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 Chad and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Monochrome Set. All the underground hits.
All The Shadows of Knight tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rekid record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Clear Light 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?
The Motions,
Japan,
Massinfluence,
Davy DMX,
Isaac Hayes,
Scrapy,
H. Thieme,
Skarface,
Desert Stars,
The Cowsills,
Brand Nubian,
Grey Daturas,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Smoke,
Ossler,
Cecil Taylor,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Dave Gahan,
Rapeman,
Tears for Fears,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sight & Sound,
Susan Cadogan,
DJ Style,
Brass Construction,
The Trojans,
Harpers Bizarre,
Darondo,
Deakin,
Dorothy Ashby,
Scientists,
Roxy Music,
Average White Band,
Kenny Larkin,
Dawn Penn,
R.M.O.,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Johnny Osbourne,
Marshall Jefferson,
Minnie Riperton,
Spoonie Gee,
Cameo,
Young Marble Giants,
48th St. Collective,
Ralphi Rosario,
Visage,
Black Moon,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Chris & Cosey,
Babytalk,
Joey Negro,
Circle Jerks,
Liliput,
Toni Rubio,
Brothers Johnson,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Glambeats Corp.,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Searchers,
Jawbox,
Black Bananas,
Pierre Henry,
Lakeside,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.