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 Indonesia and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Q65 to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The American Breed. All the underground hits.
All Livin' Joy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nico 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Motorama record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Television,
Angry Samoans,
Fifty Foot Hose,
F. McDonald,
Ossler,
Mark Hollis,
Todd Terry,
Absolute Body Control,
Brand Nubian,
The Residents,
Ituana,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Pylon,
Eric Copeland,
K-Klass,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Busters,
Altered Images,
Black Flag,
The Star Department,
The Sonics,
Nas,
Black Sheep,
MDC,
Michelle Simonal,
Average White Band,
Main Source,
The Monochrome Set,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Sonny Sharrock,
Prince Buster,
The Grass Roots,
The Gories,
Lalann,
R.M.O.,
Connie Case,
June Days,
Aaron Thompson,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Gichy Dan,
Jandek,
Faust,
The Alarm Clocks,
Das Ding,
Yaz,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Howard Jones,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Archie Shepp,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Al Stewart,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Barry Ungar,
Morten Harket,
Barrington Levy,
Dawn Penn,
Scott Walker,
The Flesh Eaters,
Johnny Osbourne,
Urselle,
Gregory Isaacs,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.