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 Indonesia and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the organ 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 Simply Red to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Chocolate Watch Band. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-101 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dorothy Ashby record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Essential Logic,
DJ Sneak,
Colin Newman,
Gichy Dan,
Tommy Roe,
Loose Ends,
KRS-One,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Whodini,
Sister Nancy,
Hasil Adkins,
Chris Corsano,
Bronski Beat,
Zapp,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Silicon Teens,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Panda Bear,
Nas,
Minny Pops,
Roxy Music,
Ten City,
The Trojans,
Bang On A Can,
Drive Like Jehu,
Masters at Work,
Henry Cow,
Gang Gang Dance,
Jandek,
The Seeds,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Spoonie Gee,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Angels of Light,
Radiohead,
Junior Murvin,
Excepter,
Sandy B,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Scott Walker,
Gabor Szabo,
Kayak,
The Dave Clark Five,
Scion,
Fatback Band,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Moby Grape,
Erykah Badu,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Slits,
Sonic Youth,
Joy Division,
Agent Orange,
The Misunderstood,
Soul Sonic Force,
Soft Machine,
Suburban Knight,
The Litter,
Archie Shepp,
Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers.
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.