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 Italy and from Beijing.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 güiro 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 Ornette Coleman to the crunk 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 Graham Central Station. All the underground hits.
All Drive Like Jehu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gerry Rafferty record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delon & Dalcan,
Gastr Del Sol,
H. Thieme,
Peter & Gordon,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Cymande,
Index,
Agent Orange,
Ossler,
Aaron Thompson,
The Tremeloes,
Graham Central Station,
Goldenarms,
David Bowie,
Radiopuhelimet,
Depeche Mode,
Television Personalities,
The Fortunes,
The Real Kids,
Symarip,
Eddi Front,
Bush Tetras,
AZ,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Bauhaus,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Jawbox,
The Young Rascals,
Robert Wyatt,
Quantec,
Grey Daturas,
Jeru the Damaja,
Neu!,
Johnny Clarke,
The Stooges,
E-Dancer,
Q and Not U,
FM Einheit,
Fela Kuti,
Gerry Rafferty,
Eric Copeland,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Martian,
The Slackers,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Rakim,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Mr. Review,
Lakeside,
John Lydon,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bootsy Collins,
X-101,
Alphaville,
Jacob Miller,
Moebius,
Yusef Lateef,
Rotary Connection,
Vladislav Delay,
Dead Boys,
The Dave Clark Five,
Kenny Larkin,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.