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 Cuba and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Jesper Dahlback to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Brass Construction. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tommy Roe record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Davy DMX,
Terrestrial Tones,
Blancmange,
Moebius,
The Cure,
Moby Grape,
Albert Ayler,
Ohio Players,
Zero Boys,
Maurizio,
Au Pairs,
Jimmy McGriff,
Parry Music,
Tres Demented,
Brass Construction,
Idris Muhammad,
Jawbox,
Warren Ellis,
Scientists,
Gang of Four,
JFA,
Public Image Ltd.,
In Retrospect,
Yusef Lateef,
The Litter,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Jerry's Kids,
Jeff Mills,
Charles Mingus,
Colin Newman,
Average White Band,
The Happenings,
Agitation Free,
The Techniques,
Neil Young,
The Index,
Ultra Naté,
Ronnie Foster,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Moody Blues,
The Last Poets,
Matthew Halsall,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Cluster,
Godley & Creme,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Sam Rivers,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Terry Callier,
The Standells,
Circle Jerks,
Wings,
Erykah Badu,
Joensuu 1685,
Sex Pistols,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Scott Walker,
The American Breed,
One Last Wish,
Rotary Connection,
Chris Corsano,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway.
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.