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 Chile and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Sparks to the techno kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Lightning Bolt. All the underground hits.
All Delon & Dalcan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Glambeats Corp. 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 chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minutemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Von Mondo,
Massinfluence,
Gang Starr,
Saccharine Trust,
New Age Steppers,
Grauzone,
Yellowson,
The Mojo Men,
Soul Sonic Force,
Laurel Aitken,
Joensuu 1685,
Kevin Saunderson,
Brick,
Thompson Twins,
Television Personalities,
Section 25,
Nick Fraelich,
Hasil Adkins,
Junior Murvin,
Mo-Dettes,
The Gories,
John Foxx,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Morten Harket,
John Cale,
Dawn Penn,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Lower 48,
The Kinks,
Quadrant,
Heaven 17,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Anakelly,
This Heat,
Franke,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Kerri Chandler,
Joe Finger,
Alison Limerick,
Stockholm Monsters,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Bauhaus,
Aaron Thompson,
Joe Smooth,
The Beau Brummels,
The Names,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lungfish,
Angry Samoans,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
John Coltrane,
The Fire Engines,
The Leaves,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Cure,
Young Marble Giants,
Jeff Mills,
L. Decosne,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Siglo XX,
Josef K, Josef K, Josef K, Josef K.
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.