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 the UAE and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 The Raincoats to the techno 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 Boredoms. All the underground hits.
All the Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Television Personalities 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kerri Chandler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fad Gadget,
Glambeats Corp.,
Avey Tare,
Cal Tjader,
Vladislav Delay,
Scrapy,
Lightning Bolt,
Anakelly,
Robert Wyatt,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Accadde A,
Underground Resistance,
X-102,
Angry Samoans,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
June Days,
Inner City,
Chrome,
Kurtis Blow,
Public Image Ltd.,
Reuben Wilson,
Pole,
Blossom Toes,
Monks,
Porter Ricks,
Excepter,
Erykah Badu,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sonic Youth,
Roxy Music,
the Germs,
Babytalk,
Eddi Front,
Robert Hood,
Skarface,
Minor Threat,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Soft Machine,
Ultravox,
Dave Gahan,
MC5,
Maurizio,
Reagan Youth,
Lucky Dragons,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Searchers,
Boogie Down Productions,
Barbara Tucker,
Wasted Youth,
The Moleskins,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Audionom,
Dorothy Ashby,
Dark Day,
The Remains,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Moody Blues,
John Cale,
Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett.
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.