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 Iran and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Winnipeg.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Isaac Hayes to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 E-Dancer. All the underground hits.
All Alton Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ash Ra Tempel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mo-Dettes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Moby Grape,
Sparks,
Delta 5,
Pantaleimon,
Joey Negro,
The Remains,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Thompson Twins,
Gang of Four,
Wings,
Cecil Taylor,
Jawbox,
cv313,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Kas Product,
Jerry's Kids,
Mantronix,
Alice Coltrane,
Eden Ahbez,
The Index,
The Gories,
Zero Boys,
Camberwell Now,
The Leaves,
Gang Gang Dance,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Funkadelic,
Intrusion,
Accadde A,
Jacob Miller,
Joyce Sims,
Rekid,
Susan Cadogan,
Graham Central Station,
Byron Stingily,
The Searchers,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Soft Machine,
Isaac Hayes,
Depeche Mode,
Big Daddy Kane,
Suburban Knight,
Mandrill,
In Retrospect,
The Trojans,
Babytalk,
Crime,
Nico,
The Golliwogs,
Bush Tetras,
The Monks,
Spandau Ballet,
Glenn Branca,
EPMD,
Massinfluence,
DNA,
Sound Behaviour,
Don Cherry,
The Sonics,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Blues Magoos,
Icehouse,
Gong,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.