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 Gambia and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the guitar 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 Groovy Waters to the rock 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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All The Detroit Cobras tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roy Ayers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Mighty Diamonds,
John Holt,
Gabor Szabo,
Mo-Dettes,
Trumans Water,
the Association,
Nation of Ulysses,
Barbara Tucker,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Deepchord,
Kerrie Biddell,
Roxy Music,
Agent Orange,
8 Eyed Spy,
Roxette,
Warren Ellis,
John Coltrane,
Avey Tare,
Pharoah Sanders,
Agitation Free,
Aswad,
Symarip,
Ossler,
Bill Wells,
The Cramps,
Prince Buster,
The Stooges,
The Trojans,
Neu!,
The Raincoats,
Rapeman,
Mandrill,
Grey Daturas,
Man Eating Sloth,
Pylon,
The J.B.'s,
Marshall Jefferson,
Whodini,
Parry Music,
Fatback Band,
Swans,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Lightning Bolt,
The Golliwogs,
Gichy Dan,
L. Decosne,
Rufus Thomas,
Basic Channel,
Spandau Ballet,
Absolute Body Control,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Susan Cadogan,
Joy Division,
Q65,
FM Einheit,
Carl Craig,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Simply Red,
Youth Brigade,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Sister Nancy,
The Human League, The Human League, The Human League, The Human League.
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.