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 Belarus and from Mexico City.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 mellotron 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 Minnie Riperton to the grunge 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 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson. All the underground hits.
All The Moleskins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Blues Magoos 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June Days record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Red Krayola,
Barbara Tucker,
Soft Cell,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Gabor Szabo,
Symarip,
Arcadia,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Neon Judgement,
Scientists,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Kerrie Biddell,
Junior Murvin,
The Sonics,
Barrington Levy,
Country Teasers,
Lee Hazlewood,
Mantronix,
Bang On A Can,
Juan Atkins,
The Detroit Cobras,
Dark Day,
Jacques Brel,
The Fall,
Bad Manners,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Kayak,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Dave Clark Five,
Andrew Hill,
Eric Copeland,
Tom Boy,
Drive Like Jehu,
Dave Gahan,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Suburban Knight,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Deepchord,
Marvin Gaye,
Oneida,
the Sonics,
Connie Case,
The American Breed,
Jeff Mills,
Urselle,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Steve Hackett,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Bluetip,
Cecil Taylor,
Amon Düül,
Bobby Sherman,
The Invisible,
The Monochrome Set,
Delta 5,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Terrestrial Tones,
Morten Harket,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.