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 Denmark and from Toronto.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Lalann to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Barracudas. All the underground hits.
All Cameo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Qualms record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Roxy Music record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul Sonic Force,
Terry Callier,
Jandek,
Pantaleimon,
One Last Wish,
Zero Boys,
The Mummies,
Eric Dolphy,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Make Up,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Scan 7,
Marcia Griffiths,
D'Angelo,
the Sonics,
John Holt,
Boz Scaggs,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ohio Players,
Curtis Mayfield,
Silicon Teens,
Terrestrial Tones,
Sun City Girls,
Ponytail,
Black Bananas,
Soft Machine,
Con Funk Shun,
Newcleus,
Black Moon,
Echospace,
The Barracudas,
Bill Wells,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Rufus Thomas,
Mary Jane Girls,
Jesper Dahlback,
Faust,
Leonard Cohen,
Icehouse,
Cheater Slicks,
World's Most,
Dawn Penn,
Suburban Knight,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Lou Christie,
Animal Collective,
Shoche,
Shuggie Otis,
The Flesh Eaters,
Guru Guru,
Television Personalities,
Blossom Toes,
Bob Dylan,
Tomorrow,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Jeru the Damaja,
Kenny Larkin,
Jeff Lynne,
Magazine,
Camberwell Now,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Public Image Ltd.,
Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick.
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.