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 Colombia and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 chamberlin 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 Archie Shepp to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 PIL. All the underground hits.
All MDC tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Spandau Ballet record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 marimba and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Arab on Radar,
Neu!,
Stereo Dub,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Modern Lovers,
Junior Murvin,
The Misunderstood,
Sonic Youth,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Black Flag,
Cal Tjader,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Mr. Review,
Gong,
Dead Boys,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Prince Buster,
Aaron Thompson,
Avey Tare,
Arcadia,
Pagans,
Tomorrow,
Easy Going,
Ultra Naté,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Mantronix,
Cluster,
Brand Nubian,
Parry Music,
Thompson Twins,
Fat Boys,
Josef K,
Main Source,
Thee Headcoats,
Pylon,
Adolescents,
China Crisis,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Von Mondo,
Kas Product,
John Holt,
Sarah Menescal,
EPMD,
The Skatalites,
cv313,
the Soft Cell,
Pulsallama,
Subhumans,
Absolute Body Control,
Ralphi Rosario,
Au Pairs,
Ohio Players,
Circle Jerks,
MDC,
Radiohead,
The Techniques,
Drive Like Jehu,
Funky Four + One,
Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown.
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.