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 Tajikistan and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
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 X-101 to the punk 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 Aural Exciters. All the underground hits.
All The Happenings tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rotary Connection record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nation of Ulysses record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Traffic Nightmare,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Marshall Jefferson,
Bill Wells,
Cameo,
Iggy Pop,
Roxy Music,
The Misunderstood,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Scan 7,
Mission of Burma,
Brothers Johnson,
Saccharine Trust,
Panda Bear,
Fatback Band,
Graham Central Station,
Simply Red,
The Cramps,
The Knickerbockers,
Youth Brigade,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Cluster,
The Trojans,
The Real Kids,
Faraquet,
Matthew Halsall,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Half Japanese,
Peter & Gordon,
Chris Corsano,
The Divine Comedy,
K-Klass,
The Index,
Tom Boy,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Technova,
Joy Division,
Sällskapet,
The Move,
Black Sheep,
Buzzcocks,
Steve Hackett,
The Leaves,
New Age Steppers,
Animal Collective,
Deadbeat,
Sister Nancy,
Fad Gadget,
Smog,
Kurtis Blow,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Marmalade,
David McCallum,
Dennis Brown,
Terry Callier,
Kenny Larkin,
The American Breed,
Index,
The Birthday Party,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis.
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.