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 Paraguay and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 Beasts of Bourbon to the rap kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Lucky Dragons. All the underground hits.
All Judy Mowatt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marmalade 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stiv Bators record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Offenders,
Mantronix,
Niagra,
The Residents,
The Birthday Party,
Circle Jerks,
The Divine Comedy,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Television Personalities,
Tres Demented,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Grey Daturas,
Ossler,
Aswad,
Michelle Simonal,
Flamin' Groovies,
Livin' Joy,
Joe Smooth,
Soul II Soul,
The Sound,
Jerry's Kids,
Aural Exciters,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Sister Nancy,
Derrick Morgan,
The Mojo Men,
Alice Coltrane,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Smog,
FM Einheit,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Roger Hodgson,
The Neon Judgement,
Kenny Larkin,
Bobbi Humphrey,
8 Eyed Spy,
David Bowie,
Bootsy Collins,
The Slits,
Howard Jones,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
MC5,
Jacob Miller,
The Music Machine,
Porter Ricks,
Lee Hazlewood,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
This Heat,
The Fire Engines,
Bauhaus,
One Last Wish,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Silicon Teens,
DJ Sneak,
Shoche,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.