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 Finland and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Hardrive to the punk 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 MC5. All the underground hits.
All Jawbox tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Saints 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 chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alison Limerick,
John Lydon,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
La Düsseldorf,
Loose Ends,
Deakin,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Drive Like Jehu,
Soulsonic Force,
Janne Schatter,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
New Order,
Agent Orange,
Jerry's Kids,
The Knickerbockers,
Pussy Galore,
Bob Dylan,
Harry Pussy,
Ponytail,
L. Decosne,
Mars,
Delon & Dalcan,
Curtis Mayfield,
Piero Umiliani,
Rosa Yemen,
The Smoke,
Bootsy Collins,
Tres Demented,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Human League,
The Standells,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Gories,
Mandrill,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ultravox,
The Fuzztones,
The Star Department,
The Fortunes,
UT,
June Days,
Robert Hood,
Stiv Bators,
Aaron Thompson,
Soul Sonic Force,
Basic Channel,
Radiohead,
Sun Ra,
Marine Girls,
DJ Style,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Monks,
Audionom,
Graham Central Station,
Soft Machine,
Swans,
Urselle,
Easy Going,
T. Rex,
T.S.O.L.,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
PIL, PIL, PIL, PIL.
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.