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 Trinidad & Tobago and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 David Axelrod to the dance 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 Eddi Front. All the underground hits.
All Vladislav Delay tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Simply Red 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Barracudas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pharoah Sanders,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Bronski Beat,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Scan 7,
Henry Cow,
Magma,
Flash Fearless,
Roxette,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Adolescents,
Infiniti,
LL Cool J,
Barbara Tucker,
Idris Muhammad,
Tom Boy,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bizarre Inc.,
Can,
The Index,
Subhumans,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bobby Sherman,
The Move,
Harry Pussy,
Jeff Mills,
Peter & Gordon,
Moss Icon,
Soulsonic Force,
Scott Walker,
Mary Jane Girls,
Archie Shepp,
Alton Ellis,
Amon Düül II,
Marmalade,
June of 44,
Skarface,
Rotary Connection,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Essential Logic,
Sex Pistols,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Deepchord,
The American Breed,
Soul II Soul,
The Victims,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sexual Harrassment,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Martian,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Dave Gahan,
Faraquet,
Supertramp,
Skriet,
Gil Scott Heron,
Johnny Osbourne,
Darondo,
Davy DMX,
T.S.O.L.,
Stiv Bators,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.