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 Qatar and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 mellotron 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 Lucky Dragons to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Au Pairs. All the underground hits.
All Ken Boothe tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Model 500 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Be Bop Deluxe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fear,
Groovy Waters,
DJ Style,
Ken Boothe,
Accadde A,
Stetsasonic,
Jandek,
Amon Düül,
Ossler,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
R.M.O.,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Amon Düül II,
Oblivians,
Warsaw,
The Evens,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Cowsills,
Vladislav Delay,
Josef K,
Theoretical Girls,
The Mummies,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
A Certain Ratio,
The Stooges,
The Five Americans,
Saccharine Trust,
Harpers Bizarre,
Marmalade,
Kas Product,
Adolescents,
Sun Ra,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Simply Red,
The Moleskins,
Chris & Cosey,
The Associates,
Marshall Jefferson,
Dorothy Ashby,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Fad Gadget,
Cluster,
Scan 7,
Curtis Mayfield,
Nation of Ulysses,
Sex Pistols,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Neon Judgement,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Minny Pops,
Neil Young,
The Velvet Underground,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kenny Larkin,
Thee Headcoats,
Metal Thangz,
the Normal,
Bizarre Inc.,
A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls.
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.