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 Namibia and from Manila.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 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 Joensuu 1685 to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Y Pants. All the underground hits.
All Lalann tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Second Layer 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Manfred Mann's Earth Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Tres Demented,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Roger Hodgson,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Jacob Miller,
Brick,
MDC,
Technova,
Porter Ricks,
Nick Fraelich,
F. McDonald,
cv313,
FM Einheit,
Derrick May,
Depeche Mode,
Unrelated Segments,
Lou Christie,
The Black Dice,
Simply Red,
Bob Dylan,
Spoonie Gee,
The Litter,
Camouflage,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Golliwogs,
The Associates,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Blackbyrds,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Black Flag,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Velvet Underground,
Pole,
The Index,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Zapp,
Essential Logic,
The Birthday Party,
Ronnie Foster,
Audionom,
Lyres,
Fad Gadget,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cluster,
Eve St. Jones,
Susan Cadogan,
Hashim,
David Bowie,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Bluetip,
Ultra Naté,
Faust,
The Mighty Diamonds,
the Germs,
Slick Rick,
the Soft Cell,
David Axelrod,
The Dirtbombs,
Blake Baxter, Blake Baxter, Blake Baxter, Blake Baxter.
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.