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 Malta and from Bologna.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Spokane.
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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Ronan to the crunk 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 Harpers Bizarre. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Sherman tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Barracudas 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Rundgren record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pantytec,
Delon & Dalcan,
Mad Mike,
Johnny Clarke,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Symarip,
New Order,
Unwound,
Kaleidoscope,
Black Sheep,
This Heat,
Isaac Hayes,
The Pop Group,
The Blues Magoos,
Matthew Halsall,
Frankie Knuckles,
JFA,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Lower 48,
The Star Department,
The Gladiators,
Aural Exciters,
Susan Cadogan,
Grandmaster Flash,
Yazoo,
the Normal,
Audionom,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Birthday Party,
The Names,
MDC,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Radiohead,
The Smiths,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Jimmy McGriff,
Camouflage,
Judy Mowatt,
Rod Modell,
Terrestrial Tones,
Alton Ellis,
Flash Fearless,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Lou Reed,
Pantaleimon,
Sugar Minott,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Leonard Cohen,
Tears for Fears,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Barry Ungar,
James White and The Blacks,
Interpol,
Zapp,
Sam Rivers,
Guru Guru,
Suburban Knight,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Circle Jerks,
Lou Christie, Lou Christie, Lou Christie, Lou Christie.
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.