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 Saudi Arabia and from Jakarta.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Echospace to the rock 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 PIL. All the underground hits.
All Laurel Aitken tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Glenn Branca 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 an oboe and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visage record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul Sonic Force,
Soul II Soul,
Radiopuhelimet,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Mojo Men,
Black Sheep,
The Doobie Brothers,
OOIOO,
Animal Collective,
Terry Callier,
Bobby Womack,
Maleditus Sound,
Agent Orange,
ABC,
The Velvet Underground,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Danielle Patucci,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
One Last Wish,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Groovy Waters,
The Mummies,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jerry's Kids,
Fugazi,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Procol Harum,
The Wake,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Archie Shepp,
Ossler,
Lucky Dragons,
The American Breed,
Bauhaus,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Cymande,
Panda Bear,
Scott Walker,
Tropical Tobacco,
Pierre Henry,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Dead Boys,
Guru Guru,
Das Ding,
Babytalk,
Delon & Dalcan,
the Normal,
Q65,
Marmalade,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Parry Music,
Harpers Bizarre,
Wally Richardson,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Monks,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Moss Icon,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
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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.