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 Nigeria and from Glasgow.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Deepchord to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Peter & Gordon. All the underground hits.
All The Standells tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 rhodes and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kas Product,
Joe Smooth,
Jandek,
Scientists,
The Divine Comedy,
Panda Bear,
Jacob Miller,
Eurythmics,
Urselle,
Maurizio,
Hashim,
the Bar-Kays,
Blancmange,
Peter & Gordon,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
ABBA,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Human League,
AZ,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Music Machine,
Gregory Isaacs,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Doobie Brothers,
Nirvana,
Das Ding,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Bobby Byrd,
Television Personalities,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Associates,
The Monks,
Chris Corsano,
DJ Style,
LL Cool J,
Cameo,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Radio Birdman,
Judy Mowatt,
Rakim,
L. Decosne,
The Black Dice,
Oblivians,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Derrick May,
Cecil Taylor,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Joyce Sims,
Roxy Music,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Rekid,
Harpers Bizarre,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Dead C,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Minnie Riperton,
The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics.
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.