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 Seychelles and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Sonics to the rap kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All Yaz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rites of Spring record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cal Tjader record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lakeside,
K-Klass,
Roy Ayers,
Wings,
Neil Young,
The Toasters,
The Names,
Young Marble Giants,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Anthony Braxton,
Suicide,
Crooked Eye,
The Knickerbockers,
Monks,
Marvin Gaye,
Thompson Twins,
Fat Boys,
David Bowie,
Sandy B,
In Retrospect,
Derrick Morgan,
Oneida,
R.M.O.,
Masters at Work,
Rod Modell,
Magma,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Public Image Ltd.,
Stereo Dub,
Country Teasers,
Drexciya,
Groovy Waters,
Glambeats Corp.,
the Human League,
The Zeros,
China Crisis,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cecil Taylor,
Infiniti,
The Electric Prunes,
Don Cherry,
Marc Almond,
Joe Finger,
Tears for Fears,
Maurizio,
Rosa Yemen,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Juan Atkins,
Metal Thangz,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fela Kuti,
Second Layer,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Nils Olav,
Joe Smooth,
The Fortunes,
Jeff Mills,
The Trojans,
Sun Ra,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.