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 Estonia and from Glasgow.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 The American Breed to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Oneida. All the underground hits.
All The Busters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Selector Dub Narcotic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Quadrant,
June Days,
Quantec,
New Age Steppers,
Audionom,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Soul II Soul,
Cybotron,
Aswad,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lightning Bolt,
CMW,
The Cramps,
Rhythm & Sound,
Average White Band,
Au Pairs,
Nation of Ulysses,
X-102,
Basic Channel,
Unrelated Segments,
The Index,
Sarah Menescal,
Dead Boys,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
R.M.O.,
Jacques Brel,
Derrick May,
Sugar Minott,
T.S.O.L.,
Sound Behaviour,
Model 500,
One Last Wish,
Banda Bassotti,
Lebanon Hanover,
Wally Richardson,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Soft Machine,
Lungfish,
Q65,
The Techniques,
Goldenarms,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Bauhaus,
Vainqueur,
Nick Fraelich,
Joensuu 1685,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Dual Sessions,
Slave,
K-Klass,
Aural Exciters,
Country Joe & The Fish,
a-ha,
Bronski Beat,
Bobby Sherman,
Grauzone,
Jawbox,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Soulsonic Force,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.