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 Nepal and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Model 500 to the funk 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 Mo-Dettes. All the underground hits.
All Scrapy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Motions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Fortunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Henry Cow,
Oneida,
Jesper Dahlback,
Mr. Review,
Deakin,
Tubeway Army,
Franke,
Buzzcocks,
Soulsonic Force,
Black Moon,
Livin' Joy,
Desert Stars,
Chris & Cosey,
The Moleskins,
Janne Schatter,
The Sound,
Morten Harket,
Zapp,
The Mojo Men,
Bad Manners,
The Doors,
Ludus,
The Velvet Underground,
The Evens,
EPMD,
Quantec,
The Birthday Party,
Archie Shepp,
Fela Kuti,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Adolescents,
T. Rex,
Siglo XX,
Au Pairs,
Dead Boys,
Jeru the Damaja,
Bizarre Inc.,
Soft Cell,
Terry Callier,
The Blackbyrds,
Agitation Free,
Magma,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Thompson Twins,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Flamin' Groovies,
Basic Channel,
H. Thieme,
Toni Rubio,
Goldenarms,
Sonic Youth,
Crime,
Jacob Miller,
Amon Düül II,
Girls At Our Best!,
Q65,
Public Image Ltd.,
Dark Day,
Mission of Burma,
Fat Boys,
Lou Christie,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats.
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.