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 Honduras and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar 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 The Residents to the electroclash 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish. All the underground hits.
All Schoolly D tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bootsy Collins 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Susan Cadogan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Prunes,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Seeds,
CMW,
Max Romeo,
KRS-One,
Derrick Morgan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Royal Trux,
The Young Rascals,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Susan Cadogan,
Hardrive,
Michelle Simonal,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Darondo,
Ronnie Foster,
Intrusion,
Livin' Joy,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Hasil Adkins,
Godley & Creme,
Scratch Acid,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kool Moe Dee,
Radiopuhelimet,
T. Rex,
Ten City,
Fatback Band,
Jesper Dahlback,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Fortunes,
The Leaves,
48th St. Collective,
Gang Starr,
Banda Bassotti,
Dennis Brown,
Siglo XX,
Cecil Taylor,
Q65,
Iggy Pop,
Blancmange,
Angry Samoans,
Zapp,
Archie Shepp,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Eddi Front,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Parry Music,
Duran Duran,
Fad Gadget,
The Five Americans,
Connie Case,
Barry Ungar,
Depeche Mode,
Traffic Nightmare,
UT,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.