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 Lithuania and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 Seoul and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Depeche Mode to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every De La Soul & Jungle Brothers 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thee Headcoats record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sun Ra,
Mo-Dettes,
Oblivians,
Piero Umiliani,
Rekid,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
LL Cool J,
Soul II Soul,
The Slits,
Jawbox,
Yazoo,
cv313,
The Human League,
Alison Limerick,
The Associates,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Kevin Saunderson,
Albert Ayler,
Audionom,
Tim Buckley,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
JFA,
The Misunderstood,
Unwound,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sonic Youth,
Pole,
The New Christs,
Roxette,
The Five Americans,
Yusef Lateef,
Moebius,
La Düsseldorf,
John Holt,
Byron Stingily,
Minutemen,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Eden Ahbez,
Echospace,
Parry Music,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Mission of Burma,
Steve Hackett,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Massinfluence,
Crash Course in Science,
The Monks,
D'Angelo,
Matthew Halsall,
Terry Callier,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Mojo Men,
Warren Ellis,
Sällskapet,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Deakin,
Terrestrial Tones,
Eli Mardock,
Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel.
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.