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 Montenegro and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Josef K to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Vladislav Delay tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Sherman record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boredoms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Doors,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eric Dolphy,
Graham Central Station,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Blues Magoos,
The Wake,
Stereo Dub,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Flipper,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Red Krayola,
Lalo Schifrin,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Cure,
Youth Brigade,
Echospace,
Eddi Front,
Curtis Mayfield,
Urselle,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Tremeloes,
Audionom,
Byron Stingily,
Don Cherry,
Wings,
Deadbeat,
Swell Maps,
Bang On A Can,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Techniques,
Nik Kershaw,
Ituana,
The Cramps,
Rosa Yemen,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Amon Düül,
Robert Wyatt,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Ultimate Spinach,
Black Flag,
T. Rex,
Wally Richardson,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The United States of America,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Moss Icon,
Archie Shepp,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Sonics,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Gun Club,
Skarface,
Michelle Simonal,
Quadrant,
It's A Beautiful Day,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Patti Smith,
Leonard Cohen,
Babytalk,
Brass Construction,
Gang Starr, Gang Starr, Gang Starr, Gang Starr.
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.