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 Ethiopia and from Jakarta.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 A Flock of Seagulls to the techno kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel. All the underground hits.
All Agitation Free tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Man Eating Sloth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Velvet Underground record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sarah Menescal,
Eric Copeland,
Delta 5,
Young Marble Giants,
Minnie Riperton,
Boredoms,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Duran Duran,
Magma,
The Wake,
Grey Daturas,
Das Ding,
Los Fastidios,
Adolescents,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Metal Thangz,
ABBA,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
New Age Steppers,
Nick Fraelich,
Japan,
Unrelated Segments,
Newcleus,
Brass Construction,
Essential Logic,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Rapeman,
Chris Corsano,
Jimmy McGriff,
Soul II Soul,
Letta Mbulu,
Harpers Bizarre,
Minor Threat,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
L. Decosne,
Quantec,
The Doors,
Erykah Badu,
Unwound,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Harmonia,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Grandmaster Flash,
Skriet,
Q and Not U,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Techniques,
The Leaves,
Barclay James Harvest,
Cheater Slicks,
X-102,
Ultimate Spinach,
Fat Boys,
Masters at Work,
Prince Buster,
Intrusion,
Scientists,
Hot Snakes,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.