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 Comoros and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the guitar 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 L. Decosne 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 Hardrive. All the underground hits.
All Johnny Clarke tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Vogues record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 clarinet and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlback,
The Durutti Column,
Cameo,
kango's stein massive,
Graham Central Station,
Wolf Eyes,
The Divine Comedy,
Thompson Twins,
Big Daddy Kane,
John Cale,
Reagan Youth,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Monks,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Guru Guru,
Ten City,
H. Thieme,
John Lydon,
Bang On A Can,
Quadrant,
Donny Hathaway,
Nik Kershaw,
Arcadia,
Moss Icon,
June Days,
Mr. Review,
Drexciya,
L. Decosne,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Y Pants,
Loose Ends,
Iggy Pop,
Kerrie Biddell,
Yusef Lateef,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Byron Stingily,
Theoretical Girls,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sixth Finger,
Clear Light,
Metal Thangz,
48th St. Collective,
Davy DMX,
UT,
Lucky Dragons,
The Five Americans,
Stetsasonic,
Brothers Johnson,
Kenny Larkin,
Sarah Menescal,
The Doobie Brothers,
Eve St. Jones,
Flipper,
Ronnie Foster,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Doors,
Stockholm Monsters,
Animal Collective,
E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer.
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.