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 Canada and from Stockholm.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Sun Ra to the grunge kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Sun Ra. All the underground hits.
All Technova tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Byron Stingily record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 Eric Copeland record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
a-ha,
Kerri Chandler,
Pierre Henry,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Soul II Soul,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Mandrill,
Magma,
Babytalk,
Cymande,
Roger Hodgson,
Panda Bear,
Morten Harket,
New York Dolls,
Urselle,
Half Japanese,
Mary Jane Girls,
Isaac Hayes,
the Human League,
Shuggie Otis,
Technova,
The Trojans,
Talk Talk,
Country Teasers,
Lou Reed,
Black Pus,
Kool Moe Dee,
Aaron Thompson,
Iggy Pop,
Scientists,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Reuben Wilson,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Vainqueur,
Ultimate Spinach,
Rod Modell,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Rapeman,
Hot Snakes,
The Star Department,
These Immortal Souls,
Black Moon,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Moby Grape,
Roxette,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Agent Orange,
Blossom Toes,
Ronnie Foster,
CMW,
Lungfish,
Yellowson,
Gichy Dan,
Silicon Teens,
Dark Day,
Tomorrow,
Excepter,
Dennis Brown,
John Holt,
Bluetip,
Chris Corsano,
The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers.
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.