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 Israel and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 theremin 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 Ultramagnetic MC's to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Scientists. All the underground hits.
All Davy DMX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eurythmics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun City Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
T. Rex,
Yazoo,
U.S. Maple,
Joe Finger,
David McCallum,
H. Thieme,
Public Enemy,
Vainqueur,
Kenny Larkin,
UT,
Colin Newman,
Aaron Thompson,
Ten City,
Piero Umiliani,
A Certain Ratio,
The Sonics,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Stiv Bators,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Brothers Johnson,
Bill Near,
Ludus,
Sandy B,
Average White Band,
Brand Nubian,
Eve St. Jones,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Guru Guru,
E-Dancer,
The Five Americans,
Severed Heads,
Vladislav Delay,
Patti Smith,
Absolute Body Control,
Roy Ayers,
Erykah Badu,
10cc,
The Names,
Ituana,
Lyres,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
John Holt,
Section 25,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
LL Cool J,
Roxette,
Radio Birdman,
Frankie Knuckles,
Kaleidoscope,
Peter & Gordon,
Warsaw,
Interpol,
Davy DMX,
Pole,
48th St. Collective,
Jimmy McGriff,
Boogie Down Productions,
Kevin Saunderson,
ABC,
Black Bananas,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.