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 Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Madrid.
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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
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 Aswad to the funk 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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All Al Stewart tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Schoolly D 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sparks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Toni Rubio,
Fugazi,
Sugar Minott,
Barbara Tucker,
Panda Bear,
Bang On A Can,
The Motions,
Duran Duran,
Todd Rundgren,
Vladislav Delay,
Kurtis Blow,
Harry Pussy,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Residents,
The Cowsills,
The Blackbyrds,
Wally Richardson,
Ten City,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Seeds,
The Cosmic Jokers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ludus,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
John Cale,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Gang of Four,
Charles Mingus,
Gang Green,
Robert Wyatt,
Half Japanese,
Trumans Water,
Marcia Griffiths,
ABC,
Jeru the Damaja,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Hasil Adkins,
The Zeros,
Girls At Our Best!,
Parry Music,
Chrome,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Lalo Schifrin,
Spandau Ballet,
Tommy Roe,
Qualms,
Lyres,
Wings,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Mo-Dettes,
Janne Schatter,
Terrestrial Tones,
Minor Threat,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Marvin Gaye,
John Lydon,
Brass Construction,
Tres Demented,
Eve St. Jones,
Moby Grape,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Camouflage,
Agitation Free,
World's Most,
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You don't know what you really want.
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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.