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 Albania and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 clarinet 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 Arcadia to the crunk 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 Blake Baxter. All the underground hits.
All Basic Channel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dead C record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bizarre Inc. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eve St. Jones,
Severed Heads,
Pantytec,
Todd Terry,
Ken Boothe,
June of 44,
The Sound,
Black Bananas,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Vladislav Delay,
Schoolly D,
Rhythm & Sound,
Lalo Schifrin,
Nils Olav,
Ornette Coleman,
Wally Richardson,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Mojo Men,
X-102,
Ronnie Foster,
Bobby Womack,
Joensuu 1685,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Tommy Roe,
Lightning Bolt,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Laurel Aitken,
the Swans,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Birthday Party,
Mary Jane Girls,
Michelle Simonal,
Minny Pops,
The Cowsills,
Aswad,
Maleditus Sound,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Eurythmics,
Qualms,
Glambeats Corp.,
Quadrant,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Barracudas,
Quantec,
John Lydon,
Stereo Dub,
Dual Sessions,
Minor Threat,
Thompson Twins,
Kerrie Biddell,
Main Source,
Guru Guru,
Eli Mardock,
The Remains,
Man Parrish,
FM Einheit,
Grey Daturas,
Brass Construction,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Eyeless In Gaza, Eyeless In Gaza, Eyeless In Gaza, Eyeless In Gaza.
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.