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 Guyana and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 linndrum 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 Glenn Branca 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 Lebanon Hanover. All the underground hits.
All The Slits tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every a-ha 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quantec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Letta Mbulu,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
the Germs,
Amon Düül,
The Fugs,
Liliput,
The Happenings,
Bootsy Collins,
Laurel Aitken,
The Fortunes,
Babytalk,
The Busters,
The Black Dice,
Bobby Sherman,
Slave,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Nils Olav,
Severed Heads,
The Selecter,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Kerrie Biddell,
Boredoms,
Animal Collective,
Nick Fraelich,
Au Pairs,
Deepchord,
Lee Hazlewood,
In Retrospect,
Mad Mike,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Remains,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Motorama,
Rod Modell,
Tomorrow,
Mandrill,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Delon & Dalcan,
Wally Richardson,
The Modern Lovers,
FM Einheit,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
June Days,
The Grass Roots,
Maurizio,
Banda Bassotti,
Crispian St. Peters,
One Last Wish,
Popol Vuh,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Kevin Saunderson,
Sonic Youth,
Thee Headcoats,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Gang Gang Dance,
Eric Dolphy,
The Birthday Party,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.