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 Cuba and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Sonic Youth to the disco 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 Supertramp. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Delon & Dalcan 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chris Corsano record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Roger Hodgson,
Brand Nubian,
Deepchord,
Procol Harum,
Kerrie Biddell,
Skarface,
The Kinks,
Fat Boys,
Lakeside,
Ossler,
Eddi Front,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Lightning Bolt,
Dennis Brown,
Nik Kershaw,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Cluster,
The Zeros,
Joe Smooth,
The Cowsills,
Ronnie Foster,
R.M.O.,
Juan Atkins,
Agitation Free,
Robert Hood,
Yusef Lateef,
Chrome,
Connie Case,
EPMD,
The Human League,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Offenders,
Television,
Rod Modell,
Can,
the Slits,
The Saints,
The Pop Group,
Bauhaus,
Hoover,
Minutemen,
Urselle,
The Divine Comedy,
Isaac Hayes,
John Holt,
James White and The Blacks,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Fugs,
Sonny Sharrock,
Quantec,
Index,
10cc,
Yazoo,
Lyres,
Stiv Bators,
DJ Sneak,
The Mighty Diamonds,
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.