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 Malaysia and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Flipper to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Flipper. All the underground hits.
All Mo-Dettes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every H. Thieme 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pantytec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
R.M.O.,
Mantronix,
Flamin' Groovies,
Lower 48,
Marmalade,
Aswad,
This Heat,
Gang Gang Dance,
Man Parrish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hoover,
Mad Mike,
Fad Gadget,
Scratch Acid,
Kayak,
Model 500,
Laurel Aitken,
Pet Shop Boys,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Ultra Naté,
Jeru the Damaja,
Spoonie Gee,
Das Ding,
Drive Like Jehu,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Delon & Dalcan,
Ronnie Foster,
The Misunderstood,
Agitation Free,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Barry Ungar,
Hot Snakes,
Wings,
ABC,
the Slits,
La Düsseldorf,
Bobby Sherman,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Sight & Sound,
Lightning Bolt,
Sällskapet,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Scott Walker,
Glambeats Corp.,
Stereo Dub,
Eric Copeland,
Dead Boys,
Thee Headcoats,
Arthur Verocai,
Nation of Ulysses,
Subhumans,
The Mojo Men,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Marine Girls,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Bang On A Can,
Max Romeo,
Banda Bassotti,
Essential Logic,
The Offenders,
U.S. Maple,
Colin Newman,
Terry Callier,
Joey Negro,
Derrick May, Derrick May, Derrick May, Derrick May.
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.