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 Albania and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Popol Vuh to the crunk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Underground Resistance. All the underground hits.
All X-102 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Vogues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aural Exciters,
Rekid,
Intrusion,
Radio Birdman,
Sparks,
Outsiders,
Bizarre Inc.,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eric Dolphy,
Tears for Fears,
Massinfluence,
The Cosmic Jokers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Eddi Front,
Kurtis Blow,
Robert Görl,
U.S. Maple,
Barclay James Harvest,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Cheater Slicks,
Trumans Water,
Harpers Bizarre,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Parry Music,
Drive Like Jehu,
Little Man,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Crispy Ambulance,
Minny Pops,
Letta Mbulu,
Bluetip,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Ludus,
Easy Going,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Blues Magoos,
Electric Prunes,
Pulsallama,
Brick,
Harmonia,
Soft Machine,
Public Image Ltd.,
Camouflage,
Yaz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Black Pus,
Isaac Hayes,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Howard Jones,
X-102,
Alice Coltrane,
The Seeds,
The Doors,
Erykah Badu,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Rapeman,
June of 44,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Gap Band,
Sugar Minott,
Patti Smith,
Josef K, Josef K, Josef K, Josef K.
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.