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 Swaziland and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Sao Paulo.
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 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 DeepChord presents Echospace to the funk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Fatback Band. All the underground hits.
All Loose Ends tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skriet 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nick Fraelich,
Porter Ricks,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Josef K,
Essential Logic,
Intrusion,
Sam Rivers,
Brass Construction,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Skriet,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Laurel Aitken,
Michelle Simonal,
The Vogues,
Albert Ayler,
Animal Collective,
Kerrie Biddell,
Guru Guru,
Fad Gadget,
Isaac Hayes,
Graham Central Station,
The Saints,
Vainqueur,
Soft Machine,
Camberwell Now,
Aloha Tigers,
Jeff Mills,
Lindisfarne,
Thompson Twins,
Shoche,
Lalann,
Glenn Branca,
Stetsasonic,
Minor Threat,
Joey Negro,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Scratch Acid,
Sonic Youth,
Jeru the Damaja,
the Fania All-Stars,
Nas,
the Association,
Qualms,
Black Bananas,
Ten City,
Nico,
The Gap Band,
Hoover,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Colin Newman,
The Doors,
Arab on Radar,
Mo-Dettes,
Cymande,
Delta 5,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet.
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.