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 Malta and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the linndrum 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 R.M.O. to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 48th St. Collective. All the underground hits.
All R.M.O. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Drexciya 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ponytail record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marshall Jefferson,
Jeff Mills,
Camberwell Now,
Ronan,
Minny Pops,
The Neon Judgement,
Cal Tjader,
John Coltrane,
Black Flag,
Pagans,
Skarface,
Wire,
Marc Almond,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
KRS-One,
Alice Coltrane,
Pantaleimon,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Magma,
MDC,
Sister Nancy,
The Electric Prunes,
Jeru the Damaja,
Simply Red,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Mary Jane Girls,
Visage,
Warren Ellis,
Arcadia,
The Human League,
The Seeds,
UT,
Junior Murvin,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Bauhaus,
Grey Daturas,
Bush Tetras,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Aswad,
Marmalade,
Basic Channel,
Prince Buster,
The Dave Clark Five,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Josef K,
Schoolly D,
Jacques Brel,
The Red Krayola,
Ultravox,
Delta 5,
This Heat,
Black Sheep,
The Stooges,
Mad Mike,
Lee Hazlewood,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Fugazi,
Pussy Galore,
Ludus,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.