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 Papua New Guinea and from Tokyo.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the marimba 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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Bananas 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 '80s 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 Nico record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Japan,
Fatback Band,
The Slackers,
Gichy Dan,
Lalann,
Al Stewart,
The Mummies,
Nick Fraelich,
Sun Ra,
David McCallum,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sex Pistols,
Lee Hazlewood,
Monolake,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Robert Hood,
Eyeless In Gaza,
the Sonics,
Susan Cadogan,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
F. McDonald,
Charles Mingus,
Harmonia,
The Five Americans,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Goldenarms,
Amazonics,
The Martian,
Hot Snakes,
Harpers Bizarre,
Minutemen,
Black Sheep,
Isaac Hayes,
Basic Channel,
Gang of Four,
New York Dolls,
Darondo,
Eden Ahbez,
Boogie Down Productions,
Brick,
X-101,
Heaven 17,
Parry Music,
the Swans,
The Angels of Light,
Sandy B,
The Wake,
Cameo,
Erykah Badu,
ABBA,
The Fugs,
Jimmy McGriff,
Wasted Youth,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ornette Coleman,
John Holt,
Nico,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.