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 Czech Republic and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the oboe 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 Symarip to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Animal Collective. All the underground hits.
All La Düsseldorf tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fall record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gian Franco Pienzio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Amon Düül II,
The Smiths,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Main Source,
Cecil Taylor,
Lungfish,
Shoche,
Wasted Youth,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Doors,
Nas,
Bluetip,
The Gories,
Jacob Miller,
Sex Pistols,
Marc Almond,
Dual Sessions,
David McCallum,
Smog,
Ludus,
Ohio Players,
10cc,
The Stooges,
Crash Course in Science,
Joy Division,
Don Cherry,
John Coltrane,
Funky Four + One,
Wolf Eyes,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Fort Wilson Riot,
John Cale,
Black Bananas,
The Monochrome Set,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Idris Muhammad,
Roxy Music,
Masters at Work,
Andrew Hill,
Goldenarms,
Tom Boy,
Brass Construction,
The Five Americans,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gang of Four,
Second Layer,
Flipper,
Symarip,
Ken Boothe,
E-Dancer,
Saccharine Trust,
New Age Steppers,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Bad Manners,
Kerrie Biddell,
World's Most,
The Selecter,
Bill Near,
Black Sheep,
Dave Gahan,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Alton Ellis,
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.