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 Honduras and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Radio Birdman to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 LL Cool J. All the underground hits.
All Connie Case tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-102 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Motorama record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Don Cherry,
Robert Görl,
Pulsallama,
Maleditus Sound,
Cameo,
Blancmange,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Dirtbombs,
Groovy Waters,
Ludus,
Rakim,
Davy DMX,
Icehouse,
The Kinks,
Derrick Morgan,
LL Cool J,
Faust,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ohio Players,
Derrick May,
Stereo Dub,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Pierre Henry,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Absolute Body Control,
Alison Limerick,
Popol Vuh,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Saccharine Trust,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eddi Front,
Fugazi,
Interpol,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Deadbeat,
MDC,
Trumans Water,
cv313,
Intrusion,
Kayak,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Yaz,
The Zeros,
Colin Newman,
The Gladiators,
Audionom,
Brick,
Jeff Mills,
Godley & Creme,
The Gories,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Agitation Free,
Public Enemy,
Dark Day,
John Coltrane,
Al Stewart,
Organ,
kango's stein massive,
Michelle Simonal,
The Fortunes,
Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis.
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.