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 Chile and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the güiro 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 Ponytail to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Rakim. All the underground hits.
All Josef K tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Liliput record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kerri Chandler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Arab on Radar,
Unrelated Segments,
R.M.O.,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Flipper,
Black Sheep,
Chris & Cosey,
The Litter,
Subhumans,
UT,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
John Cale,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Skriet,
Minny Pops,
Ultravox,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Jawbox,
Avey Tare,
Piero Umiliani,
Boogie Down Productions,
Tom Boy,
Graham Central Station,
Hashim,
Mars,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Leonard Cohen,
Banda Bassotti,
Electric Prunes,
Lalann,
Jeru the Damaja,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Glenn Branca,
ABC,
Babytalk,
The Smiths,
June of 44,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Rotary Connection,
The Zeros,
The Monks,
Iggy Pop,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Funky Four + One,
Harmonia,
MC5,
Eli Mardock,
the Fania All-Stars,
Heaven 17,
Juan Atkins,
DJ Sneak,
The Neon Judgement,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Vogues,
Franke,
Eden Ahbez,
Los Fastidios,
The Cure,
Zero Boys, Zero Boys, Zero Boys, Zero Boys.
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.