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 Egypt and from Manila.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Monolake to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. All the underground hits.
All New York Dolls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rufus Thomas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brothers Johnson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Frankie Knuckles,
Matthew Bourne,
Unrelated Segments,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Terrestrial Tones,
Kayak,
CMW,
kango's stein massive,
The United States of America,
The Human League,
Sonic Youth,
The Fortunes,
Lebanon Hanover,
Public Image Ltd.,
Curtis Mayfield,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Tres Demented,
Darondo,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Scientists,
R.M.O.,
Ultimate Spinach,
Groovy Waters,
Roy Ayers,
Joyce Sims,
Visage,
Black Flag,
The Mummies,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Fall,
The Dirtbombs,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Crispy Ambulance,
Soul Sonic Force,
Soulsonic Force,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Robert Wyatt,
The Move,
Deakin,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Jerry's Kids,
Delon & Dalcan,
the Fania All-Stars,
Monks,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Cure,
The Pretty Things,
Flash Fearless,
MC5,
Technova,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Howard Jones,
the Human League,
Johnny Osbourne,
Radiopuhelimet,
Television Personalities,
The Modern Lovers,
Chris Corsano,
Ornette Coleman,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Icehouse,
The Flesh Eaters,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.