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 Ivory Coast and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 Johannesburg and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Larry & the Blue Notes to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All the underground hits.
All Average White Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultra Naté record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Fortunes,
These Immortal Souls,
Agitation Free,
Rod Modell,
World's Most,
Supertramp,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Infiniti,
Kevin Saunderson,
Traffic Nightmare,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Cure,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Lou Christie,
Desert Stars,
Ronnie Foster,
The J.B.'s,
Joensuu 1685,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Moss Icon,
Oblivians,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Steve Hackett,
Camouflage,
The Velvet Underground,
Robert Hood,
Duran Duran,
the Association,
Freddie Wadling,
ABBA,
Flipper,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Byron Stingily,
Al Stewart,
Matthew Halsall,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Todd Rundgren,
Cameo,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Ultravox,
Youth Brigade,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Tim Buckley,
Andrew Hill,
Eric Dolphy,
Scratch Acid,
Lungfish,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Happenings,
the Soft Cell,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Eric Copeland,
Brick,
Colin Newman,
Bang On A Can,
Mark Hollis,
Hardrive,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.