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 Uruguay and from Woodstock.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Audionom to the disco 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 Dual Sessions. All the underground hits.
All The Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joe Smooth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ludus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Piero Umiliani,
A Certain Ratio,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Porter Ricks,
Jimmy McGriff,
Alison Limerick,
Simply Red,
Minor Threat,
The Golliwogs,
Panda Bear,
Flash Fearless,
Neil Young,
8 Eyed Spy,
Anakelly,
The Electric Prunes,
the Swans,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
New Order,
Iggy Pop,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Matthew Halsall,
The Star Department,
Nas,
Bad Manners,
Average White Band,
Michelle Simonal,
Albert Ayler,
Sex Pistols,
Mo-Dettes,
Avey Tare,
The Dead C,
The Last Poets,
Intrusion,
Peter and Kerry,
Gregory Isaacs,
John Coltrane,
Blancmange,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Kerrie Biddell,
Joy Division,
Terry Callier,
Loose Ends,
10cc,
Mad Mike,
Pussy Galore,
Con Funk Shun,
Sällskapet,
The Kinks,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Darondo,
Bobby Byrd,
The Saints,
New Age Steppers,
Maleditus Sound,
Jeff Mills,
Gastr Del Sol,
T.S.O.L.,
Ituana,
The Neon Judgement,
Brick,
Godley & Creme,
Lyres,
Robert Görl,
Main Source, Main Source, Main Source, Main Source.
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.