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 Grenada and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Bologna.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar 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 Tomorrow to the jazz 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 Scrapy. All the underground hits.
All Wire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Josef K record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David McCallum,
Matthew Bourne,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Liliput,
10cc,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
AZ,
the Swans,
Bush Tetras,
Bootsy Collins,
Hoover,
Tommy Roe,
the Fania All-Stars,
Eden Ahbez,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Black Bananas,
These Immortal Souls,
Parry Music,
The Cowsills,
8 Eyed Spy,
Kayak,
Pussy Galore,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
MDC,
Ronan,
Zapp,
Mission of Burma,
Masters at Work,
Zero Boys,
Freddie Wadling,
Steve Hackett,
Smog,
Man Parrish,
The Gun Club,
Marc Almond,
Massinfluence,
Bang On A Can,
Henry Cow,
Thee Headcoats,
Inner City,
Babytalk,
The Young Rascals,
Throbbing Gristle,
Popol Vuh,
China Crisis,
Unrelated Segments,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ultravox,
Janne Schatter,
Tomorrow,
Scan 7,
Agitation Free,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
UT,
John Foxx,
Lungfish,
Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal.
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.