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 New Zealand and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Lou Reed & John Cale to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Slave. All the underground hits.
All Ituana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bad Manners record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Leonard Cohen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Zeros,
Television,
Scott Walker,
Accadde A,
Nas,
Quantec,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Alton Ellis,
Grey Daturas,
Duran Duran,
Jesper Dahlback,
KRS-One,
Idris Muhammad,
Swell Maps,
The Remains,
Ossler,
the Bar-Kays,
The Star Department,
Interpol,
Fatback Band,
Harmonia,
Blake Baxter,
The Moleskins,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Bill Wells,
Josef K,
Joey Negro,
Nils Olav,
the Human League,
The Stooges,
Fat Boys,
Aaron Thompson,
cv313,
The Saints,
DJ Style,
a-ha,
Avey Tare,
Radio Birdman,
Gastr Del Sol,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Joensuu 1685,
Nirvana,
Chris & Cosey,
X-102,
Sun Ra,
Qualms,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Aswad,
Johnny Osbourne,
Pantaleimon,
The Cure,
Underground Resistance,
Bluetip,
Barrington Levy,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Happenings,
Ronan,
Khruangbin,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Suburban Knight, Suburban Knight, Suburban Knight, Suburban Knight.
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.