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 Philippines and from Johannesburg.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Soul Sonic Force to the rap kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Joe Finger. All the underground hits.
All The Seeds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Altered Images record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 synthesizer and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cluster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Iggy Pop,
T. Rex,
David McCallum,
Fela Kuti,
The Neon Judgement,
The Walker Brothers,
David Bowie,
Lightning Bolt,
Mary Jane Girls,
Gang Green,
The Smiths,
Nils Olav,
Todd Rundgren,
Dawn Penn,
Delta 5,
Bluetip,
John Cale,
Nas,
Subhumans,
Pharoah Sanders,
Juan Atkins,
Eric Dolphy,
Ituana,
Andrew Hill,
New Age Steppers,
UT,
LL Cool J,
Barry Ungar,
Franke,
Lou Reed,
Banda Bassotti,
Josef K,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Blancmange,
Drexciya,
China Crisis,
Donny Hathaway,
Brand Nubian,
The Modern Lovers,
Jeff Mills,
Traffic Nightmare,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Malaria!,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Wally Richardson,
Panda Bear,
Ultra Naté,
Angry Samoans,
Bobbi Humphrey,
A Certain Ratio,
Hoover,
Sixth Finger,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Index,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Move,
Glenn Branca,
Saccharine Trust,
John Foxx,
Lee Hazlewood,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
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.