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 Singapore and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 mellotron 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic to the techno 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 Unwound. All the underground hits.
All Camberwell Now tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grandmaster Flash record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bill Near record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rotary Connection,
Sight & Sound,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Stiv Bators,
Funkadelic,
The Offenders,
The Busters,
The Fire Engines,
Talk Talk,
The Blues Magoos,
Au Pairs,
Anthony Braxton,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Gichy Dan,
Alice Coltrane,
Flipper,
Josef K,
Max Romeo,
Sällskapet,
The Doors,
Arthur Verocai,
Q65,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Barracudas,
Althea and Donna,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Litter,
The Red Krayola,
Ossler,
James White and The Blacks,
The Cramps,
Bronski Beat,
Panda Bear,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Techniques,
Brand Nubian,
Monolake,
Brick,
R.M.O.,
Marine Girls,
Barrington Levy,
Bill Wells,
The Leaves,
The Star Department,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Underground Resistance,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Peter & Gordon,
The Names,
Chris & Cosey,
Blancmange,
Juan Atkins,
Newcleus,
Tubeway Army,
Khruangbin,
Reagan Youth,
Dave Gahan,
Stetsasonic,
Blossom Toes,
Ohio Players,
Guru Guru,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck.
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.