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 Cambodia and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic 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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Chris Corsano 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 The Raincoats. All the underground hits.
All Brass Construction tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doors 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Machine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Groovy Waters,
Warsaw,
Funky Four + One,
Supertramp,
The Cramps,
The Offenders,
Moby Grape,
Mad Mike,
The Barracudas,
Fela Kuti,
Intrusion,
Idris Muhammad,
Ohio Players,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Gang Green,
Malaria!,
Robert Görl,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Roger Hodgson,
Althea and Donna,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Gories,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gil Scott Heron,
Colin Newman,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Susan Cadogan,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Trojans,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Guru Guru,
Masters at Work,
Smog,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Hoover,
Lyres,
Kerri Chandler,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Kayak,
Warren Ellis,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Bobby Womack,
In Retrospect,
Carl Craig,
DJ Sneak,
Mark Hollis,
Gerry Rafferty,
Judy Mowatt,
Black Pus,
The Gladiators,
Aural Exciters,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Reuben Wilson,
Crooked Eye,
Adolescents,
Danielle Patucci,
Darondo,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Hot Snakes,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
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.