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 Peru and from Milan.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Philadelphia.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Lebanon Hanover to the dance 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 Country Joe & The Fish. All the underground hits.
All Alison Limerick tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jacob Miller 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Five Americans,
The Martian,
The Barracudas,
The Red Krayola,
The Moody Blues,
Kurtis Blow,
Johnny Osbourne,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camouflage,
Max Romeo,
Au Pairs,
Laurel Aitken,
Kenny Larkin,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
New Age Steppers,
China Crisis,
Joey Negro,
JFA,
Thee Headcoats,
OOIOO,
Heaven 17,
Brick,
Howard Jones,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Tremeloes,
Alphaville,
John Coltrane,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Rites of Spring,
Judy Mowatt,
Symarip,
The Pretty Things,
Fluxion,
Panda Bear,
Faraquet,
Matthew Halsall,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Outsiders,
Young Marble Giants,
The Alarm Clocks,
Nirvana,
Television,
Aloha Tigers,
Swans,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Surgeon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sunsets and Hearts,
One Last Wish,
Bang On A Can,
June Days,
Liliput,
Jawbox,
Aural Exciters,
Stiv Bators,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The American Breed,
The Fortunes,
The Stooges,
Guru Guru,
Lou Reed,
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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.