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 Zambia and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 New Christs to the grunge kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All Eurythmics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lower 48 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Sherman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fear,
Ponytail,
Gang Gang Dance,
EPMD,
Davy DMX,
Tim Buckley,
Quando Quango,
Q65,
One Last Wish,
Todd Rundgren,
The Leaves,
The Wake,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Gun Club,
Masters at Work,
John Lydon,
Underground Resistance,
R.M.O.,
Trumans Water,
Porter Ricks,
Thompson Twins,
Gerry Rafferty,
Jandek,
L. Decosne,
Black Flag,
The Monks,
Big Daddy Kane,
Ten City,
Juan Atkins,
Robert Wyatt,
The Litter,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Make Up,
Arcadia,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
the Slits,
The Detroit Cobras,
Lower 48,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Guru Guru,
Godley & Creme,
Jacob Miller,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Gabor Szabo,
Throbbing Gristle,
Avey Tare,
Jerry's Kids,
Oblivians,
Marvin Gaye,
Cluster,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Martian,
Surgeon,
Danielle Patucci,
The Cure,
Althea and Donna,
Junior Murvin,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Banda Bassotti,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.