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 Malaysia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Taipei.
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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Brick to the rock 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 The Martian. All the underground hits.
All Pole tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Black Dice record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 mellotron and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Buckinghams record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jandek,
Saccharine Trust,
Ronan,
T. Rex,
Ralphi Rosario,
Gabor Szabo,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Anthony Braxton,
cv313,
The Fuzztones,
The Smiths,
Neil Young,
MDC,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Jawbox,
Skarface,
Unwound,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
World's Most,
Reagan Youth,
New Age Steppers,
Terrestrial Tones,
Rites of Spring,
Joe Finger,
Sarah Menescal,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Detroit Cobras,
Glambeats Corp.,
Newcleus,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Electric Prunes,
Ludus,
Fela Kuti,
Ronnie Foster,
Duran Duran,
The Zeros,
Malaria!,
Unrelated Segments,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Arthur Verocai,
Qualms,
Echospace,
Y Pants,
Drexciya,
Tubeway Army,
The Vogues,
Kenny Larkin,
10cc,
Trumans Water,
Thompson Twins,
The Searchers,
Peter & Gordon,
Bush Tetras,
Goldenarms,
Cecil Taylor,
Underground Resistance,
Pulsallama,
The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers.
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.