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 Mauritius and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Bremen.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the sitar 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 Josef K to the rock 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 Tommy Roe. All the underground hits.
All Flash Fearless tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gang Green record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
L. Decosne,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Japan,
Scan 7,
Fela Kuti,
Minny Pops,
Crash Course in Science,
Marshall Jefferson,
Spoonie Gee,
Thompson Twins,
Agent Orange,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Rosa Yemen,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Blues Magoos,
Cybotron,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
PIL,
Nik Kershaw,
Dead Boys,
Deepchord,
Ohio Players,
Bluetip,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Electric Prunes,
Derrick May,
Au Pairs,
Dave Gahan,
the Swans,
Camouflage,
Althea and Donna,
The Mojo Men,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Sällskapet,
Hoover,
Aural Exciters,
Grandmaster Flash,
The American Breed,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The New Christs,
Magma,
Man Eating Sloth,
Joey Negro,
Barrington Levy,
Fatback Band,
Unrelated Segments,
The Five Americans,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Zapp,
Kenny Larkin,
Newcleus,
Sixth Finger,
The Real Kids,
The Detroit Cobras,
Eden Ahbez,
La Düsseldorf,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Ossler,
Alton Ellis,
Joe Smooth,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Josef K,
Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's.
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.