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 Qatar and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Manila.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the guitar 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 Ultimate Spinach to the disco 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 The Doors. All the underground hits.
All Buzzcocks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The American Breed 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Suburban Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Godley & Creme,
Glambeats Corp.,
Tres Demented,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Seeds,
Sixth Finger,
The Motions,
The Blues Magoos,
Thee Headcoats,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Suicide,
The Birthday Party,
Soulsonic Force,
Marmalade,
Amon Düül,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Michelle Simonal,
The Vogues,
cv313,
The Durutti Column,
OOIOO,
Brass Construction,
Blancmange,
Colin Newman,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Talk Talk,
Young Marble Giants,
Neu!,
Faust,
The Golliwogs,
Agitation Free,
Steve Hackett,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Popol Vuh,
Jacques Brel,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Saccharine Trust,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Second Layer,
The Residents,
Radiopuhelimet,
Blossom Toes,
The Music Machine,
Pet Shop Boys,
Mo-Dettes,
Kas Product,
John Coltrane,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Essential Logic,
Cymande,
Motorama,
Dual Sessions,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Fugazi,
Nik Kershaw,
Aural Exciters,
Lightning Bolt,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Alphaville,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.