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 Tonga and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 arpeggiator 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 The Moody Blues to the grunge 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic. All the underground hits.
All Anthony Braxton tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Agitation Free record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cabaret Voltaire,
Cal Tjader,
Glenn Branca,
Piero Umiliani,
China Crisis,
Lucky Dragons,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Yusef Lateef,
The Vogues,
The Smiths,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Soul Sonic Force,
Minutemen,
Cameo,
Quadrant,
E-Dancer,
Basic Channel,
Maurizio,
Infiniti,
Moss Icon,
Bush Tetras,
The Raincoats,
Leonard Cohen,
Half Japanese,
Howard Jones,
Vladislav Delay,
Erykah Badu,
Das Ding,
The Golliwogs,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Fluxion,
Section 25,
Shuggie Otis,
Joe Smooth,
Radio Birdman,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Delta 5,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Gang Gang Dance,
D'Angelo,
Wings,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Jawbox,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Barrington Levy,
Magma,
The Remains,
Scientists,
Young Marble Giants,
June of 44,
Robert Hood,
Flipper,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Drive Like Jehu,
Scion,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sonic Youth,
The American Breed, The American Breed, The American Breed, The American Breed.
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.