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 Kenya and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the sitar 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 Au Pairs to the rock 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 Roger Hodgson. All the underground hits.
All Eric B and Rakim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pole record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flipper record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Walker Brothers,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
New Order,
The Evens,
Half Japanese,
Marmalade,
The Associates,
Maurizio,
The Seeds,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
ABC,
Gichy Dan,
Chris & Cosey,
Soft Cell,
Amazonics,
Eli Mardock,
Agent Orange,
Warren Ellis,
Section 25,
Letta Mbulu,
Quantec,
The Smiths,
Agitation Free,
Dennis Brown,
Make Up,
The Five Americans,
Fela Kuti,
Franke,
E-Dancer,
Iggy Pop,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Neil Young,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Electric Prunes,
Lalo Schifrin,
Oblivians,
MDC,
Scott Walker,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Bush Tetras,
Q and Not U,
Peter and Kerry,
T.S.O.L.,
Soft Machine,
Reagan Youth,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Rapeman,
Gang Green,
kango's stein massive,
The Zeros,
Delta 5,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Monks,
Isaac Hayes,
Theoretical Girls,
the Sonics,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Bronski Beat,
Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless, Flash Fearless.
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.