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 Comoros and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 linndrum 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 Arcadia to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 FM Einheit. All the underground hits.
All Nas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bizarre Inc. record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Black Moon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
June Days,
the Germs,
Kool Moe Dee,
David McCallum,
ABBA,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Glambeats Corp.,
Ronnie Foster,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Model 500,
Monolake,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Terrestrial Tones,
Pylon,
Eve St. Jones,
Bluetip,
Bad Manners,
Skarface,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Brand Nubian,
Robert Hood,
Ronan,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Stooges,
Davy DMX,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Jandek,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Count Five,
Kas Product,
MDC,
Reagan Youth,
Terry Callier,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Grey Daturas,
The Smoke,
JFA,
Sight & Sound,
Yazoo,
The Electric Prunes,
The Pretty Things,
Aswad,
Mantronix,
Dark Day,
Japan,
Pussy Galore,
Blossom Toes,
Stereo Dub,
Liliput,
Sam Rivers,
Sonny Sharrock,
New Age Steppers,
John Cale,
Tres Demented,
John Coltrane,
Section 25,
Pagans,
Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band.
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.