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 Turkey and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Pere Ubu to the grunge 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 Organ. All the underground hits.
All World's Most tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oblivians record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 clarinet and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Parry Music record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Piero Umiliani,
Panda Bear,
Infiniti,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Young Rascals,
Cecil Taylor,
Jandek,
Minnie Riperton,
Camberwell Now,
Absolute Body Control,
Average White Band,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Massinfluence,
EPMD,
Surgeon,
Iggy Pop,
Donny Hathaway,
Glambeats Corp.,
Marc Almond,
Organ,
Warsaw,
10cc,
Stiv Bators,
Matthew Bourne,
Sister Nancy,
Neu!,
Brand Nubian,
kango's stein massive,
Eddi Front,
Kenny Larkin,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Nils Olav,
The Litter,
Porter Ricks,
Peter and Kerry,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Delta 5,
Max Romeo,
Althea and Donna,
Pere Ubu,
Morten Harket,
Khruangbin,
The Moleskins,
Amon Düül,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Golliwogs,
Nik Kershaw,
The Mojo Men,
Underground Resistance,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
MC5,
Cheater Slicks,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Michelle Simonal,
Jawbox,
48th St. Collective,
Kevin Saunderson,
LL Cool J,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap.
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.