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 South Sudan and from Johannesburg.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar 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 Arthur Verocai to the disco 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 KRS-One. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Circle Jerks 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pantaleimon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donny Hathaway,
Inner City,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Jeff Lynne,
UT,
The Names,
Cecil Taylor,
The Moleskins,
Japan,
Panda Bear,
The Selecter,
Eric Dolphy,
Connie Case,
Easy Going,
Essential Logic,
Curtis Mayfield,
Thompson Twins,
Kenny Larkin,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Marshall Jefferson,
Zapp,
Heaven 17,
The Divine Comedy,
La Düsseldorf,
The Wake,
Nation of Ulysses,
Sonny Sharrock,
Maleditus Sound,
The United States of America,
John Cale,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Seeds,
Bobby Womack,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Hashim,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Amazonics,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Porter Ricks,
Yellowson,
Piero Umiliani,
Au Pairs,
Rapeman,
The Neon Judgement,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Suburban Knight,
Rotary Connection,
Rakim,
Marc Almond,
Qualms,
Silicon Teens,
Symarip,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Chris & Cosey,
Pole,
Sonic Youth,
The Smiths,
Television,
Thee Headcoats,
Public Image Ltd.,
Underground Resistance,
The New Christs, The New Christs, The New Christs, The New Christs.
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.