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 Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide 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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Accra.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the marimba 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 Inner City to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Oblivians. All the underground hits.
All The Index tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Invisible record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a In Retrospect record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
UT,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
ABBA,
The Invisible,
Franke,
Soul Sonic Force,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Barrington Levy,
Fat Boys,
Absolute Body Control,
Zero Boys,
Bluetip,
Harpers Bizarre,
Panda Bear,
The Cure,
DJ Sneak,
The Flesh Eaters,
Godley & Creme,
Masters at Work,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
New York Dolls,
Bronski Beat,
Matthew Halsall,
PIL,
Qualms,
Dual Sessions,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Curtis Mayfield,
Los Fastidios,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Aswad,
ABC,
Jeru the Damaja,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Kurtis Blow,
The Offenders,
The Neon Judgement,
Minnie Riperton,
The Young Rascals,
The Count Five,
Big Daddy Kane,
The Divine Comedy,
Yellowson,
Dorothy Ashby,
Animal Collective,
Stetsasonic,
Ralphi Rosario,
the Swans,
Alison Limerick,
Adolescents,
B.T. Express,
The Cramps,
The Wake,
This Heat,
The Buckinghams,
Nation of Ulysses,
Gang Starr,
Faraquet,
Hasil Adkins,
Moebius,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.