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 Tunisia and from Hong Kong.
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 Toronto and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 Glambeats Corp. to the crunk 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 Tim Buckley. All the underground hits.
All Sugar Minott tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Godley & Creme 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lakeside record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jawbox,
Technova,
Sarah Menescal,
Robert Wyatt,
Letta Mbulu,
Byron Stingily,
Peter & Gordon,
Absolute Body Control,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Joy Division,
The Mummies,
Girls At Our Best!,
Laurel Aitken,
Eden Ahbez,
Joe Smooth,
Pagans,
Alphaville,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Fugs,
La Düsseldorf,
The Invisible,
Ludus,
Depeche Mode,
Cybotron,
Country Teasers,
Trumans Water,
Morten Harket,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kaleidoscope,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
the Sonics,
Half Japanese,
Buzzcocks,
Make Up,
Spoonie Gee,
The Music Machine,
Cymande,
Nation of Ulysses,
The New Christs,
Minny Pops,
Ornette Coleman,
Fad Gadget,
Pet Shop Boys,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Eve St. Jones,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Judy Mowatt,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Lebanon Hanover,
Silicon Teens,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Fela Kuti,
Darondo,
Isaac Hayes,
Whodini,
The Pop Group,
Warren Ellis,
Spandau Ballet,
Motorama,
Parry Music,
The Golliwogs,
Faust, Faust, Faust, Faust.
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.