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 Malaysia and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 synthesizer 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 Joe Smooth to the rap kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Kango’s Stein Massive. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a 48th St. Collective record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Youth Brigade,
The Remains,
Ten City,
ABBA,
Jeru the Damaja,
Hashim,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
CMW,
Au Pairs,
Ituana,
The Blackbyrds,
Bizarre Inc.,
Radiopuhelimet,
Anakelly,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Real Kids,
Rakim,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fortunes,
Joy Division,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Red Krayola,
Darondo,
Vladislav Delay,
Infiniti,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Count Five,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Matthew Bourne,
The Monks,
Popol Vuh,
Susan Cadogan,
Bauhaus,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Joey Negro,
ABC,
Agitation Free,
The Knickerbockers,
Brand Nubian,
Big Daddy Kane,
Groovy Waters,
Patti Smith,
Cecil Taylor,
Flash Fearless,
Black Flag,
Jesper Dahlback,
Warsaw,
Dorothy Ashby,
Minnie Riperton,
Moby Grape,
Dawn Penn,
David McCallum,
John Cale,
Bobby Byrd,
Gang Starr,
The Buckinghams,
the Fania All-Stars,
Danielle Patucci,
Trumans Water,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ornette Coleman,
The Kinks,
Los Fastidios,
Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal.
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.