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 Tanzania and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Spokane.
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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Lyres to the punk 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 Pierre Henry. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New Age Steppers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gap Band,
John Coltrane,
The Star Department,
Liliput,
Radiohead,
John Holt,
Anakelly,
Stockholm Monsters,
Scientists,
Connie Case,
The American Breed,
Alton Ellis,
Al Stewart,
Rufus Thomas,
Lebanon Hanover,
Yazoo,
Boz Scaggs,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Godley & Creme,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Brass Construction,
Quadrant,
Swans,
Barrington Levy,
Bad Manners,
U.S. Maple,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Angels of Light,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lower 48,
Oblivians,
Nick Fraelich,
Symarip,
MDC,
Guru Guru,
Bill Wells,
Gerry Rafferty,
Model 500,
Minnie Riperton,
Ohio Players,
Suicide,
Sparks,
Intrusion,
Carl Craig,
June of 44,
The Knickerbockers,
Marmalade,
Bang On A Can,
Janne Schatter,
The Techniques,
Ornette Coleman,
Harpers Bizarre,
Alison Limerick,
Barbara Tucker,
Eve St. Jones,
The Young Rascals,
Deadbeat,
Thompson Twins,
The Barracudas,
Fat Boys,
The Index,
The Tremeloes,
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.