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 Malta and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu to the rock 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 Major Organ And The Adding Machine. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hot Snakes,
Sun City Girls,
Big Daddy Kane,
Cybotron,
John Coltrane,
Roger Hodgson,
Roy Ayers,
Nils Olav,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gong,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Blackbyrds,
Yellowson,
Newcleus,
Sun Ra,
The Searchers,
Bootsy Collins,
La Düsseldorf,
LL Cool J,
Tubeway Army,
Lalann,
Radio Birdman,
Duran Duran,
Marc Almond,
MC5,
Isaac Hayes,
The Fugs,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Scan 7,
Zero Boys,
Morten Harket,
Schoolly D,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Cluster,
Talk Talk,
Sight & Sound,
Chris Corsano,
The Evens,
Grey Daturas,
Brothers Johnson,
Nik Kershaw,
Warsaw,
Pierre Henry,
Jacques Brel,
DJ Style,
Joy Division,
Suicide,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Neon Judgement,
Don Cherry,
Tomorrow,
Unwound,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Leaves,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Motions,
Cal Tjader,
Lou Christie,
The Gap Band,
Bluetip,
Oneida,
Altered Images,
Icehouse,
R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O..
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.