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 Laos and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin 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 Kango’s Stein Massive to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Monks. All the underground hits.
All Monolake tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 güiro and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Wake,
The Skatalites,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Sällskapet,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
the Human League,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Mr. Review,
Warren Ellis,
Howard Jones,
The Five Americans,
Radio Birdman,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Panda Bear,
The Names,
Ituana,
Donald Byrd,
Stereo Dub,
Chris & Cosey,
Underground Resistance,
Cecil Taylor,
Niagra,
The Moleskins,
Danielle Patucci,
Royal Trux,
the Association,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Fugs,
Donny Hathaway,
OOIOO,
Yazoo,
Curtis Mayfield,
Scratch Acid,
Interpol,
Bad Manners,
The Black Dice,
Jerry's Kids,
Tubeway Army,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Massinfluence,
Desert Stars,
Infiniti,
Eden Ahbez,
The Residents,
Radiopuhelimet,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Nirvana,
Prince Buster,
Sonic Youth,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Zero Boys,
Ice-T,
Au Pairs,
D'Angelo,
Morten Harket,
Country Teasers,
Amazonics,
Delta 5,
The Fuzztones,
Tomorrow,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Remains,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.