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 Congo and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Lou Reed & Metallica to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Chrome. All the underground hits.
All Magma tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Outsiders 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a snare 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 sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Black Flag,
Kool Moe Dee,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Tomorrow,
Tears for Fears,
Duran Duran,
Main Source,
Steve Hackett,
Das Ding,
Marshall Jefferson,
Fad Gadget,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Thompson Twins,
New Order,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Goldenarms,
Procol Harum,
Qualms,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
cv313,
Spoonie Gee,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Red Krayola,
Jerry's Kids,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Minutemen,
Barrington Levy,
Mission of Burma,
Bootsy Collins,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Derrick Morgan,
Freddie Wadling,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Peter and Kerry,
Robert Hood,
Nik Kershaw,
John Cale,
The Litter,
Blossom Toes,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Amon Düül,
Fatback Band,
Soft Cell,
Drexciya,
The Searchers,
Girls At Our Best!,
Henry Cow,
Organ,
Youth Brigade,
Gregory Isaacs,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The New Christs,
AZ,
Porter Ricks,
Tubeway Army,
Parry Music,
The Young Rascals,
The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy.
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.