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 Lebanon and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Sunsets and Hearts 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 Roxette. All the underground hits.
All Gong tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oppenheimer Analysis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ralphi Rosario record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rotary Connection,
Juan Atkins,
Unwound,
The Residents,
Sunsets and Hearts,
FM Einheit,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Fatback Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Wake,
Tubeway Army,
Pagans,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Agitation Free,
Whodini,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
X-102,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Pet Shop Boys,
Roxy Music,
Smog,
Ultra Naté,
Toni Rubio,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Tropical Tobacco,
Minnie Riperton,
Porter Ricks,
Bizarre Inc.,
These Immortal Souls,
Sparks,
Leonard Cohen,
The Index,
Fela Kuti,
Stereo Dub,
Cymande,
the Sonics,
Glenn Branca,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Iggy Pop,
Chris & Cosey,
Minutemen,
Clear Light,
Eddi Front,
Moebius,
Agent Orange,
Soul II Soul,
The Dirtbombs,
The Gap Band,
The United States of America,
The Slits,
June of 44,
Rosa Yemen,
The Young Rascals,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Interpol,
Alphaville,
Eric Copeland,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Kinks,
Supertramp, Supertramp, Supertramp, Supertramp.
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.