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 Switzerland and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Suburban Knight to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Lucky Dragons. All the underground hits.
All Dark Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maurizio record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 808 and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bootsy Collins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nik Kershaw,
In Retrospect,
Porter Ricks,
Babytalk,
Maurizio,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Slave,
A Certain Ratio,
Jeff Mills,
Skarface,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Massinfluence,
Cheater Slicks,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Electric Prunes,
Guru Guru,
Flipper,
The Selecter,
Absolute Body Control,
The Moody Blues,
Fatback Band,
Khruangbin,
Hardrive,
Smog,
Trumans Water,
Groovy Waters,
Mary Jane Girls,
Public Enemy,
The Neon Judgement,
Archie Shepp,
Boogie Down Productions,
Joensuu 1685,
PIL,
Pantytec,
The Monochrome Set,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Bronski Beat,
the Fania All-Stars,
Minny Pops,
Peter and Kerry,
The Moleskins,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Monks,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bobby Sherman,
Flash Fearless,
The Pretty Things,
Joey Negro,
The New Christs,
Nick Fraelich,
New Age Steppers,
Quando Quango,
H. Thieme,
Joy Division,
James White and The Blacks,
Bob Dylan,
Marine Girls,
Dave Gahan,
Michelle Simonal,
Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter.
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.