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 Belarus and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience to the funk 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 Section 25. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Byrd tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Massinfluence 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Moss Icon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eli Mardock,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Reagan Youth,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Don Cherry,
Terrestrial Tones,
Drexciya,
Fat Boys,
Isaac Hayes,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Marvin Gaye,
The Real Kids,
Anthony Braxton,
Rotary Connection,
Bluetip,
Godley & Creme,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Ornette Coleman,
Sexual Harrassment,
PIL,
Black Flag,
Eric Copeland,
Smog,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Black Dice,
Delon & Dalcan,
Todd Terry,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Grass Roots,
Sandy B,
Flash Fearless,
R.M.O.,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Groovy Waters,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Mad Mike,
The Gladiators,
Organ,
Banda Bassotti,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fela Kuti,
Siglo XX,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Tropical Tobacco,
One Last Wish,
JFA,
the Germs,
Chris & Cosey,
Carl Craig,
Guru Guru,
Iggy Pop,
Jeru the Damaja,
Agitation Free,
Oblivians,
The Sonics,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Five Americans,
Talk Talk,
The Offenders,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Maurizio,
Amon Düül,
Goldenarms,
The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals.
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.