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 Madrid.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
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 Skaos to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes. All the underground hits.
All Index tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Red Krayola 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 spring reverb and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Little Man record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Modern Lovers,
The Happenings,
The Star Department,
Sound Behaviour,
Radio Birdman,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Michelle Simonal,
Todd Rundgren,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Dual Sessions,
Malaria!,
Metal Thangz,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Grauzone,
Inner City,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Scott Walker,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
a-ha,
The Buckinghams,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Slick Rick,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Lucky Dragons,
The Move,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Quadrant,
The Count Five,
Grey Daturas,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Terry Callier,
Bluetip,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Black Dice,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Quando Quango,
LL Cool J,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Mummies,
Judy Mowatt,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Livin' Joy,
Camouflage,
Jeff Lynne,
Johnny Clarke,
Lower 48,
Gang Starr,
La Düsseldorf,
Soul Sonic Force,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Icehouse,
Amon Düül,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Deepchord,
Lou Reed,
The Evens,
Cymande,
Camberwell Now,
The Saints,
The Shadows of Knight,
Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown.
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.