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 Cyprus and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra to the rock 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 Nick Fraelich. All the underground hits.
All The Star Department tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marcia Griffiths record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kaleidoscope,
The Zeros,
Agent Orange,
Babytalk,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Mantronix,
Alton Ellis,
Nils Olav,
Crispian St. Peters,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Fugs,
Buzzcocks,
Main Source,
The Blackbyrds,
Ohio Players,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Robert Hood,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Offenders,
Peter and Kerry,
Sexual Harrassment,
Grey Daturas,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Drive Like Jehu,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Johnny Clarke,
Television,
Silicon Teens,
Lakeside,
Lalo Schifrin,
Piero Umiliani,
Angry Samoans,
Simply Red,
Motorama,
Flipper,
Delta 5,
Bad Manners,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Flesh Eaters,
Visage,
Marmalade,
cv313,
Todd Rundgren,
The Monks,
Wasted Youth,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Kinks,
Skaos,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Carl Craig,
kango's stein massive,
Goldenarms,
Gang of Four,
The Detroit Cobras,
Pantytec,
Bang On A Can,
Thompson Twins,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Fuzztones,
Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers.
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.