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 Albania and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo to the funk 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 Kool Moe Dee. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nico record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Fraelich record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mandrill,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Aswad,
Cluster,
Niagra,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Johnny Osbourne,
Skarface,
Absolute Body Control,
Piero Umiliani,
Ituana,
Massinfluence,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Gang Starr,
Avey Tare,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Kas Product,
Derrick Morgan,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Technova,
The Knickerbockers,
T. Rex,
E-Dancer,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Roy Ayers,
Fluxion,
The Beau Brummels,
Agent Orange,
Country Teasers,
ABBA,
T.S.O.L.,
Symarip,
Zero Boys,
The Skatalites,
Crash Course in Science,
Fat Boys,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Isaac Hayes,
Dave Gahan,
Albert Ayler,
Royal Trux,
Peter and Kerry,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Gories,
Derrick May,
Sly & The Family Stone,
H. Thieme,
Camberwell Now,
Skriet,
Sister Nancy,
Nils Olav,
DJ Sneak,
Sugar Minott,
The Golliwogs,
Index,
The Electric Prunes,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.