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 Malaysia and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the güiro 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 World's Most to the punk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Rekid. All the underground hits.
All Howard Jones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Theoretical Girls 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Letta Mbulu,
Alton Ellis,
Robert Görl,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lou Reed,
Jandek,
Drexciya,
D'Angelo,
kango's stein massive,
Fad Gadget,
The Busters,
Qualms,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Yaz,
Soft Cell,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Mummies,
Public Enemy,
Pharoah Sanders,
cv313,
Eurythmics,
Donald Byrd,
Flash Fearless,
Vainqueur,
Eddi Front,
OOIOO,
Con Funk Shun,
Ultimate Spinach,
Maurizio,
Mary Jane Girls,
Index,
The Move,
Stereo Dub,
Sex Pistols,
Gong,
Jeff Mills,
Von Mondo,
Guru Guru,
Bill Wells,
Nico,
Brand Nubian,
Inner City,
Davy DMX,
Blancmange,
Graham Central Station,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Divine Comedy,
Khruangbin,
Reuben Wilson,
The Saints,
Brass Construction,
Urselle,
Boz Scaggs,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Alphaville,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gil Scott Heron,
DJ Style,
Flipper,
Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles.
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.