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 Croatia and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 linndrum 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 The Neon Judgement to the techno 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 Ossler. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Alton Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mad Mike,
Soulsonic Force,
Marcia Griffiths,
Skaos,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Moby Grape,
Donny Hathaway,
Tears for Fears,
MDC,
Motorama,
Panda Bear,
Marine Girls,
Jandek,
Aural Exciters,
Bronski Beat,
Eddi Front,
Cymande,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Vainqueur,
Peter and Kerry,
Delon & Dalcan,
Easy Going,
Jeff Mills,
Barrington Levy,
Y Pants,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Robert Hood,
Royal Trux,
ABBA,
Rhythm & Sound,
Youth Brigade,
Radiohead,
Pet Shop Boys,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Crime,
Aswad,
Drexciya,
Hardrive,
Carl Craig,
Glambeats Corp.,
Susan Cadogan,
Brothers Johnson,
Masters at Work,
Joe Finger,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Robert Görl,
The Zeros,
The Mojo Men,
Technova,
The Toasters,
Mars,
Guru Guru,
Amazonics,
Barclay James Harvest,
Ponytail,
Scion,
Index,
Johnny Osbourne,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Electric Prunes,
Althea and Donna,
Wire,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
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.