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 Cape Verde and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Nas to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All The Kinks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Louis and Bebe Barron 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a ABC record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pierre Henry,
Panda Bear,
Alton Ellis,
Charles Mingus,
Matthew Halsall,
Delta 5,
D'Angelo,
Barrington Levy,
Eddi Front,
Mad Mike,
Fort Wilson Riot,
cv313,
8 Eyed Spy,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Pussy Galore,
the Sonics,
Livin' Joy,
Quando Quango,
Royal Trux,
10cc,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Patti Smith,
Mary Jane Girls,
Aswad,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Alphaville,
The Fugs,
The Buckinghams,
Colin Newman,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Bronski Beat,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Birthday Party,
Robert Görl,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sarah Menescal,
Funkadelic,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Slits,
Faraquet,
Technova,
JFA,
New Order,
ABC,
The Dead C,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Judy Mowatt,
Nick Fraelich,
Q65,
Todd Rundgren,
Eve St. Jones,
Half Japanese,
Subhumans,
The Dirtbombs,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Stetsasonic,
Drive Like Jehu, Drive Like Jehu, Drive Like Jehu, Drive Like Jehu.
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.