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 Afghanistan and from Columbus.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Bremen.
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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar 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 Newcleus to the funk 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 Eric Dolphy. All the underground hits.
All Tomorrow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Alarm Clocks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Smiths record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Morten Harket,
Minutemen,
Alton Ellis,
Mandrill,
Flamin' Groovies,
Lou Christie,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Sun City Girls,
Ohio Players,
The Gladiators,
Au Pairs,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Barracudas,
Rapeman,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Mojo Men,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Dark Day,
Carl Craig,
Barry Ungar,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
CMW,
Johnny Clarke,
The Happenings,
Average White Band,
Gang Starr,
Television,
Minor Threat,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Barbara Tucker,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Blossom Toes,
Robert Görl,
New Age Steppers,
Electric Prunes,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Magma,
Brick,
Hashim,
Steve Hackett,
Camberwell Now,
Charles Mingus,
Kaleidoscope,
10cc,
Danielle Patucci,
Marc Almond,
The Fugs,
The Real Kids,
a-ha,
Fear,
The Fuzztones,
The Trojans,
Sparks,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Lower 48,
The Gories,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Sandy B,
Hot Snakes,
Alison Limerick,
The Shadows of Knight,
Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca.
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.