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 Ivory Coast and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Misunderstood to the grime 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 Altered Images. All the underground hits.
All Japan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minny Pops record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Detroit Cobras record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Derrick May,
Nils Olav,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Man Parrish,
Boredoms,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Lee Hazlewood,
Audionom,
Deakin,
The Knickerbockers,
DNA,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Moebius,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Doors,
Soul II Soul,
Simply Red,
Matthew Halsall,
The Stooges,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Buzzcocks,
Jerry's Kids,
Don Cherry,
Amon Düül,
Godley & Creme,
Lyres,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Blackbyrds,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Archie Shepp,
Bush Tetras,
Au Pairs,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Niagra,
Quando Quango,
PIL,
AZ,
Delta 5,
The Trojans,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Davy DMX,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Pantaleimon,
Ralphi Rosario,
Dave Gahan,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Index,
Alice Coltrane,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Massinfluence,
Icehouse,
Lightning Bolt,
Lalann,
Fela Kuti,
Peter & Gordon,
Leonard Cohen,
Mr. Review,
Cecil Taylor,
The Offenders, The Offenders, The Offenders, The Offenders.
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.