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 Madagascar and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron 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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Mumbai.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Parry Music to the dance 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 Organ. All the underground hits.
All Rotary Connection tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neu! 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Guru Guru record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Von Mondo,
Isaac Hayes,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Half Japanese,
Oneida,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Brothers Johnson,
U.S. Maple,
Sällskapet,
Pere Ubu,
Reuben Wilson,
Negative Approach,
Prince Buster,
The Monochrome Set,
Pet Shop Boys,
Rod Modell,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Scott Walker,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Altered Images,
Moebius,
Tubeway Army,
Peter and Kerry,
Drexciya,
Groovy Waters,
Unrelated Segments,
Bobby Byrd,
The Gories,
Danielle Patucci,
The Doors,
Delta 5,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Surgeon,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Boz Scaggs,
Pantytec,
Quantec,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Aloha Tigers,
Dave Gahan,
Shuggie Otis,
Intrusion,
David McCallum,
Ohio Players,
China Crisis,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Faust,
Deadbeat,
World's Most,
John Holt,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Offenders,
Glenn Branca,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Goldenarms,
The Litter,
Scion,
Eric Copeland,
Joy Division,
10cc,
Minnie Riperton,
Althea and Donna,
Lyres,
Clear Light, Clear Light, Clear Light, Clear Light.
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.