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 Cuba and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 the Swans to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Janne Schatter. All the underground hits.
All Kool G Rap & DJ Polo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lucky Dragons record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kool Moe Dee record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Slits,
Warren Ellis,
Lindisfarne,
Nas,
Josef K,
Electric Prunes,
Gerry Rafferty,
DJ Style,
Robert Görl,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Blackbyrds,
Ohio Players,
Joey Negro,
Nirvana,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Erasure,
Reagan Youth,
Ultra Naté,
The Moody Blues,
Infiniti,
Joensuu 1685,
Eric Copeland,
The Smiths,
Simply Red,
Pole,
Fad Gadget,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Black Bananas,
John Foxx,
Marine Girls,
Agitation Free,
Robert Hood,
Absolute Body Control,
Yazoo,
L. Decosne,
Erykah Badu,
Neu!,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Litter,
Boogie Down Productions,
Barrington Levy,
Sarah Menescal,
Marmalade,
Lightning Bolt,
Rites of Spring,
Newcleus,
The Skatalites,
The Shadows of Knight,
Goldenarms,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Avey Tare,
Grauzone,
The Fire Engines,
Adolescents,
Lou Christie,
Mantronix,
The Star Department,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Popol Vuh,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Gong, Gong, Gong, Gong.
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.