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 Seychelles and from Columbus.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Pop Group to the disco 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 Soulsonic Force. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Drexciya record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 snare and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nirvana record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Massinfluence,
FM Einheit,
Hot Snakes,
The Motions,
Eddi Front,
Drexciya,
Graham Central Station,
The Sonics,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
One Last Wish,
B.T. Express,
Toni Rubio,
Wolf Eyes,
Bluetip,
The Selecter,
Junior Murvin,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lyres,
Agent Orange,
The Gories,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Busters,
Barry Ungar,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Oblivians,
Max Romeo,
The Happenings,
Dorothy Ashby,
Ronnie Foster,
Bob Dylan,
Outsiders,
Nik Kershaw,
Moss Icon,
Kenny Larkin,
The Techniques,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Kool Moe Dee,
Jeff Lynne,
In Retrospect,
Tubeway Army,
Boredoms,
Parry Music,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lightning Bolt,
Colin Newman,
Mary Jane Girls,
Danielle Patucci,
The Dave Clark Five,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
PIL,
Nils Olav,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Harmonia,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Last Poets,
Jimmy McGriff,
Soft Machine,
Mark Hollis,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
L. Decosne,
Sandy B,
E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer.
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.