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 Ireland and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sällskapet. All the underground hits.
All The Saints tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grauzone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Darondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Germs,
Excepter,
The Move,
Robert Görl,
Gabor Szabo,
Accadde A,
Eurythmics,
Piero Umiliani,
Radiohead,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Brand Nubian,
Soft Cell,
Niagra,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
MC5,
the Slits,
Duran Duran,
Eric Copeland,
Camouflage,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Model 500,
Al Stewart,
Qualms,
Underground Resistance,
The Tremeloes,
Lebanon Hanover,
Byron Stingily,
Darondo,
Scion,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
New Age Steppers,
Subhumans,
Gang Starr,
Eve St. Jones,
Ponytail,
X-101,
Alphaville,
The Young Rascals,
The Zeros,
Peter & Gordon,
Visage,
Iggy Pop,
The Misunderstood,
Public Enemy,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Harpers Bizarre,
Guru Guru,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Chris Corsano,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Brass Construction,
Ice-T,
Tim Buckley,
The Star Department,
The Red Krayola,
Porter Ricks,
Minutemen,
Alton Ellis,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Pretty Things,
Jawbox,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.