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 Syria and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron 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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Sonic Youth to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Theoretical Girls. All the underground hits.
All Max Romeo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warren Ellis 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ludus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Wasted Youth,
Freddie Wadling,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Quantec,
Ohio Players,
Royal Trux,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Flamin' Groovies,
Joensuu 1685,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Aaron Thompson,
Maleditus Sound,
Lou Reed,
Sixth Finger,
D'Angelo,
Lebanon Hanover,
Dark Day,
Theoretical Girls,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Arthur Verocai,
Crispy Ambulance,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Modern Lovers,
LL Cool J,
AZ,
Model 500,
Junior Murvin,
Kurtis Blow,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Flipper,
Lakeside,
Agitation Free,
James White and The Blacks,
Negative Approach,
Glenn Branca,
Delta 5,
Public Enemy,
Gang of Four,
Grey Daturas,
Darondo,
Duran Duran,
The Index,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Gladiators,
Matthew Bourne,
Isaac Hayes,
Bang On A Can,
Warsaw,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
PIL,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Little Man,
Bluetip,
Ten City,
Lee Hazlewood,
Tubeway Army,
Hot Snakes,
Robert Hood, Robert Hood, Robert Hood, Robert Hood.
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.