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 Portugal and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Von Mondo to the rap 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 Lou Reed. All the underground hits.
All Magma tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every OOIOO record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlback,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Schoolly D,
Scott Walker,
Nirvana,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ultravox,
Little Man,
Minnie Riperton,
Quantec,
New Age Steppers,
Jandek,
Skaos,
The Shadows of Knight,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Hot Snakes,
Trumans Water,
Sun City Girls,
ABBA,
Gil Scott Heron,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Avey Tare,
Duran Duran,
Sister Nancy,
H. Thieme,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Fortunes,
Saccharine Trust,
The Sonics,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
OOIOO,
Reagan Youth,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Monks,
The Mojo Men,
Neu!,
The Seeds,
Rapeman,
Wolf Eyes,
UT,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Bobby Sherman,
The Knickerbockers,
Outsiders,
The Misunderstood,
Thee Headcoats,
Chris Corsano,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
One Last Wish,
Kerrie Biddell,
In Retrospect,
Moebius,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
L. Decosne,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Byron Stingily,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Johnny Clarke,
Average White Band,
Hashim,
Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya.
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.