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 France and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the sitar 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 Rotary Connection to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Minny Pops. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Womack tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maleditus Sound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 a marimba and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jesper Dahlback record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Suicide,
the Normal,
Todd Terry,
FM Einheit,
Sonic Youth,
Chrome,
Ponytail,
Rhythm & Sound,
Joensuu 1685,
Rufus Thomas,
Minnie Riperton,
Steve Hackett,
Rotary Connection,
Stetsasonic,
Faraquet,
Avey Tare,
John Lydon,
Gabor Szabo,
Drive Like Jehu,
Sex Pistols,
Flipper,
Inner City,
Lucky Dragons,
Gang Gang Dance,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Alice Coltrane,
The New Christs,
Camberwell Now,
Crooked Eye,
Idris Muhammad,
Traffic Nightmare,
ABC,
Country Teasers,
JFA,
Thee Headcoats,
The Shadows of Knight,
Chris & Cosey,
Clear Light,
Max Romeo,
Grauzone,
Sexual Harrassment,
kango's stein massive,
Nas,
Lightning Bolt,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Invisible,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Main Source,
Gerry Rafferty,
Sparks,
Tom Boy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
AZ,
Eve St. Jones,
Eric Dolphy,
The Busters,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Liliput,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Matthew Halsall,
Reagan Youth,
Mark Hollis,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
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.