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 Bahrain and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the theremin 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 Nick Fraelich to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Half Japanese. All the underground hits.
All Adolescents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Index record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mighty Diamonds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jandek,
Sonic Youth,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Hot Snakes,
Fad Gadget,
Sister Nancy,
Jawbox,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Franke,
The Dave Clark Five,
Soul Sonic Force,
John Cale,
Unwound,
Steve Hackett,
Ronnie Foster,
Kool Moe Dee,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Moleskins,
Sly & The Family Stone,
kango's stein massive,
Pole,
K-Klass,
Con Funk Shun,
Accadde A,
Guru Guru,
Whodini,
John Lydon,
Black Moon,
Blake Baxter,
Nirvana,
Flamin' Groovies,
Popol Vuh,
Sam Rivers,
Mandrill,
Spoonie Gee,
The Remains,
Porter Ricks,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
KRS-One,
Freddie Wadling,
Supertramp,
Gang of Four,
Wasted Youth,
Young Marble Giants,
Cymande,
Soulsonic Force,
The Cowsills,
David Bowie,
The Black Dice,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Schoolly D,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Lucky Dragons,
Robert Wyatt,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sparks,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry.
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.