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 Estonia and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Patti Smith to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Laurel Aitken. All the underground hits.
All T.S.O.L. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Mills 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 Laurel Aitken record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Enemy,
Sun Ra,
Moss Icon,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Gregory Isaacs,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
June of 44,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Funkadelic,
Steve Hackett,
UT,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Supertramp,
Section 25,
Gong,
Nick Fraelich,
The Young Rascals,
E-Dancer,
This Heat,
Rod Modell,
Matthew Halsall,
Kas Product,
Danielle Patucci,
Donald Byrd,
Gang of Four,
Schoolly D,
Saccharine Trust,
Amon Düül,
David Bowie,
Aswad,
Technova,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
It's A Beautiful Day,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Mojo Men,
Freddie Wadling,
K-Klass,
Wings,
The Fugs,
The Buckinghams,
Harpers Bizarre,
X-101,
Radiopuhelimet,
Peter and Kerry,
Erasure,
Pylon,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Boredoms,
Lucky Dragons,
Avey Tare,
Mark Hollis,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Main Source,
Bang On A Can,
Sexual Harrassment,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bluetip,
Zapp, Zapp, Zapp, Zapp.
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.