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 Dominican Republic and from Houston.
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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 marimba 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 Vainqueur to the punk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 X-101. All the underground hits.
All Jerry's Kids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Arcadia record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a UT record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cameo,
Jerry's Kids,
cv313,
Carl Craig,
Liliput,
Camouflage,
Lou Reed,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
a-ha,
Flash Fearless,
Roger Hodgson,
Scott Walker,
Deakin,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
June of 44,
Pierre Henry,
The Golliwogs,
June Days,
The Smiths,
La Düsseldorf,
Junior Murvin,
New York Dolls,
Joy Division,
Wally Richardson,
Urselle,
Marmalade,
The Sisters of Mercy,
the Human League,
Jeff Lynne,
Anakelly,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Rotary Connection,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Invisible,
Index,
Yazoo,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Thompson Twins,
The Names,
Andrew Hill,
Goldenarms,
Smog,
X-101,
The Move,
New Order,
Dual Sessions,
Pantytec,
DJ Sneak,
Tubeway Army,
The Leaves,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Black Dice,
Deepchord,
Letta Mbulu,
Eddi Front,
Agitation Free,
The Fire Engines,
Mo-Dettes,
The Cure,
Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall.
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.