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 Argentina and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Cameo to the grime 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 Ituana. All the underground hits.
All Subhumans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New York Dolls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 harpsichord and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June of 44 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aswad,
Gichy Dan,
Leonard Cohen,
Alison Limerick,
Marshall Jefferson,
Vainqueur,
Lakeside,
The Remains,
Marine Girls,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Todd Terry,
Sexual Harrassment,
One Last Wish,
Sandy B,
Donald Byrd,
The Happenings,
Infiniti,
Scratch Acid,
Vladislav Delay,
Soft Cell,
Talk Talk,
Spoonie Gee,
Sight & Sound,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
DJ Sneak,
Japan,
Barclay James Harvest,
Eddi Front,
Morten Harket,
Sister Nancy,
Cybotron,
Anakelly,
Boredoms,
Ultimate Spinach,
Radiopuhelimet,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Aaron Thompson,
10cc,
Harmonia,
Steve Hackett,
Fela Kuti,
New York Dolls,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Delta 5,
Duran Duran,
Pagans,
Rotary Connection,
The Wake,
Bobby Sherman,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Techniques,
Sonic Youth,
Eric B and Rakim,
Kevin Saunderson,
Dave Gahan,
Quadrant,
the Bar-Kays,
KRS-One,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Parry Music,
John Foxx,
Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano.
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.