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 Bangladesh and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Deakin 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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 arpeggiator and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Barry Ungar record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Gabor Szabo,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Idris Muhammad,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Hashim,
Soft Cell,
Danielle Patucci,
Swell Maps,
Faust,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Gregory Isaacs,
PIL,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Altered Images,
Cameo,
Mantronix,
Rotary Connection,
Joy Division,
The Associates,
Chris & Cosey,
The Invisible,
Pagans,
These Immortal Souls,
Rapeman,
Alton Ellis,
Ituana,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Techniques,
The Modern Lovers,
Gastr Del Sol,
Camberwell Now,
Newcleus,
The Toasters,
Quantec,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Zapp,
Easy Going,
Can,
Reuben Wilson,
Visage,
Connie Case,
Sarah Menescal,
Vladislav Delay,
Pantaleimon,
Glambeats Corp.,
Country Joe & The Fish,
The Martian,
K-Klass,
The Divine Comedy,
Barclay James Harvest,
New Order,
Neu!,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Drive Like Jehu,
Chris Corsano,
Derrick Morgan,
The Gories,
Deakin,
Dave Gahan,
Scott Walker,
Lucky Dragons,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.