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 Czech Republic and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 The Skatalites to the dance 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 Chrome. All the underground hits.
All Moebius tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jawbox record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 harpsichord and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rod Modell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cameo,
Henry Cow,
Boredoms,
Gabor Szabo,
JFA,
Black Flag,
Fear,
Royal Trux,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Hasil Adkins,
Archie Shepp,
Bill Near,
Kurtis Blow,
Ornette Coleman,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Kevin Saunderson,
Kenny Larkin,
Marmalade,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Idris Muhammad,
Half Japanese,
Crispian St. Peters,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Cybotron,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Selecter,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Absolute Body Control,
Dual Sessions,
Cymande,
Aural Exciters,
The Gories,
Livin' Joy,
Gerry Rafferty,
Infiniti,
Flipper,
The Gun Club,
Mantronix,
Dennis Brown,
Q65,
Country Teasers,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
the Soft Cell,
Interpol,
Jawbox,
Josef K,
The Dave Clark Five,
Crispy Ambulance,
Deakin,
DJ Style,
The Wake,
Derrick Morgan,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Desert Stars,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Gang of Four,
Simply Red,
The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics.
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.