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 Togo and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Negative Approach 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 Bob Dylan. All the underground hits.
All The Sisters of Mercy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Chocolate Watch Band 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?
Davy DMX,
Cameo,
Crime,
Soulsonic Force,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Jerry's Kids,
Thee Headcoats,
Michelle Simonal,
Barrington Levy,
Fad Gadget,
The Zeros,
Anthony Braxton,
Lou Christie,
Massinfluence,
Letta Mbulu,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Mandrill,
Junior Murvin,
Arthur Verocai,
The New Christs,
The Associates,
The Divine Comedy,
Das Ding,
Erykah Badu,
Rekid,
Ralphi Rosario,
John Foxx,
Wire,
The Litter,
Cluster,
Kerri Chandler,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Main Source,
The Sonics,
Soul II Soul,
The Standells,
The Offenders,
Hot Snakes,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Agent Orange,
Althea and Donna,
Roxy Music,
Gang of Four,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Matthew Halsall,
Hardrive,
China Crisis,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Ronan,
Robert Wyatt,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Motorama,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Mojo Men,
Symarip,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Man Eating Sloth,
Infiniti,
Gastr Del Sol,
Talk Talk,
Amazonics,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
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.