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 Mexico and from Lille.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the linndrum 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 ABC to the rock 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 Bronski Beat. All the underground hits.
All The Doobie Brothers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cymande,
Interpol,
Kaleidoscope,
The Wake,
Metal Thangz,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Nirvana,
Pulsallama,
L. Decosne,
The Golliwogs,
Pere Ubu,
New Order,
Nico,
The Sonics,
Grey Daturas,
Gong,
DJ Style,
Loose Ends,
Frankie Knuckles,
Dual Sessions,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Talk Talk,
Derrick Morgan,
JFA,
Scratch Acid,
Scrapy,
Hot Snakes,
Albert Ayler,
Lucky Dragons,
Lyres,
Mad Mike,
Liliput,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Monochrome Set,
Pagans,
Gichy Dan,
One Last Wish,
Thee Headcoats,
Bluetip,
Alphaville,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Last Poets,
The Grass Roots,
The Blackbyrds,
Section 25,
UT,
The Fall,
Stiv Bators,
Camouflage,
Harpers Bizarre,
Peter and Kerry,
The Gladiators,
The Smiths,
Electric Light Orchestra,
T. Rex,
X-102,
Underground Resistance,
Goldenarms,
AZ,
Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc..
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.