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 Bhutan and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Buckinghams to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Wasted Youth. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Pop Group 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glenn Branca 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 Star Department,
Newcleus,
Joey Negro,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Amon Düül,
Ten City,
Deakin,
Al Stewart,
The Walker Brothers,
Buzzcocks,
Gang Starr,
Hashim,
Scott Walker,
Masters at Work,
Mantronix,
Siglo XX,
The Tremeloes,
Roxy Music,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
New York Dolls,
Metal Thangz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
EPMD,
Unrelated Segments,
Depeche Mode,
Ice-T,
Peter & Gordon,
A Certain Ratio,
Terry Callier,
Eric B and Rakim,
Amazonics,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
JFA,
The Grass Roots,
Delta 5,
Neil Young,
The Associates,
Cymande,
Bronski Beat,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
FM Einheit,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Eurythmics,
Flash Fearless,
Motorama,
Pierre Henry,
Soul II Soul,
Eve St. Jones,
Lakeside,
Yaz,
The Five Americans,
X-102,
The Barracudas,
The Beau Brummels,
Dawn Penn,
cv313,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Black Dice,
PIL,
The Victims,
Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith.
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.