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 Bulgaria and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 oboe 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 Shuggie Otis to the techno 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 Yellowson. All the underground hits.
All Public Enemy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bang On A Can record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The J.B.'s record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ash Ra Tempel,
Sam Rivers,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Joe Smooth,
Livin' Joy,
Model 500,
Aloha Tigers,
Tubeway Army,
Niagra,
Thompson Twins,
The Cure,
Byron Stingily,
Soulsonic Force,
Erasure,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
A Certain Ratio,
Camberwell Now,
The J.B.'s,
Wasted Youth,
The Stooges,
Panda Bear,
LL Cool J,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Motions,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Stiv Bators,
Iggy Pop,
Eric Copeland,
Wire,
Gastr Del Sol,
DJ Style,
R.M.O.,
Swell Maps,
Bobbi Humphrey,
EPMD,
Unrelated Segments,
Judy Mowatt,
the Germs,
The Monochrome Set,
Ten City,
The Cramps,
Minnie Riperton,
The Gap Band,
Cymande,
Throbbing Gristle,
Danielle Patucci,
Joensuu 1685,
U.S. Maple,
Delta 5,
B.T. Express,
Gichy Dan,
Yusef Lateef,
Audionom,
The Litter,
Pet Shop Boys,
Gang of Four,
Reagan Youth,
Pantaleimon,
Patti Smith,
Glenn Branca,
Sonic Youth,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.