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 Malaysia and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 The Durutti Column to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Supertramp. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Freddie Wadling record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a JFA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Real Kids,
Chrome,
Joensuu 1685,
The Walker Brothers,
Jeru the Damaja,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Jeff Mills,
PIL,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Stooges,
Grauzone,
Piero Umiliani,
Eric Copeland,
The Wake,
Hashim,
The Music Machine,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
E-Dancer,
The Associates,
Flash Fearless,
The Busters,
Barclay James Harvest,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
K-Klass,
Nik Kershaw,
The Sound,
Ronnie Foster,
Warren Ellis,
Franke,
Jawbox,
Scrapy,
Zero Boys,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Babytalk,
Unwound,
Thee Headcoats,
Nils Olav,
Freddie Wadling,
Quadrant,
Harpers Bizarre,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Das Ding,
T. Rex,
Ralphi Rosario,
Bush Tetras,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Jimmy McGriff,
Bluetip,
Yazoo,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Smiths,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Can,
Marshall Jefferson,
Oneida,
The Fugs,
Ossler,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Brick,
Wings,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Blossom Toes, Blossom Toes, Blossom Toes, Blossom Toes.
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.