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 Sweden and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the marimba 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 Silicon Teens to the rock 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 Amon Düül II. All the underground hits.
All Guru Guru tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Reed & John Cale record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New Age Steppers 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?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Con Funk Shun,
Arcadia,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Neu!,
Sonic Youth,
Deakin,
Rotary Connection,
Fela Kuti,
Mary Jane Girls,
Lightning Bolt,
The Pretty Things,
Wally Richardson,
Kerrie Biddell,
Deadbeat,
Smog,
Moby Grape,
New York Dolls,
Intrusion,
The Martian,
The Remains,
The Smiths,
Sparks,
Mark Hollis,
The Human League,
The Zeros,
June of 44,
Simply Red,
Hasil Adkins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Busters,
Deepchord,
Delta 5,
Gregory Isaacs,
Loose Ends,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Wings,
Yaz,
Adolescents,
Sound Behaviour,
La Düsseldorf,
Pierre Henry,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
London Community Gospel Choir,
the Germs,
Warsaw,
Skarface,
Franke,
June Days,
Young Marble Giants,
The Evens,
The Five Americans,
Girls At Our Best!,
Josef K,
The Toasters,
Faraquet,
Slick Rick,
Easy Going,
Popol Vuh,
Mandrill, Mandrill, Mandrill, Mandrill.
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.