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 Ethiopia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Excepter to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All Fort Wilson Riot tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Basic Channel 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unwound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Massinfluence,
Donald Byrd,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Jacob Miller,
Bad Manners,
ABC,
The Pretty Things,
Kurtis Blow,
Moby Grape,
Ossler,
The Detroit Cobras,
Pussy Galore,
Man Eating Sloth,
Pulsallama,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Von Mondo,
Japan,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Max Romeo,
Jawbox,
The Move,
Drive Like Jehu,
X-102,
Gong,
Agitation Free,
Charles Mingus,
Gabor Szabo,
Bill Near,
Nas,
H. Thieme,
Barrington Levy,
The Zeros,
X-Ray Spex,
Girls At Our Best!,
Simply Red,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Stooges,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Davy DMX,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Lightning Bolt,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Loose Ends,
Soul II Soul,
The Count Five,
The Real Kids,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Glambeats Corp.,
Main Source,
T. Rex,
The American Breed,
Malaria!,
Nirvana,
E-Dancer,
Anthony Braxton,
The Happenings,
Sonic Youth,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.