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 Eritrea and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Stiv Bators to the punk 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Major Organ And The Adding Machine tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Image Ltd. record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s 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 The Fire Engines record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Leonard Cohen,
The Buckinghams,
Marc Almond,
Dual Sessions,
The Electric Prunes,
Ultravox,
The Mummies,
Sun Ra,
10cc,
ABC,
Tom Boy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Litter,
X-102,
U.S. Maple,
Peter and Kerry,
R.M.O.,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
John Foxx,
the Germs,
Motorama,
Radiopuhelimet,
Wally Richardson,
CMW,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Danielle Patucci,
Bill Near,
Laurel Aitken,
the Normal,
Pussy Galore,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Jeru the Damaja,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Barclay James Harvest,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Nick Fraelich,
Dave Gahan,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Dennis Brown,
Groovy Waters,
Half Japanese,
Chris Corsano,
Camouflage,
Soft Cell,
Lucky Dragons,
Rotary Connection,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Eric Dolphy,
The Beau Brummels,
The Toasters,
The Seeds,
Sällskapet,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Hardrive,
The Black Dice,
Circle Jerks,
Television Personalities,
Bob Dylan,
Piero Umiliani,
Kas Product,
Niagra,
Todd Rundgren,
Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound.
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.