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 Ukraine and from Copenhagen.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Woodstock.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 The Toasters to the rock 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 The Shadows of Knight. All the underground hits.
All Parry Music tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Technova 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Swans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boogie Down Productions,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bill Near,
Leonard Cohen,
The Names,
Isaac Hayes,
Unwound,
Parry Music,
Stereo Dub,
Terry Callier,
Lalo Schifrin,
Henry Cow,
Qualms,
Absolute Body Control,
The Toasters,
Skarface,
T. Rex,
Rufus Thomas,
Jerry's Kids,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Franke,
Scrapy,
Maurizio,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Toni Rubio,
Fela Kuti,
Pantaleimon,
the Normal,
Jeff Mills,
Fat Boys,
Gil Scott Heron,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Crooked Eye,
Peter and Kerry,
Silicon Teens,
Lower 48,
Tommy Roe,
Negative Approach,
The Mojo Men,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Wolf Eyes,
Soul Sonic Force,
June of 44,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Gun Club,
Thompson Twins,
Pantytec,
L. Decosne,
The Tremeloes,
Popol Vuh,
Lightning Bolt,
Slave,
B.T. Express,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Sex Pistols,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Ponytail,
Radiopuhelimet,
Darondo,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Bizarre Inc.,
Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad.
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.