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 Liechtenstein and from Hong Kong.
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 1965 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 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 Larry & the Blue Notes to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Can. All the underground hits.
All The Busters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Osbourne 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Throbbing Gristle 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?
Pet Shop Boys,
Niagra,
The Doors,
Lungfish,
Crispian St. Peters,
Dual Sessions,
Robert Görl,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Cal Tjader,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Alton Ellis,
Peter and Kerry,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Chrome,
Bluetip,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Cowsills,
The Gladiators,
Stiv Bators,
Sparks,
Nils Olav,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Kevin Saunderson,
Mandrill,
Boredoms,
Robert Hood,
The J.B.'s,
Chris Corsano,
Television Personalities,
DJ Sneak,
John Lydon,
T.S.O.L.,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Bill Near,
Johnny Clarke,
Delta 5,
The Techniques,
Schoolly D,
The Fugs,
Hot Snakes,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Golliwogs,
Agitation Free,
Japan,
Black Pus,
Skaos,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Wings,
Cheater Slicks,
The Martian,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Reuben Wilson,
the Fania All-Stars,
Rosa Yemen,
The Buckinghams,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Minnie Riperton,
Sonic Youth,
Lakeside,
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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.