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 Iran and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Dahlbäck to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Stetsasonic. All the underground hits.
All Drive Like Jehu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Lydon,
Henry Cow,
Camouflage,
Vladislav Delay,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kerri Chandler,
the Association,
Gastr Del Sol,
KRS-One,
Ultra Naté,
Brand Nubian,
H. Thieme,
Gang Green,
Niagra,
Gang Starr,
Jandek,
Brothers Johnson,
U.S. Maple,
Prince Buster,
The Sonics,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Neil Young,
Pussy Galore,
Joensuu 1685,
E-Dancer,
Livin' Joy,
Duran Duran,
Traffic Nightmare,
PIL,
Eurythmics,
Marvin Gaye,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Susan Cadogan,
Main Source,
Q and Not U,
Grey Daturas,
The Buckinghams,
The Alarm Clocks,
Marshall Jefferson,
Dave Gahan,
Dual Sessions,
Judy Mowatt,
Cluster,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Young Marble Giants,
the Germs,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Jacob Miller,
Throbbing Gristle,
the Fania All-Stars,
Siglo XX,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Section 25,
B.T. Express,
Yazoo,
Cymande,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Last Poets,
Aural Exciters,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Residents, The Residents, The Residents, The Residents.
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.