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 Cameroon and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 marimba 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 CMW to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Sällskapet. All the underground hits.
All Bad Manners tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fugazi record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donny Hathaway,
Second Layer,
Dennis Brown,
Model 500,
The Cure,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gang of Four,
Zero Boys,
The Martian,
Eden Ahbez,
The Divine Comedy,
Letta Mbulu,
Gang Gang Dance,
Iggy Pop,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Move,
Procol Harum,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Depeche Mode,
Bootsy Collins,
The Skatalites,
Kenny Larkin,
The Red Krayola,
Roy Ayers,
Tears for Fears,
Josef K,
Khruangbin,
Bob Dylan,
Roger Hodgson,
Barrington Levy,
Todd Rundgren,
Ash Ra Tempel,
A Flock of Seagulls,
the Sonics,
The Fugs,
Brass Construction,
kango's stein massive,
Bauhaus,
Pulsallama,
Yellowson,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Minor Threat,
The Tremeloes,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Beau Brummels,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Deadbeat,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Television Personalities,
Pere Ubu,
Althea and Donna,
Scrapy,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Mandrill,
Nation of Ulysses,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Idris Muhammad,
The Gun Club,
F. McDonald,
Kerri Chandler,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.