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 Jordan and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Supertramp to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All John Cale tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every cv313 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mission of Burma,
Panda Bear,
Hashim,
The Angels of Light,
LL Cool J,
Pierre Henry,
Bobby Sherman,
Flamin' Groovies,
Barrington Levy,
Mark Hollis,
Prince Buster,
Country Teasers,
Todd Rundgren,
Procol Harum,
The Techniques,
Scott Walker,
the Sonics,
Public Enemy,
Ultra Naté,
Pere Ubu,
Fela Kuti,
X-Ray Spex,
Erykah Badu,
Schoolly D,
Agent Orange,
Scion,
Slick Rick,
Archie Shepp,
The Raincoats,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Cluster,
The Gap Band,
MC5,
The Velvet Underground,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Tears for Fears,
Peter & Gordon,
Danielle Patucci,
Newcleus,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Yusef Lateef,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Zeros,
cv313,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Busters,
Liliput,
Index,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Standells,
CMW,
The Saints,
Underground Resistance,
Carl Craig,
Marvin Gaye,
Nas,
PIL,
Dawn Penn,
Jeff Mills,
The Neon Judgement,
Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt.
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.