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 Denmark and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 FM Einheit to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 June of 44. All the underground hits.
All Jawbox tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Intrusion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 sitar and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Animal Collective record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Guru Guru,
Rosa Yemen,
Absolute Body Control,
Shuggie Otis,
Andrew Hill,
Gong,
Dennis Brown,
kango's stein massive,
The Velvet Underground,
Public Image Ltd.,
Brand Nubian,
Brick,
Arcadia,
the Association,
Gang Gang Dance,
Lungfish,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Cure,
Man Parrish,
The Fire Engines,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Ossler,
Blossom Toes,
La Düsseldorf,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Franke,
Talk Talk,
Stereo Dub,
Index,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Sällskapet,
Jerry's Kids,
Byron Stingily,
H. Thieme,
Marine Girls,
Soulsonic Force,
Mission of Burma,
Cymande,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Kinks,
Heaven 17,
Unwound,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Robert Görl,
Main Source,
Fugazi,
Organ,
Tim Buckley,
cv313,
Barbara Tucker,
Ultra Naté,
Gang Green,
The Birthday Party,
Derrick May,
Soul Sonic Force,
Y Pants,
Parry Music,
Pagans,
Arab on Radar,
Qualms,
Agent Orange, Agent Orange, Agent Orange, Agent Orange.
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.