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 Bhutan and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 Tom Verlaine 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 Joey Negro to the rap kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Oblivians. All the underground hits.
All The Barracudas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marine Girls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Moody Blues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Shuggie Otis,
The Gories,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Second Layer,
Rapeman,
The Gun Club,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lucky Dragons,
The Offenders,
cv313,
Wally Richardson,
T. Rex,
Chris & Cosey,
Rakim,
ABBA,
The Toasters,
Arcadia,
KRS-One,
The Standells,
Chris Corsano,
Lou Christie,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Brick,
Kerri Chandler,
The Human League,
Juan Atkins,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Tres Demented,
Porter Ricks,
Gil Scott Heron,
Desert Stars,
Jeff Lynne,
Roger Hodgson,
The Young Rascals,
Jacob Miller,
Con Funk Shun,
Bobby Womack,
MC5,
the Normal,
Delta 5,
Crime,
Fugazi,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Barracudas,
Stetsasonic,
Oneida,
The Flesh Eaters,
Kayak,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Detroit Cobras,
Erasure,
World's Most,
Byron Stingily,
Ice-T,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Duran Duran,
Pierre Henry,
The Seeds,
Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio.
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.