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 Thailand and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the theremin 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 Tomorrow to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The Monks. All the underground hits.
All Animal Collective tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pere Ubu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Glambeats Corp.,
Television Personalities,
The Durutti Column,
Ronan,
a-ha,
The Blues Magoos,
Warsaw,
The Move,
Minor Threat,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Isaac Hayes,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Buckinghams,
Kayak,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Q and Not U,
Don Cherry,
The Techniques,
Graham Central Station,
X-101,
Althea and Donna,
Chris & Cosey,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Silicon Teens,
Dawn Penn,
The Residents,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Leonard Cohen,
Janne Schatter,
Crime,
Cybotron,
the Sonics,
The Zeros,
the Human League,
Accadde A,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
the Soft Cell,
The Tremeloes,
Second Layer,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Public Image Ltd.,
Surgeon,
Dual Sessions,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Neon Judgement,
Reagan Youth,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sight & Sound,
Radio Birdman,
Yaz,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
James Chance & The Contortions,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Jimmy McGriff,
Fatback Band,
Faraquet,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock.
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.