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 Uganda and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Charles Mingus to the funk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Roxette. All the underground hits.
All Neil Young tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Technova 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Newcleus 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?
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ken Boothe,
The Mummies,
Guru Guru,
Darondo,
Andrew Hill,
The Gladiators,
Idris Muhammad,
Bizarre Inc.,
Davy DMX,
In Retrospect,
The Standells,
Dawn Penn,
The Trojans,
Josef K,
The Birthday Party,
the Human League,
Make Up,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Tim Buckley,
Chris & Cosey,
The Smoke,
The Fuzztones,
The Gories,
Mo-Dettes,
The Doors,
Jawbox,
a-ha,
KRS-One,
Derrick Morgan,
Surgeon,
The Red Krayola,
Fatback Band,
The Flesh Eaters,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jandek,
Camberwell Now,
Girls At Our Best!,
Au Pairs,
Ice-T,
Skaos,
John Holt,
New York Dolls,
DJ Style,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
One Last Wish,
Rotary Connection,
Matthew Halsall,
The Skatalites,
The Saints,
Gong,
The Barracudas,
DNA,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Spoonie Gee,
Leonard Cohen,
The Residents,
Monks,
The Blues Magoos,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.