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 Ireland and from Toronto.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Bologna.
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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Mars to the dance 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 Jawbox. All the underground hits.
All Sonic Youth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Darondo 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a marimba 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 clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
ABC,
10cc,
Marshall Jefferson,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Boogie Down Productions,
Johnny Osbourne,
Donald Byrd,
The Moody Blues,
Eden Ahbez,
The Evens,
The Durutti Column,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Babytalk,
Jeru the Damaja,
Electric Prunes,
Minutemen,
DJ Style,
Kenny Larkin,
Barry Ungar,
the Human League,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Godley & Creme,
The Slits,
Funkadelic,
The Toasters,
Anthony Braxton,
Roxy Music,
Ice-T,
Bang On A Can,
Janne Schatter,
Fugazi,
The Fortunes,
Kurtis Blow,
Basic Channel,
Aswad,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Vogues,
Cluster,
Maleditus Sound,
Minnie Riperton,
Crash Course in Science,
The Sound,
Shuggie Otis,
Joy Division,
Glambeats Corp.,
Ohio Players,
Joe Smooth,
Sun Ra,
Underground Resistance,
Davy DMX,
Cal Tjader,
The Martian,
Fela Kuti,
Livin' Joy,
Arab on Radar,
Bobby Byrd,
The Standells,
Spandau Ballet,
Gichy Dan,
X-101,
Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket.
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.