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 Malawi and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez 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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Zeros to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Yazoo. All the underground hits.
All Infiniti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 spring reverb and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sisters of Mercy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Sandy B,
Das Ding,
Peter & Gordon,
Darondo,
The Seeds,
Sam Rivers,
The Associates,
Black Pus,
Masters at Work,
Amon Düül,
Ten City,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Faraquet,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
kango's stein massive,
Depeche Mode,
Kaleidoscope,
Jerry's Kids,
Cal Tjader,
David McCallum,
a-ha,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Five Americans,
The Slackers,
Scan 7,
Section 25,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Brick,
Babytalk,
U.S. Maple,
Magazine,
Ronan,
Massinfluence,
Kas Product,
Underground Resistance,
Sixth Finger,
Accadde A,
Harmonia,
Jacob Miller,
Harry Pussy,
cv313,
Quantec,
Chris & Cosey,
Q65,
Parry Music,
Skarface,
Skaos,
Crispy Ambulance,
Cluster,
The Skatalites,
Bauhaus,
Cameo,
Don Cherry,
Unrelated Segments,
The Dead C,
the Sonics,
Todd Rundgren,
Popol Vuh,
Moebius,
Schoolly D,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.