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 Costa Rica and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 spring reverb 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 The Divine Comedy to the dance 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 Jandek. All the underground hits.
All Barbara Tucker tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Evens record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 clarinet and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Electric Light Orchestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
Urselle,
Michelle Simonal,
T.S.O.L.,
FM Einheit,
The Beau Brummels,
The Sound,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Grauzone,
Camouflage,
Theoretical Girls,
Fatback Band,
Pagans,
D'Angelo,
Chris Corsano,
Delta 5,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Lightning Bolt,
Sound Behaviour,
Patti Smith,
The Fuzztones,
Janne Schatter,
Swell Maps,
Letta Mbulu,
Darondo,
Model 500,
Bang On A Can,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Andrew Hill,
Joensuu 1685,
Nas,
Junior Murvin,
Audionom,
Ten City,
Hashim,
A Certain Ratio,
Massinfluence,
Bronski Beat,
James White and The Blacks,
Brick,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
June Days,
Desert Stars,
Camberwell Now,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Lindisfarne,
MC5,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Second Layer,
The United States of America,
Minnie Riperton,
The Happenings,
Circle Jerks,
Peter & Gordon,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Roger Hodgson,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
David Axelrod,
Crispy Ambulance,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Robert Hood,
Babytalk,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.