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 Taiwan and from Edmonton.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 organ 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 Electric Prunes to the grime kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Rapeman. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kevin Saunderson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Accadde A,
MC5,
Radio Birdman,
John Foxx,
June of 44,
FM Einheit,
Camberwell Now,
Ken Boothe,
Khruangbin,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Schoolly D,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Grauzone,
Deakin,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Terrestrial Tones,
Blake Baxter,
Rosa Yemen,
LL Cool J,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Kaleidoscope,
Brass Construction,
Stiv Bators,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
James White and The Blacks,
Goldenarms,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
R.M.O.,
Yazoo,
The Blues Magoos,
Lyres,
Mantronix,
Masters at Work,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Bang On A Can,
Jacob Miller,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Monochrome Set,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
La Düsseldorf,
The Blackbyrds,
The Mojo Men,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Arab on Radar,
Brick,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Minor Threat,
Chris & Cosey,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Alton Ellis,
The Leaves,
Robert Wyatt,
Pere Ubu,
Desert Stars,
Skarface,
Rotary Connection,
Moby Grape,
Jeru the Damaja,
8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy.
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.