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 Malta and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 EPMD to the rap kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Tim Buckley. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Royal Trux record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ajijia Myrayebe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Buzzcocks,
Amon Düül II,
Crash Course in Science,
Yellowson,
New Order,
Hashim,
Jesper Dahlback,
Aloha Tigers,
Masters at Work,
Gang Starr,
Kerri Chandler,
Crispy Ambulance,
James White and The Blacks,
Sandy B,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Bill Near,
Erykah Badu,
Pulsallama,
Section 25,
X-Ray Spex,
Rhythm & Sound,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Monochrome Set,
Nick Fraelich,
L. Decosne,
Lalann,
The Blackbyrds,
Radiohead,
Can,
Arthur Verocai,
The Velvet Underground,
The Pop Group,
Public Image Ltd.,
Gil Scott Heron,
Black Flag,
Kas Product,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Eddi Front,
Silicon Teens,
The Standells,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Soul Sonic Force,
Vladislav Delay,
Laurel Aitken,
E-Dancer,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Rotary Connection,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Associates,
Cal Tjader,
the Slits,
Suburban Knight,
Michelle Simonal,
The Mummies,
Stereo Dub,
Dead Boys,
Todd Rundgren,
The Gun Club, The Gun Club, The Gun Club, The Gun Club.
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.