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 Mauritania and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Rotary Connection 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 Robert Görl. All the underground hits.
All B.T. Express tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ralphi Rosario record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Big Daddy Kane,
The Star Department,
Girls At Our Best!,
Avey Tare,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Pagans,
KRS-One,
Ludus,
Pylon,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Motorama,
Ituana,
Lakeside,
cv313,
Suburban Knight,
Warsaw,
The Associates,
Dual Sessions,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
DJ Style,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Buzzcocks,
Nik Kershaw,
Lightning Bolt,
Drive Like Jehu,
Brass Construction,
Sex Pistols,
Funky Four + One,
JFA,
Deakin,
Nick Fraelich,
Marcia Griffiths,
Aaron Thompson,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Danielle Patucci,
The Remains,
Marvin Gaye,
EPMD,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jeff Mills,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Moebius,
Jerry's Kids,
Roy Ayers,
Skriet,
U.S. Maple,
DNA,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
John Cale,
Letta Mbulu,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Hasil Adkins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nirvana,
Bill Near,
Sparks,
Country Teasers,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Marmalade,
Toni Rubio,
Wally Richardson, Wally Richardson, Wally Richardson, Wally Richardson.
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.