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 Kyrgyzstan and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 marimba 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 Man Parrish to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Jesper Dahlbäck. All the underground hits.
All Warren Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Pus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 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 Louis and Bebe Barron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
London Community Gospel Choir,
Mo-Dettes,
Nirvana,
Little Man,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Fortunes,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
New Age Steppers,
Isaac Hayes,
Davy DMX,
Half Japanese,
Newcleus,
Second Layer,
Hoover,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Boredoms,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Michelle Simonal,
Rakim,
The Cowsills,
Kerri Chandler,
Ultravox,
The Move,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Junior Murvin,
Pylon,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Swell Maps,
Archie Shepp,
The Neon Judgement,
Basic Channel,
the Soft Cell,
Deepchord,
Maleditus Sound,
The Sound,
Desert Stars,
Alison Limerick,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Pagans,
Stiv Bators,
Pierre Henry,
The Busters,
Brick,
Aaron Thompson,
Chris & Cosey,
Peter and Kerry,
Black Sheep,
Eve St. Jones,
Scan 7,
AZ,
Ludus,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Rotary Connection,
John Cale,
The Durutti Column,
The Misunderstood,
Soulsonic Force,
Procol Harum,
The Electric Prunes,
Matthew Halsall,
Easy Going,
Lucky Dragons,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith.
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.