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 Sudan and from Cairo.
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 1962 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Man Parrish to the disco 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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All Glambeats Corp. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Au Pairs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nico record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Arthur Verocai,
Flash Fearless,
Max Romeo,
Dead Boys,
Delta 5,
Minnie Riperton,
Gabor Szabo,
Hoover,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Theoretical Girls,
Zapp,
Bill Wells,
Jacob Miller,
Gang Starr,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Spoonie Gee,
Grauzone,
Minutemen,
John Cale,
The Golliwogs,
Magma,
Metal Thangz,
Joensuu 1685,
The Fortunes,
Bluetip,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Pylon,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Anthony Braxton,
Massinfluence,
Marshall Jefferson,
10cc,
The Zeros,
Swell Maps,
K-Klass,
LL Cool J,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Move,
Khruangbin,
Crispy Ambulance,
Tommy Roe,
Janne Schatter,
The Modern Lovers,
Banda Bassotti,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Gichy Dan,
FM Einheit,
Fugazi,
Eve St. Jones,
Bang On A Can,
Mr. Review,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Jimmy McGriff,
Radiopuhelimet,
Neu!,
Kaleidoscope,
Dave Gahan,
The Blues Magoos,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.