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 Venezuela and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Richard Hell and the Voidoids to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Derrick May. All the underground hits.
All Bang on a Can All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ohio Players record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Avey Tare,
The Busters,
John Cale,
Franke,
Bauhaus,
Derrick Morgan,
Desert Stars,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Youth Brigade,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Residents,
Electric Prunes,
Pole,
Soul II Soul,
kango's stein massive,
Chrome,
Danielle Patucci,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eric Dolphy,
Visage,
Jeff Lynne,
The Dirtbombs,
Lindisfarne,
Erasure,
Peter & Gordon,
Rakim,
Moss Icon,
Metal Thangz,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Oneida,
Mission of Burma,
Panda Bear,
Royal Trux,
The Fall,
Peter and Kerry,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Monochrome Set,
Slave,
AZ,
Dorothy Ashby,
Brick,
Bang On A Can,
Rosa Yemen,
The Angels of Light,
Procol Harum,
the Normal,
Bronski Beat,
The Gap Band,
Todd Terry,
The Fire Engines,
Archie Shepp,
June Days,
Anthony Braxton,
Boz Scaggs,
the Fania All-Stars,
Buzzcocks,
Ronnie Foster,
Godley & Creme,
Yellowson,
Inner City,
Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters.
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.