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 Slovakia and from Shanghai.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Fatback Band to the crunk 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 Jawbox. All the underground hits.
All Mars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra Arkestra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a clarinet 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 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Au Pairs,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
World's Most,
Darondo,
Warren Ellis,
The Standells,
The Fugs,
Derrick May,
June Days,
Skarface,
New Order,
New York Dolls,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Minny Pops,
Scott Walker,
The Slackers,
Connie Case,
The Saints,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Guru Guru,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Star Department,
Grandmaster Flash,
Marc Almond,
DJ Style,
cv313,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Audionom,
Parry Music,
Carl Craig,
Black Sheep,
Television Personalities,
One Last Wish,
The Evens,
Rotary Connection,
Babytalk,
the Slits,
Gregory Isaacs,
Idris Muhammad,
Barrington Levy,
The Last Poets,
Henry Cow,
Isaac Hayes,
Terrestrial Tones,
Sly & The Family Stone,
the Swans,
Soft Machine,
Slick Rick,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Rites of Spring,
Sonny Sharrock,
Make Up,
Lou Christie,
Chris Corsano,
Spoonie Gee,
Sällskapet,
the Germs,
The Gladiators,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley.
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.