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 Rwanda and from Glasgow.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Dennis Brown to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Q65. All the underground hits.
All the Normal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Lynne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jawbox record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
Blossom Toes,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gastr Del Sol,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Martian,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Thompson Twins,
Patti Smith,
Cecil Taylor,
Minor Threat,
Matthew Halsall,
The Tremeloes,
The Birthday Party,
Kenny Larkin,
Andrew Hill,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Bizarre Inc.,
Whodini,
Bobby Sherman,
Intrusion,
Peter and Kerry,
John Lydon,
Panda Bear,
10cc,
Rod Modell,
Average White Band,
Bob Dylan,
It's A Beautiful Day,
David McCallum,
The Doobie Brothers,
Colin Newman,
Liliput,
Fugazi,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Tubeway Army,
Moebius,
Jacob Miller,
Henry Cow,
Jandek,
Audionom,
Alphaville,
Crooked Eye,
Zero Boys,
Flipper,
Juan Atkins,
John Foxx,
The Saints,
Lebanon Hanover,
Radiohead,
Vainqueur,
The Barracudas,
Make Up,
Funkadelic,
A Certain Ratio,
Dual Sessions,
Harpers Bizarre,
L. Decosne,
Hashim,
Sixth Finger,
Ornette Coleman,
The Victims,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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.