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 Poland and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the güiro 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 Con Funk Shun to the crunk 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 Warsaw. All the underground hits.
All The Grass Roots tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Star Department 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bobby Byrd,
La Düsseldorf,
Harry Pussy,
The Cure,
Pierre Henry,
Peter and Kerry,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ralphi Rosario,
Grey Daturas,
Marcia Griffiths,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Seeds,
the Normal,
Skarface,
Pussy Galore,
ABBA,
Schoolly D,
Graham Central Station,
Kayak,
The Gories,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bauhaus,
China Crisis,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Ken Boothe,
The Neon Judgement,
Warren Ellis,
Panda Bear,
The Buckinghams,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Hot Snakes,
Ice-T,
Marshall Jefferson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Blake Baxter,
The Gun Club,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Prince Buster,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Monolake,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Skriet,
New Order,
Thompson Twins,
Adolescents,
FM Einheit,
Barry Ungar,
Ten City,
The Cowsills,
Shuggie Otis,
Harmonia,
Section 25,
Godley & Creme,
Radiohead,
Girls At Our Best!,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Simply Red,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Minutemen,
JFA,
Aaron Thompson,
Roxette,
Anakelly, Anakelly, Anakelly, Anakelly.
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.