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 Accra.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar 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 Unrelated Segments to the funk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 DJ Sneak tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ten City 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scratch Acid record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fat Boys,
Marine Girls,
Ken Boothe,
The Cure,
David McCallum,
Clear Light,
Tom Boy,
Mary Jane Girls,
Hoover,
The Birthday Party,
Scan 7,
Von Mondo,
Guru Guru,
Saccharine Trust,
U.S. Maple,
Black Pus,
Reuben Wilson,
Parry Music,
The Cowsills,
Grey Daturas,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Derrick May,
Brothers Johnson,
Tears for Fears,
The Modern Lovers,
Swans,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Marc Almond,
Patti Smith,
The Searchers,
Lyres,
Zapp,
Cluster,
The Durutti Column,
F. McDonald,
Quantec,
the Association,
Soulsonic Force,
The Fire Engines,
Sarah Menescal,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Massinfluence,
Sixth Finger,
The J.B.'s,
The Red Krayola,
Eric Copeland,
Stereo Dub,
T.S.O.L.,
Country Teasers,
Bobby Womack,
Swell Maps,
Grandmaster Flash,
Brand Nubian,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Eddi Front,
Japan,
Lungfish,
The Moleskins,
Pulsallama,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.