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 Korea South and from Spokane.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Pole to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch. All the underground hits.
All Marvin Gaye tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Malaria! 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Morten Harket record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Robert Hood,
Pylon,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
John Holt,
Chris Corsano,
Slave,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Jesper Dahlback,
Max Romeo,
K-Klass,
Rapeman,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Mr. Review,
The Pop Group,
Bauhaus,
Inner City,
John Cale,
Steve Hackett,
Amazonics,
Michelle Simonal,
Easy Going,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Dorothy Ashby,
Skaos,
Deepchord,
The Mighty Diamonds,
T. Rex,
The Black Dice,
Anakelly,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Black Flag,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Janne Schatter,
Jawbox,
Tears for Fears,
Motorama,
Loose Ends,
Underground Resistance,
The Grass Roots,
Monolake,
Joensuu 1685,
Alton Ellis,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ultimate Spinach,
Ronnie Foster,
Joey Negro,
Yellowson,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ralphi Rosario,
Tommy Roe,
Boogie Down Productions,
Thee Headcoats,
Tom Boy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Colin Newman,
Das Ding,
Soft Cell,
Wire,
Black Bananas,
Aural Exciters,
Model 500, Model 500, Model 500, Model 500.
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.