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 Russia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba 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 JFA to the grime 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 Sonic Youth. All the underground hits.
All The Associates tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scan 7 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Dave Clark Five,
Man Eating Sloth,
Tubeway Army,
The Star Department,
World's Most,
Dennis Brown,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Animal Collective,
Von Mondo,
Archie Shepp,
The Seeds,
Angry Samoans,
Roger Hodgson,
LL Cool J,
Bizarre Inc.,
Thompson Twins,
Deepchord,
Ornette Coleman,
Oblivians,
Shoche,
Royal Trux,
The Mojo Men,
Kerrie Biddell,
Harpers Bizarre,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Happenings,
Thee Headcoats,
Matthew Halsall,
The Knickerbockers,
The Gap Band,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Mo-Dettes,
The Raincoats,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Martian,
Black Bananas,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Hardrive,
The Misunderstood,
Gang Green,
Albert Ayler,
Black Flag,
Mission of Burma,
Television Personalities,
John Holt,
Gabor Szabo,
the Normal,
The Birthday Party,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Jawbox,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Absolute Body Control,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bauhaus,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Moby Grape,
Pagans,
David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum.
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.