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 Andorra and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 New York Dolls to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Technova. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Duran Duran record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Qualms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cecil Taylor,
The Misunderstood,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Barbara Tucker,
Wasted Youth,
Y Pants,
Lebanon Hanover,
Radio Birdman,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
the Bar-Kays,
Minnie Riperton,
Davy DMX,
Dead Boys,
The Barracudas,
Quantec,
Ultimate Spinach,
Godley & Creme,
Lyres,
Grauzone,
Kerri Chandler,
Mars,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Maurizio,
Heaven 17,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Gil Scott Heron,
David McCallum,
Kerrie Biddell,
Josef K,
Peter and Kerry,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Alphaville,
Alice Coltrane,
Desert Stars,
Fugazi,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Crispian St. Peters,
Hoover,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Yazoo,
Subhumans,
Cal Tjader,
Wolf Eyes,
Throbbing Gristle,
Eric Copeland,
The Saints,
Quando Quango,
Rekid,
Talk Talk,
MC5,
Delon & Dalcan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bootsy Collins,
PIL,
Amon Düül II,
The Associates,
Bush Tetras,
Todd Rundgren,
World's Most,
Chris & Cosey,
Mad Mike,
John Cale,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Can,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.