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 Afghanistan and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Dorothy Ashby to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Lucky Dragons. All the underground hits.
All The Standells 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Moleskins,
Mandrill,
Joe Smooth,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Man Parrish,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Dead C,
Jandek,
The Divine Comedy,
Fort Wilson Riot,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Albert Ayler,
Delon & Dalcan,
Japan,
The Walker Brothers,
Isaac Hayes,
Pierre Henry,
Alison Limerick,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Moody Blues,
Mo-Dettes,
Q65,
Barclay James Harvest,
Erykah Badu,
Derrick May,
Oneida,
Procol Harum,
The Modern Lovers,
Warsaw,
The Fuzztones,
Bluetip,
Ten City,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Audionom,
The Residents,
Dawn Penn,
Wings,
Max Romeo,
MDC,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
the Association,
Ice-T,
Andrew Hill,
Maurizio,
Adolescents,
Tubeway Army,
The Velvet Underground,
Skarface,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Pretty Things,
Zapp,
Lightning Bolt,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Lungfish,
Clear Light,
U.S. Maple,
Slick Rick,
Robert Görl,
The Five Americans,
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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.