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 Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Minny Pops to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Sonic Youth. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed & Metallica tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Moleskins 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeru the Damaja record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nas,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Pulsallama,
Dawn Penn,
Loose Ends,
Rhythm & Sound,
Danielle Patucci,
Von Mondo,
Jimmy McGriff,
This Heat,
Joyce Sims,
Joe Finger,
Goldenarms,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Procol Harum,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Max Romeo,
Carl Craig,
Khruangbin,
Lebanon Hanover,
Soft Machine,
Letta Mbulu,
Index,
Radiopuhelimet,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Marcia Griffiths,
Pole,
The Doors,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Sonny Sharrock,
Stetsasonic,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Mummies,
The Golliwogs,
Grey Daturas,
Lyres,
Prince Buster,
Flamin' Groovies,
Slick Rick,
Michelle Simonal,
Model 500,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Nation of Ulysses,
JFA,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Nick Fraelich,
Alphaville,
Judy Mowatt,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Associates,
The Index,
Roxette,
Kaleidoscope,
A Certain Ratio,
Byron Stingily,
Tomorrow,
Ludus,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Cheater Slicks,
U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple.
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.