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 Columbus.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the sitar 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 Index to the grime kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Toasters. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maurizio 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
L. Decosne,
Mantronix,
Panda Bear,
Isaac Hayes,
Second Layer,
Kayak,
The Modern Lovers,
Wolf Eyes,
Magazine,
The Motions,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Gun Club,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
kango's stein massive,
Crispian St. Peters,
Sight & Sound,
Silicon Teens,
This Heat,
ABBA,
Fear,
Jeru the Damaja,
Schoolly D,
The Last Poets,
Oneida,
World's Most,
The Kinks,
Qualms,
Tropical Tobacco,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Man Parrish,
Kas Product,
T.S.O.L.,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Cameo,
Leonard Cohen,
DJ Style,
The Blues Magoos,
The Electric Prunes,
The Offenders,
The Sonics,
Amon Düül II,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Theoretical Girls,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lucky Dragons,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Ice-T,
Peter and Kerry,
Eden Ahbez,
Glenn Branca,
The Doors,
Oblivians,
Scientists,
MC5,
The Monks,
Barclay James Harvest,
Laurel Aitken,
Hardrive,
The Mojo Men,
Ronnie Foster,
Pagans,
Lyres,
Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra.
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.