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 Korea South and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 harpsichord 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 Juan Atkins to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The Seeds. All the underground hits.
All a-ha tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Funky Four + One record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Desert Stars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Massinfluence,
Hoover,
The Fugs,
Ludus,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Infiniti,
Iggy Pop,
The Real Kids,
Bootsy Collins,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Liliput,
The Evens,
Minny Pops,
Average White Band,
Eurythmics,
Throbbing Gristle,
Erasure,
DNA,
Pet Shop Boys,
Silicon Teens,
The Fuzztones,
The Tremeloes,
Danielle Patucci,
Johnny Clarke,
Bronski Beat,
AZ,
Dorothy Ashby,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Bluetip,
The Dead C,
Lebanon Hanover,
Aloha Tigers,
Interpol,
Quadrant,
The Standells,
Talk Talk,
Suburban Knight,
Janne Schatter,
The Gories,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Black Flag,
The Modern Lovers,
Bizarre Inc.,
Faraquet,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Mary Jane Girls,
Mr. Review,
The Buckinghams,
Scrapy,
the Association,
Monolake,
Blossom Toes,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Eric Copeland,
The Smiths,
Animal Collective,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Q and Not U, Q and Not U, Q and Not U, Q and Not U.
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.