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 Russia and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 MC5 to the crunk 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 The Five Americans. All the underground hits.
All It's A Beautiful Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Moon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soulsonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pole,
Jeru the Damaja,
Gang Gang Dance,
Maleditus Sound,
Public Enemy,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Brass Construction,
Audionom,
Marine Girls,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Mad Mike,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Divine Comedy,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Agitation Free,
Malaria!,
Letta Mbulu,
Schoolly D,
Nation of Ulysses,
Youth Brigade,
Silicon Teens,
Bush Tetras,
Main Source,
Mantronix,
Girls At Our Best!,
Moss Icon,
Animal Collective,
Inner City,
Soul II Soul,
Todd Terry,
La Düsseldorf,
Kayak,
the Slits,
the Sonics,
Eric Copeland,
Lucky Dragons,
Unwound,
Scientists,
Tres Demented,
Barbara Tucker,
Pharoah Sanders,
kango's stein massive,
Echospace,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
F. McDonald,
The Human League,
Bobby Sherman,
Arthur Verocai,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Soft Machine,
Lou Reed,
Marc Almond,
FM Einheit,
Neil Young,
Clear Light,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Robert Wyatt,
Mandrill,
Al Stewart,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.