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 Algeria and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Hardrive to the punk 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 Porter Ricks. All the underground hits.
All Gerry Rafferty tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Teasers 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Funky Four + One record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Sisters of Mercy,
Matthew Bourne,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sugar Minott,
Moss Icon,
Glambeats Corp.,
Massinfluence,
Rod Modell,
The Zeros,
Tubeway Army,
Electric Prunes,
Stetsasonic,
Cecil Taylor,
Alphaville,
Tim Buckley,
Joey Negro,
The Moleskins,
Kaleidoscope,
Rakim,
Mantronix,
Echospace,
KRS-One,
Sparks,
Angry Samoans,
X-101,
Banda Bassotti,
Black Moon,
The Buckinghams,
Metal Thangz,
Sixth Finger,
James Chance & The Contortions,
London Community Gospel Choir,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Alison Limerick,
Tommy Roe,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Dave Clark Five,
Lakeside,
Bad Manners,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
the Normal,
the Human League,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Fire Engines,
Ituana,
EPMD,
Flamin' Groovies,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Chris & Cosey,
Delon & Dalcan,
Marine Girls,
Bang On A Can,
Severed Heads,
Accadde A,
Cameo,
Eddi Front,
Technova,
Nick Fraelich,
Hasil Adkins,
Radiohead,
The Blackbyrds,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish.
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.