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 Indonesia and from Salvador.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Ash Ra Tempel to the rock 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 Rotary Connection. All the underground hits.
All Panda Bear tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Buzzcocks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Roxy Music,
Babytalk,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Zeros,
Nils Olav,
Heaven 17,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Blackbyrds,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Patti Smith,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Boz Scaggs,
Absolute Body Control,
Joe Finger,
Wasted Youth,
PIL,
Gang Green,
Fugazi,
Black Flag,
8 Eyed Spy,
LL Cool J,
Fela Kuti,
Scratch Acid,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eden Ahbez,
Groovy Waters,
The Walker Brothers,
Radiopuhelimet,
Sparks,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Marmalade,
Pussy Galore,
Royal Trux,
Model 500,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Spandau Ballet,
Byron Stingily,
Swans,
Drexciya,
Tim Buckley,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Kerrie Biddell,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Blancmange,
Todd Rundgren,
Albert Ayler,
Stereo Dub,
B.T. Express,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Suburban Knight,
Gang Starr,
Bobby Womack,
Aloha Tigers,
John Cale,
X-Ray Spex,
Amon Düül,
Peter & Gordon,
The Names,
Mo-Dettes,
The Durutti Column, The Durutti Column, The Durutti Column, The Durutti Column.
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.