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 St Kitts & Nevis and from Mexico City.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the oboe 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 Lalo Schifrin to the funk 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 Yazoo. All the underground hits.
All Fugazi tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Laurel Aitken record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 clarinet and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warsaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Aural Exciters,
Jandek,
Crispy Ambulance,
Avey Tare,
Infiniti,
Spandau Ballet,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
ABC,
Stetsasonic,
Ludus,
Robert Hood,
The Skatalites,
Tears for Fears,
Theoretical Girls,
Monolake,
Boredoms,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Count Five,
Glambeats Corp.,
Leonard Cohen,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Trojans,
Jimmy McGriff,
Letta Mbulu,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jeff Lynne,
The Kinks,
Sun Ra,
Lebanon Hanover,
Eddi Front,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Peter & Gordon,
Sonic Youth,
Groovy Waters,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lou Christie,
The Martian,
Basic Channel,
The Searchers,
Gang Starr,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Curtis Mayfield,
Bush Tetras,
Barclay James Harvest,
Cybotron,
The Gun Club,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Knickerbockers,
Moss Icon,
Drive Like Jehu,
Anakelly,
Average White Band,
The Victims,
Dark Day,
Newcleus,
Bill Wells,
Kevin Saunderson,
Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey.
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.