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 Argentina and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Mantronix to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Judy Mowatt. All the underground hits.
All Silicon Teens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Association 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Litter record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Carl Craig,
Mission of Burma,
One Last Wish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Nik Kershaw,
Arab on Radar,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Bizarre Inc.,
T. Rex,
Joe Finger,
Moss Icon,
Crispy Ambulance,
Au Pairs,
Black Flag,
Interpol,
Hashim,
Lungfish,
The United States of America,
Neu!,
Gerry Rafferty,
June Days,
The Five Americans,
Marine Girls,
Rotary Connection,
Amon Düül,
Patti Smith,
Chris Corsano,
Fela Kuti,
Ten City,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lucky Dragons,
Idris Muhammad,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
B.T. Express,
Sonic Youth,
the Fania All-Stars,
Gang Gang Dance,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sparks,
Dorothy Ashby,
Amazonics,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Procol Harum,
Loose Ends,
Peter & Gordon,
Los Fastidios,
The Busters,
Banda Bassotti,
Mary Jane Girls,
Morten Harket,
Tommy Roe,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Goldenarms,
Sonny Sharrock,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Eric Dolphy,
Spoonie Gee,
Von Mondo,
Can,
Animal Collective,
David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod.
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.