonics,
Kevin Saunderson,
Grauzone,
Main Source,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.