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 Mexico and from Salvador.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the 808 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 Cluster to the electroclash 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 Kinks. All the underground hits.
All June of 44 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Suburban Knight record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stetsasonic,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Amon Düül,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Kerri Chandler,
Motorama,
The Fuzztones,
Y Pants,
The Tremeloes,
Aaron Thompson,
June of 44,
Groovy Waters,
The Martian,
The Grass Roots,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Count Five,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Lakeside,
Amon Düül II,
The Star Department,
Idris Muhammad,
Excepter,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Quantec,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Shadows of Knight,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Blackbyrds,
Thompson Twins,
Sparks,
Echospace,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Dual Sessions,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Arab on Radar,
The Velvet Underground,
Marmalade,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Mantronix,
Sun City Girls,
Guru Guru,
Tim Buckley,
Gang Gang Dance,
Susan Cadogan,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
D'Angelo,
Mad Mike,
Leonard Cohen,
Skaos,
Desert Stars,
Marine Girls,
Basic Channel,
The Gap Band,
The Slackers,
Adolescents,
Television,
Soul Sonic Force,
Clear Light,
Rekid,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Pet Shop Boys,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.