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 Sweden and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Stooges 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 Flamin' Groovies. All the underground hits.
All Janne Schatter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every CMW 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Angels of Light & Akron/Family record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter and Kerry,
Lebanon Hanover,
Supertramp,
Matthew Halsall,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Neil Young,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Detroit Cobras,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Siglo XX,
Bluetip,
Eric Dolphy,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Pop Group,
Blancmange,
Connie Case,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
OOIOO,
Agitation Free,
Eric B and Rakim,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Derrick Morgan,
Fear,
Godley & Creme,
Bootsy Collins,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Radio Birdman,
Spandau Ballet,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
10cc,
Max Romeo,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
John Coltrane,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Techniques,
Jacob Miller,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
AZ,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Unwound,
Bill Near,
Harry Pussy,
Wolf Eyes,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Loose Ends,
Ten City,
Jacques Brel,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Fall,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Dawn Penn,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Pagans,
Ultravox,
Black Sheep,
Freddie Wadling,
Cluster,
Joe Finger,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Monochrome Set,
Nick Fraelich,
Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance.
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.