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 St Lucia and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Kerri Chandler to the punk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Animal Collective. All the underground hits.
All Don Cherry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Moleskins 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Clear Light record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Robert Wyatt,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
F. McDonald,
Organ,
Lou Reed,
Gang of Four,
Rakim,
The Invisible,
Crooked Eye,
Half Japanese,
Sam Rivers,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Bobby Byrd,
FM Einheit,
Jeff Lynne,
Public Image Ltd.,
The American Breed,
The Mojo Men,
Frankie Knuckles,
Derrick May,
Blancmange,
MC5,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Wire,
The Techniques,
Pussy Galore,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Schoolly D,
Barrington Levy,
The Cramps,
Groovy Waters,
kango's stein massive,
Matthew Bourne,
The Gap Band,
Hardrive,
Popol Vuh,
Skaos,
E-Dancer,
DJ Sneak,
Gang Gang Dance,
Camouflage,
Ralphi Rosario,
K-Klass,
Jawbox,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lee Hazlewood,
Dawn Penn,
the Germs,
Maleditus Sound,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
JFA,
Rosa Yemen,
the Soft Cell,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Glambeats Corp.,
Rufus Thomas,
Babytalk,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Althea and Donna,
Throbbing Gristle,
Johnny Osbourne,
Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!.
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.