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 Pakistan and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Cymande to the rap 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 Terror Squad Feat. Camron. All the underground hits.
All Terror Squad Feat. Camron tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ornette Coleman,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Supertramp,
John Holt,
Das Ding,
Dead Boys,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
EPMD,
Ken Boothe,
Niagra,
Newcleus,
Traffic Nightmare,
Toni Rubio,
LL Cool J,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Radiohead,
Donald Byrd,
Soulsonic Force,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Joey Negro,
Warren Ellis,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Judy Mowatt,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ponytail,
The Kinks,
Jawbox,
Mr. Review,
Black Flag,
Barrington Levy,
Nico,
Cal Tjader,
Chris & Cosey,
Nation of Ulysses,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Deadbeat,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Gang Gang Dance,
the Fania All-Stars,
Pussy Galore,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Monks,
Donny Hathaway,
Idris Muhammad,
Metal Thangz,
Agitation Free,
The Wake,
Morten Harket,
the Germs,
Alton Ellis,
La Düsseldorf,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Funky Four + One,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Dirtbombs,
The Divine Comedy,
Jandek,
Nils Olav,
Parry Music,
Agent Orange,
The Index,
Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis.
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.