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 Chile and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Piero Umiliani to the punk 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 Goldenarms. All the underground hits.
All The Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Panda Bear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Connie Case,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Saccharine Trust,
Ultravox,
The Motions,
Arcadia,
The Angels of Light,
Cecil Taylor,
Electric Prunes,
Eddi Front,
Mandrill,
Eric B and Rakim,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Minnie Riperton,
Aloha Tigers,
Aural Exciters,
Agent Orange,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Misunderstood,
Grauzone,
Pere Ubu,
The Move,
U.S. Maple,
Monolake,
Isaac Hayes,
Radio Birdman,
The Wake,
MC5,
Lucky Dragons,
Unwound,
Todd Rundgren,
Joensuu 1685,
Spoonie Gee,
Pagans,
Gong,
Lou Christie,
John Cale,
Vladislav Delay,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Radiohead,
One Last Wish,
Sight & Sound,
The Real Kids,
The Standells,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Flipper,
Harpers Bizarre,
Audionom,
Heaven 17,
The Doors,
Yusef Lateef,
Jacques Brel,
Jacob Miller,
Accadde A,
Jandek,
John Holt,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Names,
Fad Gadget,
Piero Umiliani,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.