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 Japan and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 marimba 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 The Mojo Men to the electroclash 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 Rites of Spring. All the underground hits.
All The Last Poets tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sixth Finger 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 marimba and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jandek,
F. McDonald,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Pretty Things,
Grandmaster Flash,
Average White Band,
Q and Not U,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Niagra,
Andrew Hill,
Rhythm & Sound,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Litter,
Intrusion,
Zapp,
Television Personalities,
Television,
Lalo Schifrin,
Lou Reed,
Monks,
The Gladiators,
Janne Schatter,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Infiniti,
Letta Mbulu,
MDC,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Thompson Twins,
Cybotron,
The Fire Engines,
New York Dolls,
David Axelrod,
Suburban Knight,
Depeche Mode,
Dorothy Ashby,
Negative Approach,
Organ,
Aswad,
Barbara Tucker,
Cameo,
Isaac Hayes,
The Durutti Column,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Slick Rick,
Kas Product,
OOIOO,
The Motions,
The Alarm Clocks,
Sound Behaviour,
Das Ding,
Chris & Cosey,
Joyce Sims,
Bronski Beat,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Inner City,
Jeff Mills,
Marvin Gaye,
The Beau Brummels,
Visage,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd.
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.