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 Greece and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Goldenarms to the grime kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Detroit Cobras. All the underground hits.
All The Selecter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lalann 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
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 Circle Jerks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agent Orange,
Joe Finger,
ABC,
Flipper,
Aloha Tigers,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Lyres,
Jacques Brel,
Massinfluence,
Man Parrish,
Alphaville,
Fad Gadget,
Q and Not U,
Urselle,
Aaron Thompson,
Jandek,
Clear Light,
Peter and Kerry,
U.S. Maple,
Eddi Front,
Rufus Thomas,
Bluetip,
Al Stewart,
Rotary Connection,
Eli Mardock,
Khruangbin,
Gang of Four,
The Vogues,
The Barracudas,
Radiopuhelimet,
Bobby Womack,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mary Jane Girls,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Theoretical Girls,
Sexual Harrassment,
Electric Prunes,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lalann,
Brothers Johnson,
The Techniques,
Soul Sonic Force,
Saccharine Trust,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Zeros,
cv313,
David Bowie,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Blues Magoos,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Marc Almond,
Main Source,
John Cale,
Joyce Sims,
The Mojo Men,
Porter Ricks,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
X-101,
Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio.
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.