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 Cuba and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 guitar 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 David Bowie to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 B.T. Express. All the underground hits.
All Arab on Radar tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David McCallum record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 chamberlin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chris & Cosey record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 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?
Gabor Szabo,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Josef K,
Ten City,
U.S. Maple,
D'Angelo,
Cabaret Voltaire,
cv313,
Nas,
Al Stewart,
Arab on Radar,
New Age Steppers,
Swell Maps,
The Count Five,
Eric B and Rakim,
Ronan,
The Smoke,
Sixth Finger,
Tomorrow,
The Durutti Column,
The Sonics,
Mr. Review,
Lalann,
The Evens,
The Golliwogs,
Robert Hood,
Nick Fraelich,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Guru Guru,
The Zeros,
Lou Christie,
Dual Sessions,
Scion,
Stereo Dub,
Das Ding,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Names,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Eddi Front,
Sonic Youth,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Flash Fearless,
Bill Near,
The Toasters,
Neil Young,
Model 500,
Desert Stars,
Visage,
DNA,
The Techniques,
Ituana,
Gerry Rafferty,
Cameo,
Vladislav Delay,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Mo-Dettes,
Jacob Miller,
Derrick May,
Todd Terry,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.