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 Nauru and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 Bologna and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the guitar 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 Yellowson to the grunge 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 Jacob Miller. All the underground hits.
All Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Golliwogs 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lee Hazlewood,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Pretty Things,
Mr. Review,
John Cale,
Dave Gahan,
Marvin Gaye,
Yusef Lateef,
Blake Baxter,
LL Cool J,
The Zeros,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Jeff Mills,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Wolf Eyes,
Skriet,
The Trojans,
The Buckinghams,
Cymande,
Cameo,
Camouflage,
Grauzone,
Sandy B,
Unwound,
Rufus Thomas,
Outsiders,
Reagan Youth,
the Slits,
Silicon Teens,
cv313,
Graham Central Station,
Make Up,
Talk Talk,
Mad Mike,
Jimmy McGriff,
Japan,
Excepter,
The Barracudas,
Unrelated Segments,
Television Personalities,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Blossom Toes,
Severed Heads,
The Seeds,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Stooges,
Magma,
The Remains,
The Alarm Clocks,
These Immortal Souls,
Charles Mingus,
Kerrie Biddell,
Archie Shepp,
The Cure,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Barclay James Harvest,
Y Pants,
The Leaves,
Sällskapet,
The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department.
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.