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 China and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and New York.
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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 E-Dancer to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All The Stooges tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Newcleus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bush Tetras record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alison Limerick,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jacques Brel,
The Leaves,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Can,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Easy Going,
Gang of Four,
Henry Cow,
Fear,
Section 25,
Franke,
Lower 48,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Danielle Patucci,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Moody Blues,
Tropical Tobacco,
Thompson Twins,
Fatback Band,
Hardrive,
Ralphi Rosario,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soul Sonic Force,
Shoche,
Moss Icon,
The Star Department,
Rhythm & Sound,
Brothers Johnson,
Isaac Hayes,
Sandy B,
Fela Kuti,
Underground Resistance,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Modern Lovers,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Kinks,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Liliput,
FM Einheit,
Fugazi,
The Happenings,
Dave Gahan,
Ten City,
The Invisible,
The Gories,
Jandek,
The Doors,
Eric Copeland,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ornette Coleman,
Johnny Clarke,
KRS-One,
Aloha Tigers,
Nik Kershaw,
Dark Day,
The Gun Club,
Negative Approach,
The Move,
Blancmange,
Flamin' Groovies,
Y Pants,
John Lydon, John Lydon, John Lydon, John Lydon.
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.