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 Ireland and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the oboe 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 Interpol to the grime kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Peter & Gordon. All the underground hits.
All Wings tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eric Dolphy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neu! record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Frankie Knuckles,
Can,
Flash Fearless,
Popol Vuh,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Black Dice,
Donny Hathaway,
Skriet,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Lou Reed,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Make Up,
Jacques Brel,
Fat Boys,
Glenn Branca,
Marvin Gaye,
Juan Atkins,
Iggy Pop,
The Fuzztones,
The Zeros,
The Moleskins,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Seeds,
Eden Ahbez,
June Days,
David Axelrod,
Tubeway Army,
Visage,
Whodini,
Masters at Work,
Girls At Our Best!,
Arthur Verocai,
In Retrospect,
Essential Logic,
Kerrie Biddell,
Marine Girls,
Man Parrish,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Intrusion,
Bronski Beat,
JFA,
Reagan Youth,
Camberwell Now,
Lungfish,
Inner City,
Wasted Youth,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Toasters,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Kevin Saunderson,
Gerry Rafferty,
Cluster,
Nils Olav,
The Velvet Underground,
Todd Terry, Todd Terry, Todd Terry, Todd Terry.
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.