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 Nigeria and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the theremin 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 Motorama to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Fad Gadget. All the underground hits.
All Smog tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Davy DMX record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aural Exciters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & Metallica,
L. Decosne,
Chrome,
Crooked Eye,
The Litter,
ABBA,
Sarah Menescal,
The Count Five,
DJ Sneak,
D'Angelo,
Scientists,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Mantronix,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Oblivians,
Sugar Minott,
Lightning Bolt,
Babytalk,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lower 48,
The Moody Blues,
Echospace,
Graham Central Station,
Alphaville,
Lalo Schifrin,
Erasure,
Nirvana,
The Red Krayola,
Spoonie Gee,
Mary Jane Girls,
Parry Music,
Funkadelic,
Ossler,
Barbara Tucker,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Q65,
Saccharine Trust,
Patti Smith,
Todd Rundgren,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Iggy Pop,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Gap Band,
Can,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Scion,
Sex Pistols,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Pharoah Sanders,
Sandy B,
MC5,
Niagra,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Boredoms,
John Holt,
Crash Course in Science,
Ohio Players,
Nico,
Tim Buckley,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew.
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.