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 Venezuela and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Panda Bear. All the underground hits.
All Sex Pistols tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dual Sessions 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Monks,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rekid,
Deakin,
Quadrant,
8 Eyed Spy,
Dorothy Ashby,
Minutemen,
John Lydon,
Toni Rubio,
John Coltrane,
KRS-One,
Niagra,
The Kinks,
Tom Boy,
Freddie Wadling,
Infiniti,
The Count Five,
Tears for Fears,
Grey Daturas,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Juan Atkins,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Suburban Knight,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pussy Galore,
The Zeros,
Aural Exciters,
Dennis Brown,
Aswad,
Michelle Simonal,
Scientists,
Moss Icon,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Max Romeo,
Oblivians,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Index,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Sun City Girls,
The Offenders,
The Misunderstood,
Echospace,
Accadde A,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lou Christie,
John Foxx,
48th St. Collective,
Country Joe & The Fish,
the Sonics,
John Holt,
The Sonics,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Associates,
Adolescents,
Rakim,
Ronnie Foster,
The Remains,
Nick Fraelich,
The Red Krayola, The Red Krayola, The Red Krayola, The Red Krayola.
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.