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 Singapore and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 marimba 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 Johnny Clarke to the rock 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 Neu!. All the underground hits.
All Trumans Water tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Names 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rufus Thomas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Count Five,
Zero Boys,
Harmonia,
Au Pairs,
Camberwell Now,
Soft Machine,
Q and Not U,
Qualms,
Model 500,
Ronan,
Minnie Riperton,
The Gladiators,
Lee Hazlewood,
Masters at Work,
Hardrive,
Jerry's Kids,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Doors,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Motorama,
John Cale,
Tomorrow,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Fire Engines,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Lucky Dragons,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Excepter,
Erykah Badu,
The Skatalites,
Pantaleimon,
Jeff Lynne,
Tom Boy,
Dave Gahan,
Smog,
The Residents,
The Fuzztones,
Unwound,
Laurel Aitken,
The Motions,
Inner City,
Peter & Gordon,
Sight & Sound,
Cluster,
UT,
Khruangbin,
Pierre Henry,
Pole,
Eric Dolphy,
the Human League,
The Mojo Men,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Babytalk,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Pop Group,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Gap Band,
Mantronix,
The Sonics,
The Alarm Clocks,
Matthew Halsall,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale.
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.