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 Zimbabwe and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Clear Light to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Camberwell Now. All the underground hits.
All Animal Collective tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nico record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 808 and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kayak record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Image Ltd.,
Junior Murvin,
The Real Kids,
Leonard Cohen,
The Fall,
The Five Americans,
Joe Finger,
Talk Talk,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Rakim,
Chris & Cosey,
Drive Like Jehu,
Yazoo,
Unwound,
Ronan,
D'Angelo,
Freddie Wadling,
Robert Görl,
The New Christs,
Joensuu 1685,
Con Funk Shun,
Delon & Dalcan,
Agitation Free,
the Germs,
Delta 5,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sandy B,
Banda Bassotti,
Andrew Hill,
Ituana,
Excepter,
Ken Boothe,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Arthur Verocai,
Lou Reed,
Bill Wells,
Qualms,
Lakeside,
The Detroit Cobras,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
ABBA,
Kurtis Blow,
John Holt,
Soul Sonic Force,
Soft Machine,
Fad Gadget,
Scion,
Bobby Womack,
Cluster,
Symarip,
Bobby Sherman,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Boogie Down Productions,
Scientists,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Blackbyrds,
Camouflage,
Section 25,
Lou Christie,
Jawbox,
Ossler, Ossler, Ossler, Ossler.
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.