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 Iraq and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the guitar 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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Larry & the Blue Notes. All the underground hits.
All A Flock of Seagulls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kayak record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ituana record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Duran Duran,
The Vogues,
Television Personalities,
Kevin Saunderson,
Fad Gadget,
Rosa Yemen,
Bootsy Collins,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
the Fania All-Stars,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Jacob Miller,
Section 25,
Sarah Menescal,
Charles Mingus,
Public Image Ltd.,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Saccharine Trust,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
the Sonics,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Joensuu 1685,
One Last Wish,
Kool Moe Dee,
Brand Nubian,
Aaron Thompson,
Wasted Youth,
Cymande,
The Shadows of Knight,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Oneida,
Marc Almond,
Organ,
The Smoke,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lalann,
Jeff Mills,
Joyce Sims,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Tomorrow,
Metal Thangz,
Byron Stingily,
Delta 5,
Supertramp,
Babytalk,
Morten Harket,
Ultimate Spinach,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Leaves,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
D'Angelo,
The Kinks,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Popol Vuh,
Q and Not U,
Flash Fearless,
Reuben Wilson,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Sound,
Mantronix,
Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee.
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.