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 Tajikistan and from Edmonton.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 China Crisis to the funk 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 Agent Orange. All the underground hits.
All X-102 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New York Dolls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Junior Murvin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Siglo XX,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
David Axelrod,
John Coltrane,
AZ,
Main Source,
Excepter,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Lungfish,
Ultimate Spinach,
Monks,
Gang Starr,
Dave Gahan,
Technova,
Delta 5,
Duran Duran,
Wings,
The Vogues,
Electric Prunes,
Urselle,
Talk Talk,
Lucky Dragons,
Hot Snakes,
Aural Exciters,
Qualms,
Juan Atkins,
Eve St. Jones,
Deakin,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Motions,
KRS-One,
Gang Gang Dance,
Desert Stars,
Matthew Halsall,
48th St. Collective,
Half Japanese,
Saccharine Trust,
Animal Collective,
Lou Christie,
E-Dancer,
Pagans,
Quando Quango,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Roxette,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Moleskins,
Minnie Riperton,
Pantaleimon,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Sonics,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Doors,
Stiv Bators,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Camouflage,
Marvin Gaye,
The Invisible,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jawbox,
The Real Kids,
Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's.
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.