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 St Lucia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to the rap 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Lucky Dragons tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eden Ahbez record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Soft Cell,
Stiv Bators,
Skriet,
David McCallum,
Average White Band,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Alton Ellis,
The Skatalites,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Ken Boothe,
Eli Mardock,
Marcia Griffiths,
Dennis Brown,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Smiths,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
E-Dancer,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Lee Hazlewood,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Icehouse,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Skaos,
John Holt,
Bluetip,
Mission of Burma,
Kas Product,
L. Decosne,
Hardrive,
Fugazi,
Deepchord,
Archie Shepp,
Sex Pistols,
Das Ding,
Grauzone,
Sixth Finger,
Soul II Soul,
Panda Bear,
Public Enemy,
Ossler,
Johnny Clarke,
The Wake,
Parry Music,
Gil Scott Heron,
T. Rex,
The Standells,
Alison Limerick,
Sarah Menescal,
The Gap Band,
Agent Orange,
Joyce Sims,
Agitation Free,
Arcadia,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Dave Clark Five,
Buzzcocks,
The Cowsills,
Peter and Kerry,
Youth Brigade,
Zero Boys,
Moebius,
Gong,
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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.