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 Lithuania and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Knickerbockers to the punk 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 JFA. All the underground hits.
All The Evens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tears for Fears record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Art Ensemble Of Chicago record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mark Hollis,
Jesper Dahlback,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Deepchord,
the Germs,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Motions,
Pharoah Sanders,
Khruangbin,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mary Jane Girls,
Robert Görl,
Agitation Free,
UT,
B.T. Express,
Panda Bear,
Sonic Youth,
Crooked Eye,
Massinfluence,
Eurythmics,
Country Teasers,
The Victims,
The Searchers,
Scientists,
Kayak,
Spandau Ballet,
Matthew Bourne,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Sugar Minott,
Alison Limerick,
Josef K,
Juan Atkins,
Second Layer,
Peter and Kerry,
Goldenarms,
Junior Murvin,
Terrestrial Tones,
Michelle Simonal,
Dave Gahan,
The Young Rascals,
The Remains,
Peter & Gordon,
Hot Snakes,
Lucky Dragons,
Adolescents,
Moebius,
Barrington Levy,
AZ,
Soft Machine,
Alphaville,
Lebanon Hanover,
Chris Corsano,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Au Pairs,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Suburban Knight,
Anakelly,
Gil Scott Heron,
Shuggie Otis,
Section 25, Section 25, Section 25, Section 25.
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.