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 Samoa and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1965 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Lee Hazlewood to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Velvet Underground. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Audionom record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Saccharine Trust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Monolake,
Gabor Szabo,
Nick Fraelich,
Stetsasonic,
Subhumans,
The Angels of Light,
Soul Sonic Force,
Cluster,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Black Moon,
Organ,
The Evens,
Tim Buckley,
Sparks,
The Smiths,
Cameo,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Alphaville,
Banda Bassotti,
Clear Light,
Babytalk,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
MC5,
Brass Construction,
Pole,
Jesper Dahlback,
Peter & Gordon,
Isaac Hayes,
Scott Walker,
The Mojo Men,
the Sonics,
The Gun Club,
Television Personalities,
The Cramps,
JFA,
Rapeman,
Ludus,
Rotary Connection,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pylon,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Remains,
The Leaves,
The Five Americans,
Nas,
Guru Guru,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Gap Band,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Chrome,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Lee Hazlewood,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Jeff Mills,
Ultimate Spinach,
K-Klass,
Buzzcocks,
Royal Trux,
Whodini,
Derrick May,
Black Sheep,
The Doors,
ABBA,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental 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.