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 Cuba 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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 spring reverb 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 The Red Krayola to the punk 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 Patti Smith. All the underground hits.
All Kool Moe Dee tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Motions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bob Dylan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sunsets and Hearts,
Tomorrow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Eric B and Rakim,
Easy Going,
Chris Corsano,
Camberwell Now,
Public Enemy,
Pere Ubu,
Eric Copeland,
Circle Jerks,
The Leaves,
Gang Starr,
Cymande,
Echospace,
A Certain Ratio,
Ornette Coleman,
Rekid,
The Saints,
Davy DMX,
T. Rex,
This Heat,
Metal Thangz,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Clear Light,
Brass Construction,
The Trojans,
Susan Cadogan,
Aaron Thompson,
The Zeros,
The Victims,
Wire,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Chris & Cosey,
Radiopuhelimet,
DJ Sneak,
Scan 7,
Curtis Mayfield,
Nik Kershaw,
The Moody Blues,
U.S. Maple,
Stockholm Monsters,
Heaven 17,
Throbbing Gristle,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Alton Ellis,
Erasure,
Sight & Sound,
Deakin,
Mary Jane Girls,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Buzzcocks,
Skarface,
Wings,
Y Pants,
Nirvana,
Rufus Thomas,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Bob Dylan,
Cal Tjader, Cal Tjader, Cal Tjader, Cal Tjader.
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.