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 Antigua and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 güiro 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 The Slits to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Moleskins. All the underground hits.
All Gang Gang Dance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gap Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Zeros record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
a-ha,
The Standells,
Joe Finger,
Das Ding,
Nick Fraelich,
Rapeman,
The Doors,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soulsonic Force,
Fat Boys,
Gang Green,
Donald Byrd,
JFA,
Urselle,
Groovy Waters,
R.M.O.,
Symarip,
Bang On A Can,
Khruangbin,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Gregory Isaacs,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Warren Ellis,
Funky Four + One,
The Moody Blues,
Rakim,
Idris Muhammad,
Monks,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Grandmaster Flash,
Delon & Dalcan,
Pet Shop Boys,
Cymande,
Judy Mowatt,
Massinfluence,
X-102,
Marvin Gaye,
Sam Rivers,
John Lydon,
Masters at Work,
Rites of Spring,
New York Dolls,
Piero Umiliani,
The Human League,
The Mojo Men,
Zapp,
Banda Bassotti,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Pagans,
Saccharine Trust,
Man Parrish,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Five Americans,
The Litter,
Chris & Cosey,
Gang of Four,
Wings,
Lucky Dragons,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Quantec,
The Seeds, The Seeds, The Seeds, The Seeds.
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.