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 Honduras and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Sonic Youth to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All Beasts of Bourbon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Count Five 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mars,
Deepchord,
Scott Walker,
Ultra Naté,
Camberwell Now,
Gang Green,
Derrick Morgan,
Lalo Schifrin,
Marvin Gaye,
Fatback Band,
Babytalk,
cv313,
Quando Quango,
The Cramps,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Oneida,
Roger Hodgson,
This Heat,
Suburban Knight,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Fire Engines,
Joy Division,
Erykah Badu,
Carl Craig,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Metal Thangz,
Barry Ungar,
Stereo Dub,
Andrew Hill,
Wolf Eyes,
MC5,
The Leaves,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
A Flock of Seagulls,
June of 44,
Tommy Roe,
The Busters,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Kayak,
MDC,
The Doors,
June Days,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Arthur Verocai,
Easy Going,
Nirvana,
The Gap Band,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Outsiders,
Isaac Hayes,
Skarface,
Max Romeo,
Chris Corsano,
Masters at Work,
The Remains,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Eli Mardock,
Bad Manners, Bad Manners, Bad Manners, Bad Manners.
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.