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 Switzerland and from Johannesburg.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the 808 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 Model 500 to the electroclash 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 Mr. Review. All the underground hits.
All UT tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alison Limerick record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arthur Verocai record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dual Sessions,
Jacques Brel,
Max Romeo,
Radiopuhelimet,
Ken Boothe,
a-ha,
Kerrie Biddell,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Boredoms,
Letta Mbulu,
Lalann,
Erykah Badu,
Crash Course in Science,
Tropical Tobacco,
Rod Modell,
David McCallum,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Amon Düül,
James White and The Blacks,
Alphaville,
The Blues Magoos,
Ultra Naté,
Clear Light,
New Order,
Shuggie Otis,
Sam Rivers,
Gil Scott Heron,
New Age Steppers,
Ornette Coleman,
Eric Dolphy,
Donald Byrd,
Hoover,
The Fire Engines,
Das Ding,
Gang of Four,
Symarip,
The Pop Group,
Sun City Girls,
Fad Gadget,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Matthew Halsall,
The Saints,
The Busters,
Grauzone,
8 Eyed Spy,
Kurtis Blow,
Thee Headcoats,
Glambeats Corp.,
Cameo,
Ralphi Rosario,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Grass Roots,
Black Flag,
Barry Ungar,
Cal Tjader,
Black Bananas,
Alison Limerick,
Dead Boys,
Terry Callier,
Boz Scaggs,
The Black Dice,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme.
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.