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 Romania and from Beijing.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Hong Kong.
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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Ash Ra Tempel to the techno 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 Freddie Wadling. All the underground hits.
All Kerri Chandler tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mo-Dettes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gap Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Agent Orange,
Cluster,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Technova,
Television Personalities,
cv313,
Cymande,
The Detroit Cobras,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Pantaleimon,
Chris Corsano,
MDC,
Sarah Menescal,
Lindisfarne,
Aswad,
Harpers Bizarre,
Agitation Free,
Fluxion,
Minor Threat,
Pole,
Clear Light,
The Invisible,
Spandau Ballet,
Faust,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Goldenarms,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Archie Shepp,
Bluetip,
Pylon,
Yaz,
Nik Kershaw,
Black Moon,
Pere Ubu,
Blake Baxter,
The Victims,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Radiohead,
Tim Buckley,
Soul Sonic Force,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bad Manners,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Reagan Youth,
Isaac Hayes,
Dorothy Ashby,
Underground Resistance,
Grauzone,
Soft Machine,
The Velvet Underground,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Stiv Bators,
Jawbox,
Loose Ends,
Joe Finger,
Maleditus Sound,
Jimmy McGriff,
Scratch Acid,
Ohio Players,
Letta Mbulu,
Tommy Roe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.