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 Togo and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Sao Paulo.
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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Wings to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Amazonics. All the underground hits.
All Ten City tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Vainqueur 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joey Negro record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Buzzcocks,
B.T. Express,
Patti Smith,
10cc,
The United States of America,
Hardrive,
The Trojans,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Cramps,
Popol Vuh,
Tommy Roe,
Fad Gadget,
Sandy B,
Johnny Osbourne,
Gichy Dan,
Minny Pops,
Lou Reed,
Sonic Youth,
Tim Buckley,
Kenny Larkin,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Eden Ahbez,
Nico,
Ultravox,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Marvin Gaye,
A Flock of Seagulls,
the Swans,
Arcadia,
Quantec,
Warren Ellis,
Absolute Body Control,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Glambeats Corp.,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Fatback Band,
Kerri Chandler,
Brand Nubian,
Rekid,
Matthew Halsall,
The Beau Brummels,
Jeff Mills,
Fluxion,
Bronski Beat,
New Order,
Derrick Morgan,
Girls At Our Best!,
Max Romeo,
CMW,
Panda Bear,
Crime,
China Crisis,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bluetip,
The Walker Brothers,
Alton Ellis,
Sister Nancy,
Bush Tetras,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Gories,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Connie Case,
Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay.
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.