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 Monaco and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Fugs 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 Unwound. All the underground hits.
All Ultimate Spinach tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Josef K 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Whodini record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
Cybotron,
Brick,
The Dave Clark Five,
Derrick May,
Maurizio,
Basic Channel,
Sparks,
Alton Ellis,
One Last Wish,
Be Bop Deluxe,
EPMD,
Symarip,
Roy Ayers,
Pylon,
Mr. Review,
Peter and Kerry,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Busters,
Section 25,
Funky Four + One,
Crispian St. Peters,
Chris & Cosey,
Quantec,
Average White Band,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Howard Jones,
Sex Pistols,
Scientists,
Barry Ungar,
Dennis Brown,
The Star Department,
Visage,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The United States of America,
Sun Ra,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Steve Hackett,
The Barracudas,
10cc,
Khruangbin,
Lalo Schifrin,
Henry Cow,
Jandek,
Absolute Body Control,
Cal Tjader,
Jacob Miller,
Darondo,
The Gories,
The Smiths,
Joensuu 1685,
Byron Stingily,
Johnny Clarke,
Franke,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Kaleidoscope,
Spoonie Gee,
Nas,
Spandau Ballet,
Smog,
The Monochrome Set,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.