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 Philippines and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon to the electroclash 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 Davy DMX. All the underground hits.
All The Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tres Demented record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Stiv Bators,
Mad Mike,
Minnie Riperton,
Patti Smith,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
PIL,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Minny Pops,
JFA,
Grandmaster Flash,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Move,
Davy DMX,
The Doobie Brothers,
Robert Görl,
Prince Buster,
Fugazi,
Junior Murvin,
The Barracudas,
Black Moon,
Sight & Sound,
the Swans,
Vainqueur,
Bush Tetras,
The Shadows of Knight,
Danielle Patucci,
Albert Ayler,
Arab on Radar,
CMW,
Goldenarms,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gregory Isaacs,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Toasters,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Barrington Levy,
Mars,
Deakin,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Rekid,
The Blackbyrds,
Boz Scaggs,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Stetsasonic,
Babytalk,
Connie Case,
Al Stewart,
Pet Shop Boys,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soul Sonic Force,
Nation of Ulysses,
Scrapy,
Curtis Mayfield,
Pantaleimon,
Nik Kershaw,
The Misunderstood,
Nick Fraelich,
Peter and Kerry,
Gil Scott Heron,
Kayak,
The Searchers, The Searchers, The Searchers, The Searchers.
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.