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 Georgia and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Sun Ra Arkestra to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 L. Decosne. All the underground hits.
All Underground Resistance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The J.B.'s 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Panda Bear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe 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 Normal,
kango's stein massive,
Niagra,
Amon Düül,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Toni Rubio,
The Electric Prunes,
Mantronix,
Joyce Sims,
Bootsy Collins,
Gang Starr,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Fuzztones,
Black Moon,
James White and The Blacks,
Ultravox,
The Slackers,
Lungfish,
Silicon Teens,
Ituana,
Blossom Toes,
Underground Resistance,
The Human League,
Qualms,
Boredoms,
David Bowie,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Aloha Tigers,
Warsaw,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Donny Hathaway,
Malaria!,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Man Parrish,
Harpers Bizarre,
Babytalk,
Ronan,
Angry Samoans,
Interpol,
Basic Channel,
One Last Wish,
Banda Bassotti,
Patti Smith,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Pantytec,
The Cure,
Bang On A Can,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
the Sonics,
The Sonics,
These Immortal Souls,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jimmy McGriff,
This Heat,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Howard Jones,
Crooked Eye,
Au Pairs,
Pantaleimon,
Zero Boys,
Marmalade,
Peter and Kerry,
Aaron Thompson,
Rapeman, Rapeman, Rapeman, Rapeman.
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.