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 Gabon and from Hong Kong.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Susan Cadogan to the techno 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 Connie Case. All the underground hits.
All Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-101 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Underground Resistance record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare 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?
Radiohead,
Drexciya,
Jandek,
Theoretical Girls,
Easy Going,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Slick Rick,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Nick Fraelich,
Aural Exciters,
Funky Four + One,
Ossler,
Black Moon,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Roy Ayers,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Sonic Youth,
Bootsy Collins,
Mary Jane Girls,
Prince Buster,
Althea and Donna,
Glenn Branca,
New Age Steppers,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Andrew Hill,
Talk Talk,
June Days,
The Gories,
Junior Murvin,
Aswad,
Johnny Clarke,
Babytalk,
10cc,
The Invisible,
Peter and Kerry,
Skaos,
Pantaleimon,
Maleditus Sound,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Divine Comedy,
Cecil Taylor,
Piero Umiliani,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Davy DMX,
The Tremeloes,
The Real Kids,
Rekid,
Ornette Coleman,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
One Last Wish,
Agitation Free,
Kas Product,
Soulsonic Force,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Pharoah Sanders,
Malaria!,
Terry Callier,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Dead Boys,
Rhythm & Sound,
Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker.
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.