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 Lesotho and from Tehran.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare 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 Terror Squad Feat. Camron to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 The American Breed. All the underground hits.
All Roger Hodgson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Fraelich record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Subhumans,
Motorama,
Anthony Braxton,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
John Lydon,
Gabor Szabo,
The Divine Comedy,
Jacques Brel,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Trumans Water,
The Sound,
Prince Buster,
Rod Modell,
Public Enemy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rufus Thomas,
The Kinks,
Kool Moe Dee,
Spandau Ballet,
Kas Product,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Skaos,
Brothers Johnson,
June of 44,
Q and Not U,
Saccharine Trust,
Al Stewart,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
the Normal,
Whodini,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
New Age Steppers,
Barrington Levy,
Infiniti,
Sonic Youth,
Ituana,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Doors,
the Bar-Kays,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Marshall Jefferson,
John Foxx,
Andrew Hill,
Surgeon,
Pulsallama,
The Residents,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Minor Threat,
The Durutti Column,
Sam Rivers,
Davy DMX,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Godley & Creme,
Loose Ends,
Parry Music,
Joyce Sims,
Sister Nancy,
The Gories,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Star Department,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.