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 Haiti and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Taipei.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 World's Most to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Jacques Brel. All the underground hits.
All Agitation Free tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Average White Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skarface record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Colin Newman,
The J.B.'s,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Qualms,
The Barracudas,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Dennis Brown,
Jesper Dahlback,
Simply Red,
The Zeros,
Sly & The Family Stone,
John Cale,
Lalann,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Standells,
Sun City Girls,
DNA,
Bobby Byrd,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Ice-T,
Cluster,
Bluetip,
Lakeside,
Outsiders,
Ronan,
Joey Negro,
Jawbox,
Tim Buckley,
LL Cool J,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Mojo Men,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fuzztones,
X-101,
Young Marble Giants,
Rapeman,
Traffic Nightmare,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Fall,
Kevin Saunderson,
Alphaville,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
L. Decosne,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Warsaw,
Sandy B,
FM Einheit,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Neil Young,
Zero Boys,
Andrew Hill,
Khruangbin,
The Sonics,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Angels of Light,
Deadbeat,
Amon Düül II,
Buzzcocks,
Saccharine Trust,
Godley & Creme, Godley & Creme, Godley & Creme, Godley & Creme.
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.