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 Yemen and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the guitar 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 CMW to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Young Rascals. All the underground hits.
All The Fortunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Searchers 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Roy Ayers,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Barclay James Harvest,
Pulsallama,
Country Teasers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Brick,
The Young Rascals,
Ronnie Foster,
La Düsseldorf,
DNA,
Harmonia,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Monolake,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Newcleus,
Brand Nubian,
Clear Light,
Goldenarms,
Idris Muhammad,
The Smiths,
Sparks,
Basic Channel,
Hasil Adkins,
Ludus,
Jacob Miller,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Marvin Gaye,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Fire Engines,
Dark Day,
Mr. Review,
Roxy Music,
Charles Mingus,
The Doors,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Joe Smooth,
In Retrospect,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
DJ Style,
the Germs,
Half Japanese,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
10cc,
Symarip,
Television,
Cecil Taylor,
Johnny Osbourne,
Animal Collective,
Skaos,
Lower 48,
Minny Pops,
Ten City,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
David Bowie,
Eurythmics,
The Black Dice,
Bizarre Inc.,
Cal Tjader,
Ken Boothe, Ken Boothe, Ken Boothe, Ken Boothe.
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.