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 Turkey and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1969 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Al Stewart 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 AZ. All the underground hits.
All Fluxion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sonic Youth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delta 5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gichy Dan,
Fad Gadget,
48th St. Collective,
The Five Americans,
Alton Ellis,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Blossom Toes,
Au Pairs,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Dead C,
Stockholm Monsters,
Alphaville,
Subhumans,
Boredoms,
Bob Dylan,
Hardrive,
X-102,
David McCallum,
Peter & Gordon,
The Real Kids,
Robert Wyatt,
Graham Central Station,
Barbara Tucker,
Chris & Cosey,
The Pretty Things,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Velvet Underground,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Los Fastidios,
Derrick May,
The Golliwogs,
Ken Boothe,
The Kinks,
Dual Sessions,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Iggy Pop,
Al Stewart,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ultravox,
Aloha Tigers,
The Martian,
Pagans,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
DJ Style,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Busters,
Eric Dolphy,
Rhythm & Sound,
Spandau Ballet,
Scientists,
Aswad,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Residents,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Khruangbin,
Amazonics,
Neu!,
Ronnie Foster,
Desert Stars,
Supertramp,
Loose Ends,
Infiniti, Infiniti, Infiniti, Infiniti.
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.