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 Algeria and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Ultimate Spinach to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Fear tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Niagra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Alton Ellis,
Skarface,
Monolake,
Groovy Waters,
The Moleskins,
Goldenarms,
Banda Bassotti,
The Selecter,
The Mojo Men,
Pantaleimon,
Kerri Chandler,
The Misunderstood,
The Cramps,
Carl Craig,
Johnny Osbourne,
Roy Ayers,
Yaz,
Gabor Szabo,
The Flesh Eaters,
Cheater Slicks,
Nils Olav,
Joensuu 1685,
Liliput,
Bob Dylan,
Lebanon Hanover,
Grandmaster Flash,
E-Dancer,
Wally Richardson,
kango's stein massive,
Barrington Levy,
Panda Bear,
The Knickerbockers,
New York Dolls,
Ronan,
Davy DMX,
Funkadelic,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sun City Girls,
K-Klass,
Roger Hodgson,
The Human League,
The American Breed,
Ten City,
Absolute Body Control,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Jeru the Damaja,
Swell Maps,
The Grass Roots,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Rekid,
B.T. Express,
Joey Negro,
Can,
New Order,
Moebius,
Michelle Simonal,
Ken Boothe,
Con Funk Shun,
Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson.
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.