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 Bangladesh and from Mumbai.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Minutemen to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Motorama. All the underground hits.
All Black Pus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Pus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Manfred Mann's Earth Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Slick Rick,
Fugazi,
Pharoah Sanders,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Slave,
Easy Going,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Residents,
Wasted Youth,
Bobby Hutcherson,
La Düsseldorf,
Metal Thangz,
Connie Case,
Chris & Cosey,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Shuggie Otis,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Johnny Clarke,
Bootsy Collins,
Fela Kuti,
The Evens,
The Fortunes,
Prince Buster,
Panda Bear,
Quantec,
New Order,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Arcadia,
Swell Maps,
Warren Ellis,
Infiniti,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bush Tetras,
The Stooges,
Niagra,
The Red Krayola,
Albert Ayler,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Chris Corsano,
Erasure,
The Slits,
Franke,
Aural Exciters,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Terrestrial Tones,
June Days,
Isaac Hayes,
The Associates,
Fat Boys,
The Cramps,
One Last Wish,
Soul Sonic Force,
Nick Fraelich,
Nik Kershaw,
Gang Gang Dance,
Aaron Thompson,
The Smiths,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Rod Modell,
Jeru the Damaja,
New York Dolls,
Danielle Patucci,
Nas,
The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics.
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.