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 Korea North and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
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 UT to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Desert Stars. All the underground hits.
All Sonic Youth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sixth Finger record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Saccharine Trust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stereo Dub,
Todd Rundgren,
Danielle Patucci,
Icehouse,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sun City Girls,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Japan,
Alison Limerick,
The Residents,
the Association,
Kerri Chandler,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sun Ra,
the Human League,
Flipper,
Michelle Simonal,
Eric Copeland,
Motorama,
Goldenarms,
John Coltrane,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Seeds,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Wire,
Janne Schatter,
Audionom,
Shoche,
The Kinks,
Sonic Youth,
Toni Rubio,
The Cowsills,
UT,
Y Pants,
Steve Hackett,
MC5,
Blake Baxter,
Panda Bear,
The Blackbyrds,
Los Fastidios,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
New York Dolls,
Erykah Badu,
The Raincoats,
Shuggie Otis,
Radiohead,
Joyce Sims,
Gichy Dan,
Alphaville,
the Fania All-Stars,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
New Order,
MDC,
The Monochrome Set,
The Index,
The Slackers,
Bootsy Collins,
The Cure,
Bobby Sherman,
the Sonics,
Boz Scaggs,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Blues Magoos,
The Fortunes,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.