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 Johannesburg.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Easy Going to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 FM Einheit. All the underground hits.
All Joensuu 1685 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scott Walker + Sunn O))) record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thompson Twins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Duran Duran,
The Golliwogs,
The Cowsills,
Sun City Girls,
Grey Daturas,
Magma,
The Fugs,
Bluetip,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
World's Most,
Thompson Twins,
Matthew Halsall,
John Cale,
The Tremeloes,
Minor Threat,
Nick Fraelich,
Lakeside,
the Normal,
Eurythmics,
Brand Nubian,
a-ha,
Johnny Osbourne,
Neu!,
Young Marble Giants,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
KRS-One,
Q and Not U,
Joy Division,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Arthur Verocai,
The Star Department,
Lindisfarne,
Marc Almond,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Con Funk Shun,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Tubeway Army,
Slick Rick,
Piero Umiliani,
Loose Ends,
Supertramp,
Radiohead,
Accadde A,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Bush Tetras,
Chris Corsano,
Avey Tare,
Little Man,
The Knickerbockers,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Amon Düül II,
Lower 48,
The Smiths,
Deepchord,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Deadbeat,
Prince Buster,
T. Rex,
Tommy Roe,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.