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 Vietnam and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Japan to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Soul Sonic Force. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warren Ellis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fluxion record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Vogues,
Skarface,
Scan 7,
Thompson Twins,
The Last Poets,
Circle Jerks,
Oneida,
The Monochrome Set,
Al Stewart,
Kevin Saunderson,
Clear Light,
Shoche,
Motorama,
Blake Baxter,
Echospace,
Flipper,
Carl Craig,
Charles Mingus,
Brothers Johnson,
Joyce Sims,
Newcleus,
Robert Görl,
The Detroit Cobras,
Gabor Szabo,
Boz Scaggs,
Underground Resistance,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Arab on Radar,
One Last Wish,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Shuggie Otis,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Basic Channel,
FM Einheit,
Royal Trux,
Scratch Acid,
Rakim,
the Human League,
China Crisis,
Duran Duran,
Theoretical Girls,
Man Eating Sloth,
Ossler,
Livin' Joy,
Mars,
Lightning Bolt,
John Holt,
A Certain Ratio,
Piero Umiliani,
Idris Muhammad,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Chris Corsano,
The Skatalites,
David Bowie,
Sällskapet,
The Residents,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Birthday Party,
The Techniques,
The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement.
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.