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 Zambia and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Gang Green to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Kayak. All the underground hits.
All Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every These Immortal Souls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 sitar and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Toni Rubio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Echospace,
Subhumans,
A Certain Ratio,
AZ,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Funky Four + One,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Marcia Griffiths,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Remains,
Ultravox,
The Gladiators,
The Fugs,
Max Romeo,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Jacob Miller,
New York Dolls,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Supertramp,
In Retrospect,
Jimmy McGriff,
Hardrive,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Marc Almond,
The Moody Blues,
Terrestrial Tones,
Marvin Gaye,
Infiniti,
Basic Channel,
Jandek,
Vladislav Delay,
Lee Hazlewood,
Joey Negro,
Bill Near,
Cal Tjader,
Massinfluence,
The Zeros,
The Index,
Girls At Our Best!,
Pantaleimon,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Spandau Ballet,
Jawbox,
Ralphi Rosario,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Real Kids,
Von Mondo,
the Sonics,
Chris & Cosey,
Chrome,
Scientists,
Swans,
Essential Logic,
Bobby Hutcherson,
8 Eyed Spy,
Moby Grape,
Television Personalities,
Visage,
New Age Steppers,
The Saints,
Saccharine Trust,
Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound.
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.