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 Luxembourg and from Mumbai.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Hasil Adkins to the disco 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 Rufus Thomas. All the underground hits.
All The Move tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Television record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Modern Lovers,
Robert Hood,
Johnny Clarke,
Dennis Brown,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Last Poets,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Searchers,
Bobby Womack,
Albert Ayler,
Bush Tetras,
Loose Ends,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Amon Düül II,
the Association,
Public Image Ltd.,
Cameo,
Mad Mike,
Gabor Szabo,
Faraquet,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Derrick May,
Unrelated Segments,
Half Japanese,
Roger Hodgson,
Pantytec,
Pole,
Stereo Dub,
The Remains,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Ten City,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Deakin,
Sam Rivers,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
June Days,
Animal Collective,
Royal Trux,
Eve St. Jones,
Eric B and Rakim,
Delon & Dalcan,
Monolake,
The Kinks,
The Dave Clark Five,
Alison Limerick,
The Mojo Men,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Severed Heads,
Bizarre Inc.,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Gap Band,
Ultimate Spinach,
AZ,
Darondo,
Lou Christie,
Susan Cadogan,
Soulsonic Force,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Bauhaus,
Rotary Connection,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
John Holt,
Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance.
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.