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 Croatia and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 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 Donald Byrd to the techno 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 Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. All the underground hits.
All Public Enemy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ultramagnetic MC's record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soulsonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donald Byrd,
Neu!,
Niagra,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Martian,
kango's stein massive,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Gichy Dan,
Q and Not U,
Quando Quango,
The Buckinghams,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Funky Four + One,
Aaron Thompson,
Eden Ahbez,
Ronan,
Blancmange,
Animal Collective,
Little Man,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Rhythm & Sound,
E-Dancer,
Laurel Aitken,
Bobbi Humphrey,
CMW,
a-ha,
Rod Modell,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cecil Taylor,
Aloha Tigers,
Tom Boy,
Siglo XX,
Morten Harket,
Khruangbin,
Colin Newman,
Bronski Beat,
Pierre Henry,
China Crisis,
Kas Product,
Roxy Music,
One Last Wish,
Reagan Youth,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Technova,
the Sonics,
Boredoms,
Davy DMX,
Terrestrial Tones,
Glambeats Corp.,
Susan Cadogan,
Royal Trux,
Al Stewart,
Joe Finger,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Gang of Four,
Ultra Naté,
Spoonie Gee,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Model 500,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids.
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.