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 Syria and from Philadelphia.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Joensuu 1685 to the rap kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Quadrant. All the underground hits.
All The Gories tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rapeman record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lalo Schifrin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soulsonic Force,
Big Daddy Kane,
Visage,
Ronan,
Marmalade,
Scott Walker,
Yusef Lateef,
The Barracudas,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
James White and The Blacks,
Magma,
Maleditus Sound,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Bang On A Can,
Lou Christie,
Dennis Brown,
The Moody Blues,
Soft Cell,
Godley & Creme,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Andrew Hill,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Urselle,
CMW,
Gabor Szabo,
Newcleus,
The Modern Lovers,
Alphaville,
Brass Construction,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Alton Ellis,
cv313,
Black Flag,
Liliput,
the Normal,
Sister Nancy,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hoover,
Sixth Finger,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Ronnie Foster,
Thompson Twins,
Yazoo,
Rites of Spring,
Kayak,
OOIOO,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Sight & Sound,
Lou Reed,
Alice Coltrane,
Michelle Simonal,
Guru Guru,
Soft Machine,
Sun City Girls,
Steve Hackett,
Ultra Naté,
Roxy Music,
U.S. Maple,
Babytalk,
Camberwell Now,
Black Pus,
The Gap Band,
X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex.
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.