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 Monaco and from Columbus.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Sonic Youth to the disco 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 Cecil Taylor. All the underground hits.
All Minny Pops tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June Days record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Knickerbockers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum 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?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Maurizio,
Minnie Riperton,
Kevin Saunderson,
Scratch Acid,
Theoretical Girls,
Robert Görl,
Camouflage,
the Germs,
Moebius,
Black Moon,
Rosa Yemen,
Bluetip,
Radiohead,
Dorothy Ashby,
David Axelrod,
Donny Hathaway,
Max Romeo,
Black Sheep,
Reuben Wilson,
Graham Central Station,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Sparks,
Accadde A,
Mary Jane Girls,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fat Boys,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Flipper,
The Grass Roots,
Visage,
Charles Mingus,
Cheater Slicks,
The American Breed,
Glenn Branca,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Gun Club,
Joey Negro,
Iggy Pop,
Todd Rundgren,
Q and Not U,
The Cowsills,
Ken Boothe,
Zapp,
Gichy Dan,
The Offenders,
Sandy B,
Buzzcocks,
Spandau Ballet,
FM Einheit,
Ten City,
Rapeman,
Au Pairs,
Funky Four + One,
The Zeros,
John Cale,
Half Japanese,
Hardrive,
The Buckinghams,
Cluster,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Scion,
Ossler,
Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin.
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.