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 Azerbaijan and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Rod Modell to the rap 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 Liliput. All the underground hits.
All Television tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Searchers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bootsy Collins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Walker Brothers,
Delta 5,
Thee Headcoats,
Massinfluence,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Derrick May,
Deepchord,
Ken Boothe,
Marshall Jefferson,
Ultravox,
Nas,
Peter and Kerry,
Pylon,
Alison Limerick,
Jeff Lynne,
Dual Sessions,
The United States of America,
Tommy Roe,
Swell Maps,
Big Daddy Kane,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kaleidoscope,
Ponytail,
DJ Style,
the Fania All-Stars,
Bobby Womack,
Susan Cadogan,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Man Parrish,
Johnny Osbourne,
Popol Vuh,
Khruangbin,
The Victims,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Crispian St. Peters,
Procol Harum,
Minor Threat,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Gladiators,
Lucky Dragons,
Archie Shepp,
The Golliwogs,
New Age Steppers,
Mr. Review,
D'Angelo,
Bill Near,
The Fortunes,
The Happenings,
ABC,
Marcia Griffiths,
Hashim,
Country Joe & The Fish,
H. Thieme,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Evens,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Crime,
James White and The Blacks,
Basic Channel, Basic Channel, Basic Channel, Basic Channel.
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.