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 Bulgaria and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 UT to the electroclash 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 10cc. All the underground hits.
All Red Lorry Yellow Lorry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 spring reverb and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar 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 Real Kids,
Siglo XX,
Josef K,
Loose Ends,
Schoolly D,
Pere Ubu,
Jandek,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Fugs,
The Fortunes,
The Offenders,
Harry Pussy,
Fat Boys,
Maurizio,
Supertramp,
Alison Limerick,
The Shadows of Knight,
Lee Hazlewood,
X-102,
Black Flag,
Bronski Beat,
The Trojans,
The Victims,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Toasters,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Peter and Kerry,
Ohio Players,
The Barracudas,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Brass Construction,
The Leaves,
Idris Muhammad,
Quadrant,
Ken Boothe,
Lalo Schifrin,
Jacques Brel,
Mars,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Juan Atkins,
Lebanon Hanover,
Make Up,
the Soft Cell,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
AZ,
Ralphi Rosario,
LL Cool J,
Pagans,
Sex Pistols,
Lou Christie,
The Cure,
The Kinks,
Cheater Slicks,
Pantaleimon,
Ronnie Foster,
Ponytail,
MC5,
The Slits,
Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs.
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.