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 Laos and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 Tokyo and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 guitar 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 Rufus Thomas to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Main Source record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 an oboe and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Larry & the Blue Notes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe 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's Slasher Flicks,
Qualms,
Delta 5,
Tubeway Army,
Mad Mike,
Sex Pistols,
The United States of America,
The Blues Magoos,
Goldenarms,
Stockholm Monsters,
Magma,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Aswad,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eve St. Jones,
MDC,
The Martian,
Godley & Creme,
Eli Mardock,
Can,
Lindisfarne,
Gang of Four,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Count Five,
Iggy Pop,
X-101,
Scratch Acid,
The Cure,
The Slits,
Q and Not U,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Ten City,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Agent Orange,
Bobby Womack,
The Invisible,
Dark Day,
Albert Ayler,
Moss Icon,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Lebanon Hanover,
Tomorrow,
Lou Reed,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Delon & Dalcan,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Shoche,
Kas Product,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Girls At Our Best!,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Jeff Mills,
Wings,
Lightning Bolt,
DJ Style,
Arab on Radar,
Stetsasonic,
Cluster,
Japan,
Cameo,
The Litter,
Mary Jane Girls,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish.
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.