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 Haiti and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Peter and Kerry to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo. All the underground hits.
All Jerry's Kids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Blossom Toes 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minnie Riperton 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?
Circle Jerks,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Roy Ayers,
Camouflage,
June Days,
Loose Ends,
Ludus,
Byron Stingily,
Sex Pistols,
The Barracudas,
Archie Shepp,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Jerry's Kids,
Little Man,
Minutemen,
Susan Cadogan,
Hasil Adkins,
Chrome,
Cluster,
Iggy Pop,
The Searchers,
10cc,
Magazine,
Marshall Jefferson,
Goldenarms,
Jeff Mills,
The Dirtbombs,
Stereo Dub,
Harry Pussy,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Minnie Riperton,
Public Enemy,
Ultimate Spinach,
Gerry Rafferty,
Marvin Gaye,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Misunderstood,
Ronan,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
John Lydon,
Roxy Music,
Joyce Sims,
Tres Demented,
X-101,
The Residents,
Charles Mingus,
Nils Olav,
8 Eyed Spy,
Brothers Johnson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Qualms,
Reagan Youth,
Kurtis Blow,
Aaron Thompson,
Sällskapet,
Main Source,
Metal Thangz,
The Monochrome Set,
Sight & Sound,
Joy Division,
Stetsasonic,
Soft Cell,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.