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 Sweden and from Lille.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the guitar 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 Agent Orange to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Minutemen. All the underground hits.
All E-Dancer tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Matthew Bourne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joensuu 1685,
Lucky Dragons,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Oblivians,
Delon & Dalcan,
Guru Guru,
Pierre Henry,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Rekid,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Malaria!,
Zero Boys,
Matthew Bourne,
Tears for Fears,
Lindisfarne,
Infiniti,
Crash Course in Science,
Cybotron,
Black Pus,
Althea and Donna,
Ponytail,
Rhythm & Sound,
Tim Buckley,
Danielle Patucci,
Peter and Kerry,
The Mummies,
Man Eating Sloth,
Country Teasers,
Cal Tjader,
Masters at Work,
Television,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Radio Birdman,
Fad Gadget,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Colin Newman,
Make Up,
The Evens,
Main Source,
Spandau Ballet,
The Slits,
Kerrie Biddell,
Das Ding,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Jandek,
kango's stein massive,
Johnny Osbourne,
DNA,
Circle Jerks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Marine Girls,
Surgeon,
The Skatalites,
Barry Ungar,
Livin' Joy,
The Offenders,
Marcia Griffiths,
Barclay James Harvest,
Suburban Knight,
Excepter,
Pole,
Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket.
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.