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 Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 mellotron 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 This Heat to the jazz 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 Rod Modell. All the underground hits.
All Michelle Simonal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mission of Burma record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ralphi Rosario,
48th St. Collective,
David McCallum,
the Fania All-Stars,
Shoche,
Stereo Dub,
Albert Ayler,
Scrapy,
Steve Hackett,
Leonard Cohen,
Pantaleimon,
FM Einheit,
Spoonie Gee,
Soul Sonic Force,
Angry Samoans,
Nas,
Cecil Taylor,
The Five Americans,
The Sound,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Easy Going,
10cc,
the Association,
Skarface,
Todd Rundgren,
Piero Umiliani,
Lucky Dragons,
DJ Style,
Gong,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Lebanon Hanover,
Gregory Isaacs,
X-Ray Spex,
New Age Steppers,
Nik Kershaw,
Hoover,
The Beau Brummels,
Von Mondo,
Bush Tetras,
The Toasters,
Bang On A Can,
F. McDonald,
Intrusion,
Stiv Bators,
Index,
Dual Sessions,
The Doors,
D'Angelo,
Freddie Wadling,
cv313,
New Order,
Agent Orange,
Tommy Roe,
Echospace,
The Knickerbockers,
Metal Thangz,
Second Layer,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Fugs,
Roxy Music, Roxy Music, Roxy Music, Roxy Music.
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.