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 Bosnia Herzegovina and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 synthesizer 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 Scientists to the punk 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 CMW. All the underground hits.
All Chris Corsano tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Slits 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sex Pistols record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Country Teasers,
Panda Bear,
X-Ray Spex,
The Star Department,
Jawbox,
The Birthday Party,
Yellowson,
Leonard Cohen,
The Stooges,
Sam Rivers,
Arcadia,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Joe Smooth,
This Heat,
Maleditus Sound,
Grauzone,
Swell Maps,
Freddie Wadling,
Eve St. Jones,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Das Ding,
kango's stein massive,
Von Mondo,
Jerry's Kids,
Robert Görl,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Camberwell Now,
X-102,
Idris Muhammad,
Cybotron,
Roger Hodgson,
Gastr Del Sol,
Buzzcocks,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Bill Wells,
Andrew Hill,
Mr. Review,
The Index,
Adolescents,
Kaleidoscope,
Bluetip,
L. Decosne,
Dark Day,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rekid,
Icehouse,
Davy DMX,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Grass Roots,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Matthew Bourne,
Guru Guru,
The Standells,
Soft Machine,
Rotary Connection,
A Certain Ratio,
Peter & Gordon,
The Fortunes,
The Invisible, The Invisible, The Invisible, The Invisible.
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.