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 Peru and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Beijing.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Alison Limerick to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Fortunes. All the underground hits.
All Drexciya tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bluetip record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a James Chance & The Contortions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Grauzone,
Ten City,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Circle Jerks,
Sister Nancy,
Johnny Clarke,
ABC,
Tears for Fears,
Excepter,
The Tremeloes,
The Slackers,
Deepchord,
Ultimate Spinach,
Pantytec,
Nik Kershaw,
Piero Umiliani,
Wings,
The Leaves,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Liliput,
Iggy Pop,
Animal Collective,
Glenn Branca,
Jandek,
Sight & Sound,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Smoke,
The Residents,
Robert Wyatt,
Q and Not U,
Arthur Verocai,
Inner City,
One Last Wish,
Tomorrow,
Suicide,
Marc Almond,
Flipper,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Spoonie Gee,
FM Einheit,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Echospace,
Boogie Down Productions,
Drive Like Jehu,
Kool Moe Dee,
Scan 7,
Television,
Lou Reed,
Average White Band,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Von Mondo,
Joyce Sims,
the Fania All-Stars,
10cc,
Pere Ubu,
The Standells,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Aloha Tigers,
The Sound,
Banda Bassotti,
Barbara Tucker,
Ronan,
Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith.
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.