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 Greece and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Rod Modell 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 Delta 5. All the underground hits.
All Banda Bassotti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rotary Connection record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sam Rivers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dual Sessions,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Con Funk Shun,
Von Mondo,
Fad Gadget,
Oblivians,
Mark Hollis,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Pantytec,
Kayak,
Nick Fraelich,
Donny Hathaway,
The Gun Club,
Erasure,
Joensuu 1685,
Matthew Halsall,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Danielle Patucci,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Khruangbin,
Mary Jane Girls,
Sugar Minott,
Harmonia,
Wire,
Rotary Connection,
Soft Cell,
Spoonie Gee,
Rufus Thomas,
Model 500,
Nico,
Lakeside,
Cluster,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Seeds,
Marine Girls,
Duran Duran,
This Heat,
Eddi Front,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Curtis Mayfield,
Pagans,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
the Slits,
Anakelly,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Swans,
Scrapy,
Tears for Fears,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sight & Sound,
Henry Cow,
The Martian,
Grandmaster Flash,
Eli Mardock,
The Dirtbombs,
Black Pus,
Livin' Joy,
Loose Ends,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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.