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 Jordan and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the 808 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 Eric Dolphy to the electroclash 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 Glambeats Corp.. All the underground hits.
All Maurizio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aloha Tigers 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Donny Hathaway record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pagans,
Avey Tare,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Leaves,
The Monks,
Faust,
Minnie Riperton,
The Fire Engines,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Panda Bear,
The Sound,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Walker Brothers,
Steve Hackett,
Von Mondo,
MC5,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Malaria!,
Tubeway Army,
a-ha,
Radiopuhelimet,
Nation of Ulysses,
Organ,
Brothers Johnson,
Sarah Menescal,
Moby Grape,
New Age Steppers,
The Martian,
Shuggie Otis,
Robert Wyatt,
Ronan,
Rhythm & Sound,
Alison Limerick,
Joyce Sims,
Schoolly D,
David McCallum,
Bill Near,
Dual Sessions,
Arab on Radar,
Nas,
Ten City,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Hoover,
The Mummies,
UT,
Simply Red,
Joe Finger,
Minny Pops,
Jacques Brel,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
World's Most,
Make Up,
Basic Channel,
Sparks,
The Moody Blues,
Rufus Thomas,
Morten Harket,
K-Klass,
Radiohead,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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.