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 Switzerland and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Quadrant to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Reuben Wilson. All the underground hits.
All The Evens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neu! 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boredoms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Accadde A,
Eric Copeland,
Severed Heads,
Boogie Down Productions,
Brass Construction,
Pylon,
Animal Collective,
Talk Talk,
Rekid,
Lalann,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Quadrant,
Nick Fraelich,
Scratch Acid,
The Victims,
Duran Duran,
Deepchord,
New Order,
Can,
Black Moon,
KRS-One,
Wasted Youth,
Minnie Riperton,
Radiohead,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Yazoo,
Unrelated Segments,
Metal Thangz,
The Blackbyrds,
The Doors,
Tropical Tobacco,
Flamin' Groovies,
Harpers Bizarre,
Angry Samoans,
Sarah Menescal,
The Zeros,
The Slackers,
Jesper Dahlback,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Fad Gadget,
Darondo,
Curtis Mayfield,
Oneida,
Mr. Review,
10cc,
MC5,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kaleidoscope,
Roxette,
Amon Düül II,
Dead Boys,
Bill Wells,
June of 44,
The Smiths,
Bill Near,
The Standells,
Deadbeat,
The Birthday Party,
Patti Smith,
Organ,
Television Personalities,
Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp..
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.