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 Guyana and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Taipei.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Deepchord. All the underground hits.
All PIL tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kool G Rap & DJ Polo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eddi Front,
Amon Düül,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Fluxion,
Eli Mardock,
Japan,
Yaz,
DJ Sneak,
Circle Jerks,
The Detroit Cobras,
R.M.O.,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Terrestrial Tones,
Radiopuhelimet,
Robert Görl,
F. McDonald,
The Moleskins,
Nik Kershaw,
Kaleidoscope,
Stereo Dub,
The Cowsills,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Idris Muhammad,
Erykah Badu,
Wasted Youth,
The Misunderstood,
Iggy Pop,
the Soft Cell,
The Dead C,
Dave Gahan,
Juan Atkins,
Crispy Ambulance,
Gang Starr,
Jacques Brel,
Girls At Our Best!,
Minny Pops,
Joensuu 1685,
Nico,
Bauhaus,
Clear Light,
Dead Boys,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Suburban Knight,
Skarface,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Ten City,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Byron Stingily,
Andrew Hill,
Don Cherry,
Terry Callier,
the Swans,
Cal Tjader,
Connie Case,
Aswad,
Skaos,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ponytail,
Radiohead,
Lyres,
X-102,
Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale.
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.