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 Liechtenstein and from Halifax.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the oboe 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 Animal Collective to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Deakin. All the underground hits.
All EPMD tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Leaves record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 clarinet and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bush Tetras record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Young Marble Giants,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Lindisfarne,
Amon Düül II,
Agitation Free,
Flash Fearless,
Lee Hazlewood,
Alison Limerick,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Kerrie Biddell,
Masters at Work,
The Moleskins,
Susan Cadogan,
James Chance & The Contortions,
the Sonics,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sarah Menescal,
Soulsonic Force,
Bobby Sherman,
Scratch Acid,
Flipper,
kango's stein massive,
Lower 48,
the Fania All-Stars,
Ludus,
Black Bananas,
Prince Buster,
Nas,
Bush Tetras,
Electric Prunes,
Scion,
Al Stewart,
Hoover,
New Order,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Arthur Verocai,
Kas Product,
Yellowson,
Thompson Twins,
Mr. Review,
Lucky Dragons,
Gastr Del Sol,
Mark Hollis,
Lou Reed,
Roxy Music,
The New Christs,
Girls At Our Best!,
Ossler,
Tom Boy,
Royal Trux,
Gang Gang Dance,
Ultra Naté,
Massinfluence,
Simply Red,
Sound Behaviour,
Gil Scott Heron,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Sällskapet,
Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest.
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.