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 Johannesburg.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 snare 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 Dawn Penn to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Mars. All the underground hits.
All the Germs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Isaac Hayes 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delta 5,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Simply Red,
Erykah Badu,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gregory Isaacs,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Motorama,
The New Christs,
Darondo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Smog,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Chris Corsano,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Brand Nubian,
Matthew Halsall,
Funkadelic,
The Durutti Column,
T. Rex,
Jesper Dahlback,
Y Pants,
Boz Scaggs,
Silicon Teens,
Mr. Review,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Schoolly D,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Electric Prunes,
Stetsasonic,
L. Decosne,
Chrome,
Quantec,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Radiohead,
Nils Olav,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Moleskins,
Excepter,
Television,
Hardrive,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Liliput,
Yaz,
Ornette Coleman,
The Searchers,
Scott Walker,
Lucky Dragons,
LL Cool J,
Funky Four + One,
Monolake,
Bad Manners,
Agent Orange,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Neu!,
Michelle Simonal,
Boogie Down Productions,
Theoretical Girls,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Stereo Dub,
Mantronix,
Black Pus, Black Pus, Black Pus, Black Pus.
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.