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 Netherlands and from Stockholm.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Radio Birdman to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Parry Music. All the underground hits.
All Lower 48 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rosa Yemen record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jandek record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
OOIOO,
Metal Thangz,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Misunderstood,
Gastr Del Sol,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Swell Maps,
Amon Düül,
The Saints,
Derrick May,
Bush Tetras,
Ralphi Rosario,
Television Personalities,
AZ,
Fugazi,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Quantec,
Darondo,
Danielle Patucci,
The Knickerbockers,
In Retrospect,
8 Eyed Spy,
Laurel Aitken,
Subhumans,
Nils Olav,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Scratch Acid,
Popol Vuh,
Jawbox,
The Slits,
T.S.O.L.,
Fluxion,
Cameo,
Faraquet,
The Selecter,
Lakeside,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Index,
The Tremeloes,
Negative Approach,
Sonny Sharrock,
Nas,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Anakelly,
Carl Craig,
Camouflage,
Japan,
Average White Band,
Barrington Levy,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Minny Pops,
The Blues Magoos,
Sister Nancy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Oblivians,
Minutemen,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Franke,
Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson.
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.