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 Albania and from Copenhagen.
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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Tehran.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Raincoats to the jazz 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 Q65. All the underground hits.
All Connie Case tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gang Gang Dance record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Shadows of Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Minnie Riperton,
The Birthday Party,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Monks,
Aural Exciters,
Clear Light,
Fugazi,
Bobby Womack,
John Lydon,
Yaz,
Gerry Rafferty,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Litter,
Loose Ends,
Rites of Spring,
Joe Finger,
Wings,
The Vogues,
Rekid,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Moebius,
Zero Boys,
MC5,
Make Up,
Eurythmics,
Brand Nubian,
Goldenarms,
L. Decosne,
Excepter,
Basic Channel,
Thee Headcoats,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Bad Manners,
Ken Boothe,
Arcadia,
Popol Vuh,
Pantytec,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Offenders,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Motions,
Steve Hackett,
The American Breed,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Blake Baxter,
John Cale,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Cowsills,
Darondo,
The Dave Clark Five,
Unwound,
Cal Tjader,
Depeche Mode,
Chris Corsano,
The Flesh Eaters,
10cc,
The Misunderstood,
Niagra,
CMW,
The Associates, The Associates, The Associates, The Associates.
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.