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 Malaysia and from Manchester.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Young Rascals to the disco kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 One Last Wish. All the underground hits.
All The Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sällskapet record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Underground Resistance record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sandy B,
Chris Corsano,
Lalo Schifrin,
Crime,
Harpers Bizarre,
The New Christs,
Pantytec,
Spoonie Gee,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Soul II Soul,
Faraquet,
Newcleus,
Theoretical Girls,
Kenny Larkin,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Radio Birdman,
The Toasters,
Patti Smith,
Moss Icon,
D'Angelo,
R.M.O.,
Tommy Roe,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Amon Düül II,
Grauzone,
Soft Machine,
Pierre Henry,
Lou Reed,
The Stooges,
The Cramps,
Harry Pussy,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Monochrome Set,
MDC,
the Association,
Lakeside,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Q65,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Lyres,
Alice Coltrane,
Minor Threat,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
X-101,
Gichy Dan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Nik Kershaw,
Ohio Players,
The Motions,
Andrew Hill,
Nas,
The Invisible,
Derrick May,
Jandek,
New Order,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Procol Harum,
One Last Wish,
the Normal,
Black Bananas,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
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.