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 Philippines and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
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 Scion to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Sight & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ice-T 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joey Negro record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gun Club,
kango's stein massive,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Young Rascals,
Terrestrial Tones,
Lightning Bolt,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Zero Boys,
Lyres,
The Monks,
The Modern Lovers,
OOIOO,
Pantytec,
Nirvana,
Adolescents,
Ten City,
Alton Ellis,
Andrew Hill,
Talk Talk,
The Velvet Underground,
Jeru the Damaja,
The American Breed,
The Mojo Men,
Ice-T,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Wake,
The Skatalites,
Barrington Levy,
Barry Ungar,
Roger Hodgson,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
R.M.O.,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Massinfluence,
Girls At Our Best!,
Dual Sessions,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Zeros,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Hashim,
Ultravox,
Inner City,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
One Last Wish,
Buzzcocks,
Kerri Chandler,
Ralphi Rosario,
Flamin' Groovies,
UT,
Parry Music,
The Searchers,
Franke,
Bobby Womack,
Brand Nubian,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Eve St. Jones,
The Busters,
New Order,
Albert Ayler,
Khruangbin,
Jandek,
Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars.
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.