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 Guatemala and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Quadrant to the techno kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Trojans. All the underground hits.
All Warsaw tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bootsy Collins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Juan Atkins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rotary Connection,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
JFA,
Nico,
The Index,
Fad Gadget,
Schoolly D,
Kenny Larkin,
Rod Modell,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Chris Corsano,
Crash Course in Science,
The Zeros,
Ultimate Spinach,
John Cale,
Sällskapet,
Moby Grape,
June of 44,
Vladislav Delay,
LL Cool J,
Half Japanese,
Desert Stars,
Delon & Dalcan,
Michelle Simonal,
Swell Maps,
Andrew Hill,
Depeche Mode,
Al Stewart,
the Slits,
Hasil Adkins,
Juan Atkins,
Chris & Cosey,
Gichy Dan,
Gastr Del Sol,
Unrelated Segments,
Hot Snakes,
Model 500,
Steve Hackett,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Gang Gang Dance,
Tomorrow,
Fat Boys,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Misunderstood,
Outsiders,
Freddie Wadling,
Colin Newman,
Archie Shepp,
Quando Quango,
Pierre Henry,
Jacob Miller,
The Selecter,
Girls At Our Best!,
Tim Buckley,
Grandmaster Flash,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Five Americans,
Dead Boys,
Neil Young,
Todd Terry,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.