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 Dominican Republic and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the güiro 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 Lafayette Afro Rock Band to the dance kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Bootsy's Rubber Band. All the underground hits.
All Godley & Creme tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alphaville record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Shadows of Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonic Youth,
Funkadelic,
The Black Dice,
The Angels of Light,
Eurythmics,
the Normal,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Japan,
Icehouse,
Model 500,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
James White and The Blacks,
Donny Hathaway,
The Associates,
Joensuu 1685,
Parry Music,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Mo-Dettes,
The Gladiators,
Todd Rundgren,
Duran Duran,
Howard Jones,
Ultra Naté,
The Flesh Eaters,
Oblivians,
The Stooges,
Rod Modell,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Lalo Schifrin,
Rhythm & Sound,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fad Gadget,
Hardrive,
The Dave Clark Five,
Johnny Osbourne,
Hashim,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Youth Brigade,
Jandek,
the Fania All-Stars,
Wolf Eyes,
Agent Orange,
Television,
U.S. Maple,
Organ,
Jacob Miller,
Von Mondo,
The Gap Band,
Blossom Toes,
Moebius,
Harry Pussy,
Country Teasers,
Niagra,
Jeff Lynne,
Reagan Youth,
Drive Like Jehu,
Ralphi Rosario,
Liliput,
Cheater Slicks,
Smog,
Althea and Donna,
The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers.
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.