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 Yemen and from Hong Kong.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Hong Kong.
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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 ABBA to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Bluetip. All the underground hits.
All Ronan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lakeside 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Roger Hodgson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers,
Nico,
Clear Light,
Sonic Youth,
These Immortal Souls,
Zero Boys,
Amon Düül II,
The Velvet Underground,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Gong,
Eric Dolphy,
Chris & Cosey,
The Pretty Things,
Kaleidoscope,
Ponytail,
X-Ray Spex,
Inner City,
Thee Headcoats,
EPMD,
Minnie Riperton,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Jeru the Damaja,
The American Breed,
Drexciya,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Matthew Bourne,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Banda Bassotti,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Aswad,
The Divine Comedy,
Sarah Menescal,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Barbara Tucker,
Letta Mbulu,
The Happenings,
One Last Wish,
Q65,
Faust,
Barry Ungar,
Quantec,
Soft Cell,
Popol Vuh,
Pole,
Pere Ubu,
Altered Images,
Lucky Dragons,
T.S.O.L.,
The Trojans,
Robert Hood,
Janne Schatter,
Average White Band,
The Doors,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Nation of Ulysses,
Country Teasers,
Mr. Review,
CMW,
The Last Poets,
Pylon,
Audionom,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.