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 Mauritania and from Lagos.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Amon Düül to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sonic Youth. All the underground hits.
All Sarah Menescal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Delta 5 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Echo & the Bunnymen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Joe Smooth,
Procol Harum,
Soul II Soul,
The Electric Prunes,
Bush Tetras,
B.T. Express,
Liliput,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Grass Roots,
Depeche Mode,
Tears for Fears,
Wings,
Accadde A,
Gichy Dan,
Shuggie Otis,
June Days,
Tomorrow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Guru Guru,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Fire Engines,
Big Daddy Kane,
Anthony Braxton,
Warren Ellis,
OOIOO,
X-101,
Magma,
Quantec,
David Axelrod,
Jandek,
the Bar-Kays,
Youth Brigade,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Circle Jerks,
Wire,
Juan Atkins,
Kerri Chandler,
Joyce Sims,
Bootsy Collins,
Duran Duran,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Technova,
David McCallum,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Radio Birdman,
Todd Terry,
Gang Gang Dance,
Nick Fraelich,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
In Retrospect,
The Mummies,
Electric Light Orchestra,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Mad Mike,
Infiniti,
The Stooges,
Skaos,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Neu!,
Gabor Szabo,
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan.
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.