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 Mali and from Copenhagen.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 New Christs to the punk 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 The Monochrome Set. All the underground hits.
All Ten City tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Negative Approach record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Newcleus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Guru Guru,
The Fugs,
Ohio Players,
Cluster,
T.S.O.L.,
Scion,
Stockholm Monsters,
Neil Young,
the Slits,
Soul Sonic Force,
Brass Construction,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
David Bowie,
Fat Boys,
Siglo XX,
Ronan,
Technova,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Mr. Review,
Fad Gadget,
The Fall,
Aaron Thompson,
Parry Music,
Wings,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Angels of Light,
Qualms,
Liliput,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Smiths,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Tears for Fears,
U.S. Maple,
Eddi Front,
Flamin' Groovies,
Agent Orange,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Carl Craig,
Quadrant,
Connie Case,
The Five Americans,
OOIOO,
The Fire Engines,
kango's stein massive,
Graham Central Station,
Slick Rick,
Kaleidoscope,
Sam Rivers,
Crooked Eye,
UT,
The Saints,
Loose Ends,
Little Man,
Scratch Acid,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Althea and Donna,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Brick,
Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale.
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.