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 Dominican Republic and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Boredoms to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Nas. All the underground hits.
All Interpol tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stiv Bators record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a E-Dancer record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Golliwogs,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yusef Lateef,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Underground Resistance,
World's Most,
Leonard Cohen,
Buzzcocks,
Minnie Riperton,
Lindisfarne,
Nils Olav,
Visage,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kool Moe Dee,
Peter and Kerry,
Audionom,
Gang Gang Dance,
Alison Limerick,
The Evens,
Alice Coltrane,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Eli Mardock,
Erykah Badu,
DJ Style,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Motorama,
Zapp,
Donald Byrd,
the Swans,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Curtis Mayfield,
Roxette,
Barry Ungar,
The Neon Judgement,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bill Near,
The Move,
Hot Snakes,
Lower 48,
Agent Orange,
Neu!,
Brothers Johnson,
Amazonics,
Hardrive,
Bobby Sherman,
Scan 7,
Scott Walker,
Byron Stingily,
Arab on Radar,
DJ Sneak,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Black Pus,
The Young Rascals,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Pretty Things,
Camouflage,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
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.