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 Fiji and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Dennis Brown to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 LL Cool J. All the underground hits.
All Guru Guru tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marcia Griffiths record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Colin Newman,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Golliwogs,
Oneida,
The Sonics,
Juan Atkins,
Ludus,
Lungfish,
Simply Red,
Donny Hathaway,
Gichy Dan,
Blancmange,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Yaz,
Y Pants,
The Vogues,
Tres Demented,
The Fall,
the Fania All-Stars,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Cure,
Alison Limerick,
Fort Wilson Riot,
One Last Wish,
Pere Ubu,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Modern Lovers,
Dawn Penn,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Janne Schatter,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Crispian St. Peters,
Andrew Hill,
Marvin Gaye,
Spoonie Gee,
Ponytail,
Agent Orange,
Joyce Sims,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Moss Icon,
Jandek,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Skarface,
Dark Day,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Arab on Radar,
David Bowie,
Brand Nubian,
Television,
Glenn Branca,
Kenny Larkin,
Chris Corsano,
The Invisible,
X-102,
The Blackbyrds,
Aloha Tigers,
Piero Umiliani,
Kerri Chandler,
Grauzone,
Nick Fraelich,
Ken Boothe,
Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock.
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.