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 Angola and from Lagos.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 snare 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 Oblivians to the punk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The Smiths. All the underground hits.
All The Moody Blues tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quadrant record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mantronix,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Symarip,
Harpers Bizarre,
Aswad,
FM Einheit,
Eric Dolphy,
Fatback Band,
Slave,
Zero Boys,
Bobby Byrd,
The Happenings,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Arab on Radar,
LL Cool J,
Chrome,
Joe Smooth,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Neil Young,
John Lydon,
Avey Tare,
Eric B and Rakim,
Absolute Body Control,
UT,
Thee Headcoats,
June of 44,
Jesper Dahlback,
Girls At Our Best!,
Nick Fraelich,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Main Source,
Gerry Rafferty,
Lakeside,
Massinfluence,
Tomorrow,
Skriet,
Bill Near,
The Saints,
Peter & Gordon,
Nils Olav,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Judy Mowatt,
Popol Vuh,
a-ha,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Ponytail,
Crooked Eye,
Ultravox,
La Düsseldorf,
Mr. Review,
Barry Ungar,
Pagans,
Rites of Spring,
Parry Music,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones.
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.