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 Turkey and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 E-Dancer to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 DeepChord presents Echospace. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantytec record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 an oboe and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Smog record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kerri Chandler,
E-Dancer,
Lindisfarne,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Davy DMX,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Panda Bear,
Sexual Harrassment,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Livin' Joy,
New Age Steppers,
10cc,
Gang Gang Dance,
Pussy Galore,
the Swans,
Moss Icon,
MC5,
Stockholm Monsters,
Au Pairs,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Smoke,
Can,
Silicon Teens,
Theoretical Girls,
Glambeats Corp.,
Eric Copeland,
F. McDonald,
Avey Tare,
Chris & Cosey,
Ronnie Foster,
Banda Bassotti,
Chrome,
Fela Kuti,
The Sonics,
Derrick Morgan,
Spoonie Gee,
Lightning Bolt,
Robert Wyatt,
Lalann,
Sixth Finger,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Rod Modell,
Negative Approach,
Skaos,
The Doobie Brothers,
Underground Resistance,
Gang of Four,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Parry Music,
Crispy Ambulance,
Rakim,
Al Stewart,
Bobby Sherman,
Ten City,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Absolute Body Control,
Technova,
The Saints,
Talk Talk,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
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.