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 Bangladesh and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
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 The Star Department to the rock kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Nils Olav. All the underground hits.
All Sonny Sharrock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Agitation Free record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terrestrial Tones,
Tom Boy,
Liliput,
ABBA,
Letta Mbulu,
The Zeros,
D'Angelo,
The Barracudas,
Neil Young,
Model 500,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Gong,
Duran Duran,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Misunderstood,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Jeff Lynne,
Porter Ricks,
The Real Kids,
Boredoms,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Minutemen,
Rakim,
KRS-One,
Kevin Saunderson,
Joyce Sims,
The Smoke,
Faraquet,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Rapeman,
Marcia Griffiths,
Fugazi,
Barrington Levy,
Ohio Players,
Symarip,
The Index,
The Divine Comedy,
Harpers Bizarre,
Monolake,
the Swans,
Monks,
John Lydon,
Audionom,
Radiopuhelimet,
ABC,
Toni Rubio,
Blossom Toes,
John Cale,
David Axelrod,
Funky Four + One,
Curtis Mayfield,
Mission of Burma,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
JFA,
a-ha,
Amon Düül,
Sonic Youth,
Stereo Dub,
Soul II Soul,
Guru Guru,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Hashim,
Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci.
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.