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 Nauru and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Dave Gahan to the rap 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 Dead Boys. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scratch Acid record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bizarre Inc. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
OOIOO,
Don Cherry,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Main Source,
The Stooges,
Wire,
T. Rex,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Gichy Dan,
Amon Düül II,
Nirvana,
The Cowsills,
Donny Hathaway,
Lucky Dragons,
the Soft Cell,
Lou Christie,
Iggy Pop,
Panda Bear,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Vogues,
Letta Mbulu,
The Cramps,
LL Cool J,
Roger Hodgson,
Audionom,
David Bowie,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Grass Roots,
Gang Green,
Byron Stingily,
The Searchers,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Vainqueur,
Lou Reed,
Carl Craig,
Roxette,
Moss Icon,
10cc,
Aswad,
Chris & Cosey,
Procol Harum,
The Neon Judgement,
B.T. Express,
Drive Like Jehu,
Eve St. Jones,
The Offenders,
Derrick Morgan,
The Misunderstood,
Flamin' Groovies,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Faraquet,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Funkadelic,
Pharoah Sanders,
Kaleidoscope,
Radiopuhelimet,
Fatback Band,
kango's stein massive,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Trojans,
Jimmy McGriff,
AZ, AZ, AZ, AZ.
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.