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 Uganda and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 the Association to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Suicide. All the underground hits.
All The Kinks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Television Personalities record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joe Smooth,
Rakim,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
World's Most,
The Human League,
AZ,
Wings,
Lyres,
Lebanon Hanover,
Warren Ellis,
Hoover,
Sex Pistols,
Josef K,
The Electric Prunes,
Lungfish,
Main Source,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Letta Mbulu,
Graham Central Station,
Angry Samoans,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Jandek,
Maleditus Sound,
The Fortunes,
Sam Rivers,
Deakin,
the Fania All-Stars,
OOIOO,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Slits,
Can,
David McCallum,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Fuzztones,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Moebius,
Lou Reed,
kango's stein massive,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Public Enemy,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Steve Hackett,
Rekid,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ralphi Rosario,
Massinfluence,
a-ha,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Circle Jerks,
Yusef Lateef,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Scan 7,
The Count Five,
The Litter,
Flipper,
K-Klass,
Mad Mike, Mad Mike, Mad Mike, Mad Mike.
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.