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 Switzerland and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Pet Shop Boys to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Larry & the Blue Notes. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Yaz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 rhodes and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ludus,
Public Enemy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Fugazi,
Bluetip,
Jawbox,
The Cramps,
The Tremeloes,
Dave Gahan,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Thee Headcoats,
Al Stewart,
Matthew Halsall,
Maleditus Sound,
Barbara Tucker,
Camberwell Now,
Q and Not U,
Mo-Dettes,
The Smoke,
Man Eating Sloth,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Young Marble Giants,
Jeff Lynne,
Idris Muhammad,
This Heat,
Barrington Levy,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Mojo Men,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Kas Product,
Black Flag,
The Raincoats,
Wasted Youth,
Cal Tjader,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Ultravox,
The Birthday Party,
Malaria!,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Second Layer,
Goldenarms,
Throbbing Gristle,
Swell Maps,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Maurizio,
Piero Umiliani,
Little Man,
Hot Snakes,
Siglo XX,
Icehouse,
Sun Ra,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Hardrive,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Shoche,
Wolf Eyes,
Rekid,
Wire,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Davy DMX,
The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues.
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.