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 Iran and from Lyon.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Sao Paulo.
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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Rotary Connection to the rock 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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All Sexual Harrassment tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Iggy Pop 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sarah Menescal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultra Naté,
Suburban Knight,
Cameo,
The Cowsills,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
A Certain Ratio,
The Leaves,
The Walker Brothers,
Bizarre Inc.,
Clear Light,
Patti Smith,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Anthony Braxton,
Pantytec,
Drexciya,
The Red Krayola,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Fatback Band,
the Swans,
Sparks,
Thompson Twins,
Talk Talk,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ice-T,
Erykah Badu,
Brass Construction,
The Music Machine,
One Last Wish,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Negative Approach,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Pop Group,
Chris & Cosey,
Ossler,
Kool Moe Dee,
Infiniti,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Lucky Dragons,
New York Dolls,
The Sound,
Dawn Penn,
Oneida,
Mo-Dettes,
Joensuu 1685,
Cheater Slicks,
The Divine Comedy,
MC5,
Monolake,
Peter and Kerry,
Roy Ayers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Banda Bassotti,
Iggy Pop,
Warren Ellis,
Joey Negro,
The Motions,
Malaria!,
Second Layer,
Quando Quango,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed.
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.