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 Eritrea and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Rahsaan Roland Kirk to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Crooked Eye. All the underground hits.
All Delta 5 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kool Moe Dee record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stockholm Monsters,
Gil Scott Heron,
Brick,
Agent Orange,
Trumans Water,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Radio Birdman,
Section 25,
Grauzone,
Desert Stars,
The Human League,
Chris Corsano,
Tres Demented,
The Fall,
Harmonia,
Oblivians,
Groovy Waters,
Agitation Free,
Negative Approach,
Pussy Galore,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Music Machine,
KRS-One,
Kevin Saunderson,
Skarface,
Circle Jerks,
FM Einheit,
Babytalk,
The Pop Group,
The Slackers,
Model 500,
Jawbox,
the Swans,
Donald Byrd,
Derrick May,
Aloha Tigers,
Aural Exciters,
Nils Olav,
Carl Craig,
Mad Mike,
These Immortal Souls,
Moebius,
The Seeds,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Man Parrish,
In Retrospect,
One Last Wish,
Flash Fearless,
Joe Smooth,
The Kinks,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Kayak,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Bobby Sherman,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Average White Band,
John Foxx,
Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster.
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.