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 Mali and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 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 Scratch Acid to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 La Düsseldorf. All the underground hits.
All June Days tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zero Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 chamberlin and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rekid record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Five Americans,
CMW,
Jeru the Damaja,
Swell Maps,
The Martian,
Aloha Tigers,
Leonard Cohen,
The Motions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Technova,
ABC,
Reagan Youth,
John Cale,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Drexciya,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Golliwogs,
Index,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Faraquet,
Pere Ubu,
Y Pants,
Soul II Soul,
Flipper,
the Normal,
Thee Headcoats,
Andrew Hill,
Khruangbin,
Yaz,
Tom Boy,
Metal Thangz,
The Associates,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Quadrant,
Avey Tare,
Scion,
Susan Cadogan,
June of 44,
Zero Boys,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Los Fastidios,
Mantronix,
The Birthday Party,
Delta 5,
Chris Corsano,
The Durutti Column,
10cc,
Barrington Levy,
Circle Jerks,
Radio Birdman,
Symarip,
Goldenarms,
Skaos,
Sun City Girls,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Zeros,
Agent Orange,
Tears for Fears,
Magma,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators.
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.