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 Ecuador and from Philadelphia.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 FM Einheit to the grime kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Tomorrow. All the underground hits.
All Unwound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minor Threat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 rhodes and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions 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?
The Doobie Brothers,
Pussy Galore,
Funkadelic,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Loose Ends,
Television Personalities,
the Swans,
Das Ding,
Rapeman,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Move,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Thee Headcoats,
Rekid,
Lakeside,
Godley & Creme,
Ponytail,
FM Einheit,
The Dirtbombs,
Graham Central Station,
The Skatalites,
Minny Pops,
New Order,
Dark Day,
Joey Negro,
LL Cool J,
Tommy Roe,
Steve Hackett,
Grauzone,
Funky Four + One,
Gong,
The Fuzztones,
a-ha,
Japan,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Brick,
Adolescents,
Lightning Bolt,
Technova,
Jeff Mills,
Rod Modell,
Roy Ayers,
Marcia Griffiths,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Rhythm & Sound,
Joe Finger,
Patti Smith,
The Flesh Eaters,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Doors,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Nas,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Marmalade,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Amon Düül,
Brand Nubian,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Names,
Barbara Tucker,
Camberwell Now,
Archie Shepp,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.