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 Malaysia and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 JFA to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Robert Görl. All the underground hits.
All Japan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Evens 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Lynne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül II,
Skarface,
Piero Umiliani,
Hot Snakes,
The Young Rascals,
Minnie Riperton,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Godley & Creme,
Banda Bassotti,
Soul Sonic Force,
Bobby Womack,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Grandmaster Flash,
Jesper Dahlback,
KRS-One,
Hoover,
The Happenings,
Bronski Beat,
Kurtis Blow,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Underground Resistance,
Scratch Acid,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Public Image Ltd.,
Alphaville,
The Divine Comedy,
Massinfluence,
New York Dolls,
Dave Gahan,
Bill Near,
Magma,
Nas,
Motorama,
Crooked Eye,
The Red Krayola,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Schoolly D,
The Star Department,
Mark Hollis,
the Bar-Kays,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Archie Shepp,
Robert Hood,
cv313,
Second Layer,
Severed Heads,
Au Pairs,
Grauzone,
MDC,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Walker Brothers,
Niagra,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Boredoms,
The Selecter,
Index,
Avey Tare,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.