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 Brazil and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the 808 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 The Moleskins to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Make Up. All the underground hits.
All Robert Görl tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Vainqueur record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jandek record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Arthur Verocai,
The Toasters,
Qualms,
Mark Hollis,
Curtis Mayfield,
Sarah Menescal,
Massinfluence,
Robert Görl,
Roger Hodgson,
Skriet,
Scratch Acid,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Martian,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Pulsallama,
Mad Mike,
Kurtis Blow,
Todd Rundgren,
the Human League,
the Germs,
Howard Jones,
DNA,
Funky Four + One,
The Cure,
Tom Boy,
Eric Copeland,
Soft Machine,
The Mummies,
Roxette,
Model 500,
The Star Department,
Gerry Rafferty,
Inner City,
Vladislav Delay,
Funkadelic,
Ossler,
Crispy Ambulance,
Joy Division,
The Human League,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Ronnie Foster,
Audionom,
Ultravox,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
U.S. Maple,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Eve St. Jones,
Von Mondo,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Icehouse,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Rhythm & Sound,
Depeche Mode,
Nico,
Ultimate Spinach,
Glenn Branca,
Flipper,
Lightning Bolt,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.