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 United States and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Harry Pussy to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All The Misunderstood tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gregory Isaacs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
The Vogues,
Idris Muhammad,
Marc Almond,
Adolescents,
Warren Ellis,
Deepchord,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Siglo XX,
Agitation Free,
The Walker Brothers,
Wasted Youth,
Eurythmics,
Accadde A,
Chrome,
Oblivians,
Make Up,
The Stooges,
China Crisis,
Cluster,
Model 500,
X-101,
Franke,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Moleskins,
Easy Going,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
This Heat,
The Remains,
One Last Wish,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Detroit Cobras,
Outsiders,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Joy Division,
Brass Construction,
B.T. Express,
Eric Copeland,
Lalann,
Banda Bassotti,
The Mummies,
Cymande,
Bobby Womack,
The Zeros,
The Fuzztones,
Neil Young,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Supertramp,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Todd Terry,
Hashim,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Angry Samoans,
E-Dancer,
X-102,
David Bowie,
Radio Birdman,
Heaven 17,
Mission of Burma,
Janne Schatter,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gang of Four, Gang of Four, Gang of Four, Gang of Four.
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.