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 Belize and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 808 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 Sarah Menescal to the jazz 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 Index. All the underground hits.
All Sällskapet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sad Lovers and Giants record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythm & Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cymande,
Derrick Morgan,
8 Eyed Spy,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Junior Murvin,
the Sonics,
Donny Hathaway,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Bobby Sherman,
The Walker Brothers,
Fat Boys,
The Fire Engines,
Avey Tare,
June of 44,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Blake Baxter,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Kool Moe Dee,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
DJ Sneak,
OOIOO,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Big Daddy Kane,
Dennis Brown,
Mars,
Tom Boy,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Alphaville,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Toasters,
The Zeros,
Jesper Dahlback,
Quantec,
Brothers Johnson,
The Doors,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Dawn Penn,
Erykah Badu,
The Moleskins,
Loose Ends,
T. Rex,
The Count Five,
Mad Mike,
Porter Ricks,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Motions,
Leonard Cohen,
Eric Copeland,
Aloha Tigers,
Kerri Chandler,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Dirtbombs,
Groovy Waters,
Young Marble Giants,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
the Slits,
Josef K,
E-Dancer,
Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth.
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.