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 Serbia and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Jawbox to the rap 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 the Sonics. All the underground hits.
All Dead Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Banda Bassotti 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Frankie Knuckles record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ohio Players,
Average White Band,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Japan,
Mantronix,
Laurel Aitken,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Accadde A,
Gerry Rafferty,
Camouflage,
Gang Green,
Jerry's Kids,
The Names,
The Raincoats,
Deadbeat,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yaz,
Crash Course in Science,
Eddi Front,
MC5,
Crime,
Index,
Lou Reed,
Shuggie Otis,
Oneida,
Yellowson,
Monolake,
kango's stein massive,
Alice Coltrane,
Kenny Larkin,
The Slackers,
Crispy Ambulance,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Frankie Knuckles,
Flamin' Groovies,
Von Mondo,
Cheater Slicks,
Arab on Radar,
the Human League,
Nation of Ulysses,
Harmonia,
Scion,
Clear Light,
Supertramp,
Livin' Joy,
The Cramps,
Amon Düül,
Radio Birdman,
Porter Ricks,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Sparks,
Chris & Cosey,
Scan 7,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Throbbing Gristle,
Metal Thangz,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Thompson Twins,
Joey Negro,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Blackbyrds,
Urselle,
Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul.
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.