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 Bolivia and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Spokane.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Minny Pops to the punk 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 Rakim. All the underground hits.
All Sonny Sharrock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arthur Verocai record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Fugazi,
Ohio Players,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Tim Buckley,
The Stooges,
The Cramps,
cv313,
Monks,
Babytalk,
Erykah Badu,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Andrew Hill,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Crooked Eye,
R.M.O.,
A Certain Ratio,
Jeff Mills,
the Human League,
L. Decosne,
The Neon Judgement,
Khruangbin,
Man Eating Sloth,
Bronski Beat,
Q and Not U,
Eddi Front,
Hardrive,
The Index,
The Doobie Brothers,
Sam Rivers,
The Velvet Underground,
Skarface,
PIL,
Lightning Bolt,
Iggy Pop,
John Holt,
The Count Five,
Fela Kuti,
The Knickerbockers,
Rites of Spring,
Oblivians,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Boogie Down Productions,
Agitation Free,
Ultravox,
Adolescents,
Davy DMX,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Rhythm & Sound,
Saccharine Trust,
The J.B.'s,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Angry Samoans,
the Sonics,
Cal Tjader,
Glambeats Corp.,
Joyce Sims,
Flipper,
The Golliwogs,
Circle Jerks,
Ossler,
Section 25,
Barrington Levy,
Quadrant,
Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket.
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.