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 Sierra Leone and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the güiro 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 The Raincoats to the rock 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 Barclay James Harvest. All the underground hits.
All Rhythim Is Rhythim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every MC5 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Groovy Waters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cal Tjader,
The Star Department,
Procol Harum,
Pylon,
John Coltrane,
Unrelated Segments,
Eric Copeland,
Todd Rundgren,
Deakin,
The Slits,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Joensuu 1685,
Jacob Miller,
Negative Approach,
Jimmy McGriff,
Public Image Ltd.,
Whodini,
Dave Gahan,
Erasure,
Harpers Bizarre,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Tubeway Army,
Joe Finger,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Anthony Braxton,
Television,
Minnie Riperton,
Todd Terry,
Television Personalities,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Tres Demented,
Warren Ellis,
Gang Starr,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Techniques,
Symarip,
Anakelly,
Blake Baxter,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Bluetip,
The Doors,
Banda Bassotti,
Al Stewart,
X-Ray Spex,
Tears for Fears,
Spandau Ballet,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Swell Maps,
Soft Machine,
Young Marble Giants,
The Invisible,
Mark Hollis,
Moss Icon,
X-102,
the Sonics,
Letta Mbulu,
Kayak,
Don Cherry,
Bobby Womack,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Fugs,
The Gladiators,
Camberwell Now, Camberwell Now, Camberwell Now, Camberwell Now.
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.