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 Uruguay and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 KRS-One to the disco 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 Bootsy Collins. All the underground hits.
All Avey Tare tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amazonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 rhodes and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sugar Minott record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Qualms,
Sarah Menescal,
Tommy Roe,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Jawbox,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Grauzone,
Roy Ayers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Reagan Youth,
Pet Shop Boys,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Barbara Tucker,
Sam Rivers,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Dawn Penn,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Oneida,
Janne Schatter,
Sällskapet,
Sound Behaviour,
Tom Boy,
Sex Pistols,
The Invisible,
Tim Buckley,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Joe Finger,
Spoonie Gee,
The Grass Roots,
The Fire Engines,
Black Bananas,
Camberwell Now,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Beau Brummels,
Yusef Lateef,
Camouflage,
Tears for Fears,
Ten City,
The Tremeloes,
Public Enemy,
Metal Thangz,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Basic Channel,
The Monochrome Set,
Pulsallama,
Dark Day,
Arcadia,
Stetsasonic,
Harpers Bizarre,
Desert Stars,
Essential Logic,
Royal Trux,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
A Certain Ratio,
Ituana,
Cybotron,
Shoche, Shoche, Shoche, Shoche.
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.