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 Uruguay and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 marimba 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 The Fugs to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All Scrapy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ossler record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wolf Eyes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Real Kids,
Theoretical Girls,
New York Dolls,
The Associates,
Negative Approach,
Lungfish,
Jerry's Kids,
The Names,
Slick Rick,
Sun City Girls,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Residents,
Essential Logic,
Sun Ra,
Chris Corsano,
Grey Daturas,
Swell Maps,
Second Layer,
Groovy Waters,
CMW,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Shuggie Otis,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Wally Richardson,
Popol Vuh,
Interpol,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Ohio Players,
Little Man,
Al Stewart,
DNA,
Man Parrish,
Depeche Mode,
Terry Callier,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Half Japanese,
This Heat,
The Mojo Men,
Average White Band,
The Selecter,
Easy Going,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Kevin Saunderson,
Deadbeat,
The Fire Engines,
Alison Limerick,
Kool Moe Dee,
New Order,
June of 44,
Nik Kershaw,
Neu!,
Wings,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
OOIOO,
Q and Not U,
A Certain Ratio,
Crime,
Icehouse,
The Moody Blues,
Albert Ayler,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band.
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.