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 Singapore and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron 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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 The Slackers to the grunge 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 Shadows of Knight. All the underground hits.
All James Chance & The Contortions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every L. Decosne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Johnny Clarke record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro 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?
MC5,
KRS-One,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Supertramp,
Yusef Lateef,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Spoonie Gee,
Little Man,
The New Christs,
Siglo XX,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Sun City Girls,
Peter & Gordon,
New Order,
Chris Corsano,
Absolute Body Control,
Public Enemy,
The Detroit Cobras,
Derrick Morgan,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Cybotron,
Lalann,
Oneida,
The Wake,
Minnie Riperton,
Idris Muhammad,
Gastr Del Sol,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Minor Threat,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Busters,
Sällskapet,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Procol Harum,
X-101,
Donny Hathaway,
Rhythm & Sound,
Visage,
Isaac Hayes,
T.S.O.L.,
Arab on Radar,
Pierre Henry,
Khruangbin,
Man Parrish,
Jesper Dahlback,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Trumans Water,
Grauzone,
The Leaves,
Outsiders,
Arthur Verocai,
Eric Dolphy,
Robert Wyatt,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Bill Wells,
Jerry's Kids,
Don Cherry,
The Selecter,
Bang On A Can,
Heaven 17,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.