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 Maldives and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Dave Gahan to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Amon Düül. All the underground hits.
All Hardrive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Human League record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mr. Review,
Amazonics,
Negative Approach,
Tres Demented,
Pussy Galore,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Marvin Gaye,
The Index,
Pere Ubu,
Nils Olav,
Bad Manners,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Electric Prunes,
Steve Hackett,
Archie Shepp,
Audionom,
a-ha,
Sarah Menescal,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Chris & Cosey,
the Association,
Banda Bassotti,
Wally Richardson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Skatalites,
Rakim,
Marcia Griffiths,
Tom Boy,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Piero Umiliani,
Lungfish,
the Bar-Kays,
These Immortal Souls,
The Dirtbombs,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Angry Samoans,
the Normal,
Sun Ra,
Mad Mike,
Al Stewart,
John Cale,
Bronski Beat,
Sällskapet,
Pantytec,
Soul II Soul,
Babytalk,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Jeff Lynne,
Tomorrow,
Harmonia,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Johnny Clarke,
Gang of Four,
Hot Snakes,
Minor Threat,
Howard Jones,
The American Breed,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
James White and The Blacks,
Porter Ricks,
Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio.
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.