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 Algeria and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Columbus.
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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Severed Heads to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Can. All the underground hits.
All David Bowie tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Motions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Victims,
Gang Green,
Harmonia,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
D'Angelo,
Swans,
The New Christs,
The Trojans,
John Lydon,
F. McDonald,
Marvin Gaye,
cv313,
Animal Collective,
Bluetip,
Patti Smith,
Roy Ayers,
Minnie Riperton,
Prince Buster,
Masters at Work,
Letta Mbulu,
Qualms,
Lalann,
Cabaret Voltaire,
June Days,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Delon & Dalcan,
8 Eyed Spy,
Ultimate Spinach,
The United States of America,
Main Source,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Nico,
Kas Product,
Jandek,
Donny Hathaway,
The Fall,
Icehouse,
Cheater Slicks,
Lungfish,
Lucky Dragons,
Underground Resistance,
Vainqueur,
Peter and Kerry,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fatback Band,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Freddie Wadling,
Quando Quango,
Ornette Coleman,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Crooked Eye,
Gang Gang Dance,
Soft Cell,
Eden Ahbez,
Average White Band,
DNA,
10cc,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Minutemen,
Massinfluence,
Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis.
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.