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 Czech Republic and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin 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 Amon Düül to the punk 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 The Dirtbombs. All the underground hits.
All The Doors tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every U.S. Maple 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ice-T record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronan,
Arcadia,
Cheater Slicks,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Byron Stingily,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Litter,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Public Image Ltd.,
Make Up,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Amon Düül II,
In Retrospect,
The Cowsills,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
H. Thieme,
Joe Smooth,
Tim Buckley,
Television Personalities,
The Alarm Clocks,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Smoke,
FM Einheit,
Basic Channel,
Hot Snakes,
David McCallum,
Bizarre Inc.,
Lindisfarne,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Neon Judgement,
Anakelly,
The Residents,
DJ Style,
the Human League,
The Slackers,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sandy B,
Toni Rubio,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Negative Approach,
Royal Trux,
The Techniques,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Gang of Four,
The Velvet Underground,
The Walker Brothers,
The Dead C,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Panda Bear,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Evens,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Chris Corsano,
Funky Four + One,
Prince Buster,
Franke,
Man Eating Sloth,
B.T. Express,
Blake Baxter,
Lou Reed,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
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.