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 Samoa and from Edmonton.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ 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 Hasil Adkins to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Agent Orange. All the underground hits.
All The Fire Engines tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dual Sessions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Japan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Remains,
T. Rex,
Yusef Lateef,
Nation of Ulysses,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Saccharine Trust,
Tubeway Army,
Faraquet,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Ten City,
Alison Limerick,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Barrington Levy,
Connie Case,
Gong,
Outsiders,
Hasil Adkins,
CMW,
Mo-Dettes,
Alice Coltrane,
The Index,
The Birthday Party,
Laurel Aitken,
Moby Grape,
DJ Style,
Bobby Womack,
Easy Going,
Joyce Sims,
Depeche Mode,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rosa Yemen,
Joy Division,
Nils Olav,
Steve Hackett,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mars,
Eddi Front,
Section 25,
Lalo Schifrin,
ABC,
Pagans,
Dennis Brown,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Roger Hodgson,
The Divine Comedy,
Kerri Chandler,
The Barracudas,
Newcleus,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Surgeon,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Letta Mbulu,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rod Modell,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Shuggie Otis,
Magma,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Motions,
Magazine,
Cymande,
Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless.
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.