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 Papua New Guinea and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Scan 7 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 8 Eyed Spy. All the underground hits.
All Patti Smith tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David Bowie record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vaughan Mason & Crew record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Q65,
Bill Wells,
Stereo Dub,
Groovy Waters,
Curtis Mayfield,
KRS-One,
Roxy Music,
The Moleskins,
Accadde A,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Divine Comedy,
Quantec,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
David McCallum,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Sound,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Panda Bear,
H. Thieme,
Funkadelic,
Unwound,
Amon Düül II,
Ken Boothe,
Minutemen,
Essential Logic,
The Martian,
Ronnie Foster,
Bluetip,
Bronski Beat,
The Cowsills,
LL Cool J,
Maleditus Sound,
Rites of Spring,
Andrew Hill,
Fear,
Supertramp,
Sun City Girls,
the Germs,
Pagans,
Sister Nancy,
Chris Corsano,
Eve St. Jones,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Jeff Lynne,
Ludus,
Zero Boys,
Fort Wilson Riot,
E-Dancer,
Davy DMX,
Gregory Isaacs,
Glambeats Corp.,
Sällskapet,
Arcadia,
Jacques Brel,
Susan Cadogan,
Marmalade,
Organ,
Boogie Down Productions,
Black Sheep,
Iggy Pop,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.