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 Nicaragua and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 Milan and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ 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 One Last Wish to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Public Enemy. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Hutcherson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Funky Four + One record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Lydon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Sisters of Mercy,
Joe Finger,
Delon & Dalcan,
Maurizio,
Half Japanese,
Sonic Youth,
Cal Tjader,
Aural Exciters,
AZ,
Reagan Youth,
Kenny Larkin,
The Sound,
Dual Sessions,
CMW,
Black Moon,
Interpol,
Quando Quango,
Crash Course in Science,
Pagans,
Delta 5,
a-ha,
Stereo Dub,
The Dead C,
Byron Stingily,
Ponytail,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Harry Pussy,
Dark Day,
Ultra Naté,
Jawbox,
X-101,
Magazine,
Nick Fraelich,
The Gap Band,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Laurel Aitken,
The Birthday Party,
Tropical Tobacco,
Jeff Lynne,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Funkadelic,
Michelle Simonal,
The Divine Comedy,
JFA,
X-102,
Ken Boothe,
Iggy Pop,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Kaleidoscope,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Fatback Band,
Cymande,
Scott Walker,
Flash Fearless,
The Happenings,
Pussy Galore,
kango's stein massive,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Neu!,
Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth.
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.