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 India and from Lille.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 La Düsseldorf to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 David Bowie. All the underground hits.
All The Saints tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter and Kerry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cecil Taylor record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Infiniti,
Man Eating Sloth,
Gerry Rafferty,
Nick Fraelich,
Pole,
the Normal,
Funkadelic,
Scott Walker,
Hoover,
Jesper Dahlback,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Lower 48,
Ponytail,
Lyres,
Marine Girls,
Basic Channel,
Tomorrow,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Section 25,
the Sonics,
FM Einheit,
Gang Green,
The Sound,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Agent Orange,
Neil Young,
Youth Brigade,
the Human League,
Blossom Toes,
Anakelly,
Terry Callier,
Kevin Saunderson,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Harmonia,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Doobie Brothers,
Jacob Miller,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Robert Hood,
The Trojans,
Easy Going,
Carl Craig,
Sandy B,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Delta 5,
Pet Shop Boys,
Isaac Hayes,
The Techniques,
Bang On A Can,
The Velvet Underground,
the Slits,
Cluster,
These Immortal Souls,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Bobby Womack,
The Cramps,
Black Pus,
Avey Tare,
Young Marble Giants,
New Order,
Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville.
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.