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 South Sudan and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Columbus.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Underground Resistance to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 These Immortal Souls. All the underground hits.
All Symarip tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
La Düsseldorf,
Todd Terry,
Donny Hathaway,
The Divine Comedy,
Byron Stingily,
The Black Dice,
Motorama,
Moss Icon,
Skriet,
Roxette,
Lakeside,
Clear Light,
Michelle Simonal,
Au Pairs,
Sun Ra,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Mars,
Avey Tare,
Gastr Del Sol,
Simply Red,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Kurtis Blow,
The Dead C,
Organ,
Radio Birdman,
Deepchord,
Peter & Gordon,
Ituana,
Dave Gahan,
Donald Byrd,
Susan Cadogan,
Pantytec,
Panda Bear,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Sonny Sharrock,
Hot Snakes,
Faraquet,
Cal Tjader,
Jimmy McGriff,
CMW,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Modern Lovers,
The Litter,
Brand Nubian,
Amon Düül II,
Sonic Youth,
The Busters,
The Birthday Party,
Brick,
Wings,
Jesper Dahlback,
Pantaleimon,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Marcia Griffiths,
Cecil Taylor,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Fatback Band,
Rotary Connection,
Newcleus, Newcleus, Newcleus, Newcleus.
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.