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 Moldova and from Madrid.
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 1962 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Fifty Foot Hose to the funk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes. All the underground hits.
All Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Goldenarms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonic Youth,
Eddi Front,
Mad Mike,
Black Flag,
Nils Olav,
K-Klass,
Dennis Brown,
Judy Mowatt,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Motorama,
The Fire Engines,
The Vogues,
Nik Kershaw,
Iggy Pop,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Radiopuhelimet,
Aaron Thompson,
Japan,
Anthony Braxton,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Gories,
Susan Cadogan,
Flipper,
Can,
U.S. Maple,
AZ,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Howard Jones,
The Selecter,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rosa Yemen,
Rites of Spring,
Mr. Review,
Quando Quango,
The Wake,
Roxy Music,
Rhythm & Sound,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Janne Schatter,
Newcleus,
Massinfluence,
The Angels of Light,
Shuggie Otis,
Scientists,
Circle Jerks,
Thee Headcoats,
Hoover,
Funky Four + One,
Jeff Mills,
Von Mondo,
China Crisis,
Wings,
Vainqueur,
Tubeway Army,
The Barracudas,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Morten Harket,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
T. Rex,
Ponytail,
Anakelly,
The Remains,
James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks.
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.