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 Slovenia and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the 808 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 Adolescents 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 Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All Soul II Soul tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gang Green record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sound Behaviour,
Sun Ra,
Darondo,
Moby Grape,
Public Image Ltd.,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Kas Product,
Rakim,
Motorama,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eve St. Jones,
Judy Mowatt,
Thompson Twins,
New York Dolls,
Goldenarms,
Audionom,
Traffic Nightmare,
Roxette,
Minny Pops,
Mo-Dettes,
8 Eyed Spy,
Jeru the Damaja,
Pantaleimon,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
the Human League,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Ronan,
Bronski Beat,
The Leaves,
Qualms,
Delon & Dalcan,
Tres Demented,
Parry Music,
New Order,
Monks,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Monks,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Ponytail,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Nirvana,
Crooked Eye,
D'Angelo,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Lakeside,
Essential Logic,
Grey Daturas,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Ohio Players,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
China Crisis,
The Durutti Column,
Main Source,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Donald Byrd,
Country Teasers,
Radiopuhelimet,
Brothers Johnson,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.