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 Monaco and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Wings to the grime 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim. All the underground hits.
All Yaz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eden Ahbez 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Slits record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Monochrome Set,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Pere Ubu,
The Standells,
UT,
Derrick Morgan,
Fatback Band,
Gang Starr,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
the Germs,
Chris Corsano,
Drive Like Jehu,
Bob Dylan,
AZ,
Underground Resistance,
Tropical Tobacco,
Rekid,
Kaleidoscope,
One Last Wish,
Lebanon Hanover,
Roger Hodgson,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Zapp,
X-101,
The Kinks,
Public Enemy,
Ralphi Rosario,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Fortunes,
Lalo Schifrin,
Warren Ellis,
The Moleskins,
Lungfish,
Bootsy Collins,
Rotary Connection,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Litter,
World's Most,
Newcleus,
Rosa Yemen,
Angry Samoans,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Pierre Henry,
Howard Jones,
Hardrive,
Reagan Youth,
Make Up,
Soul II Soul,
Lyres,
Von Mondo,
Audionom,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Star Department,
Tom Boy,
The Birthday Party,
Darondo,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Matthew Halsall,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Beau Brummels, The Beau Brummels, The Beau Brummels, The Beau Brummels.
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.