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 Sri Lanka and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the oboe 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 The Toasters to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Urselle. All the underground hits.
All Pere Ubu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Trumans Water 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Toni Rubio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sonic Youth,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Nick Fraelich,
Stiv Bators,
Agent Orange,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jesper Dahlback,
Donny Hathaway,
Second Layer,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Warsaw,
Toni Rubio,
Rhythm & Sound,
Vainqueur,
Todd Rundgren,
Television Personalities,
Todd Terry,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Flamin' Groovies,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Arcadia,
Gong,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Monochrome Set,
the Association,
Letta Mbulu,
Tom Boy,
Rakim,
Severed Heads,
Joe Smooth,
The Raincoats,
Ronnie Foster,
Schoolly D,
Quando Quango,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Barrington Levy,
Avey Tare,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Cramps,
Procol Harum,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Oneida,
MDC,
Fat Boys,
Little Man,
Lou Reed,
Deakin,
Pussy Galore,
Carl Craig,
The Skatalites,
The Durutti Column,
Clear Light,
The Invisible,
The Stooges,
Wolf Eyes,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Spoonie Gee,
Laurel Aitken,
Jeru the Damaja, Jeru the Damaja, Jeru the Damaja, Jeru the Damaja.
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.