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 Thailand and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 theremin 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 Toni Rubio to the rap 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 Whodini. All the underground hits.
All Piero Umiliani tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Quadrant 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Technova record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Five Americans,
Basic Channel,
James White and The Blacks,
Arthur Verocai,
L. Decosne,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Roger Hodgson,
Max Romeo,
Ten City,
The Vogues,
Laurel Aitken,
Slick Rick,
One Last Wish,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Throbbing Gristle,
Chris Corsano,
Alison Limerick,
Dual Sessions,
Stetsasonic,
Mandrill,
Thompson Twins,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Remains,
Deadbeat,
Pulsallama,
Technova,
Grauzone,
Man Parrish,
E-Dancer,
Grandmaster Flash,
Liliput,
Jimmy McGriff,
Avey Tare,
Gang of Four,
Symarip,
Ken Boothe,
Suburban Knight,
Amazonics,
Depeche Mode,
The Dirtbombs,
Bobby Womack,
Rakim,
Accadde A,
Sällskapet,
the Soft Cell,
Radiohead,
Todd Terry,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Marmalade,
David Axelrod,
The Black Dice,
New York Dolls,
Pussy Galore,
Niagra,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Jeff Lynne,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Monolake,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Monks,
Supertramp,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.