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 Tunisia and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the theremin 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 Vogues to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. All the underground hits.
All The Angels of Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lower 48 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fortunes,
The Durutti Column,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Gun Club,
Groovy Waters,
Michelle Simonal,
Television,
Nas,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Jacques Brel,
The Raincoats,
It's A Beautiful Day,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jesper Dahlback,
Curtis Mayfield,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Hardrive,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Dead C,
Absolute Body Control,
Suicide,
Nils Olav,
X-Ray Spex,
Matthew Halsall,
Crash Course in Science,
Aloha Tigers,
Minor Threat,
The Trojans,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Man Parrish,
The Grass Roots,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Guru Guru,
Nico,
Sandy B,
Desert Stars,
Moss Icon,
Goldenarms,
Adolescents,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Interpol,
The Moody Blues,
Howard Jones,
The Kinks,
Black Sheep,
the Slits,
Main Source,
Throbbing Gristle,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Clear Light,
Funky Four + One,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Von Mondo,
Little Man,
Johnny Clarke,
Nick Fraelich,
Joensuu 1685,
Rufus Thomas,
The Fugs,
Ohio Players,
F. McDonald,
Chrome,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band.
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.