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 Guatemala and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 mellotron 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 Carl Craig to the electroclash 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 Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All Angels of Light & Akron/Family tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hoover 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kerri Chandler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ten City,
Fluxion,
Althea and Donna,
Camberwell Now,
Sun Ra,
Youth Brigade,
T.S.O.L.,
The Knickerbockers,
Throbbing Gristle,
Tears for Fears,
The Dave Clark Five,
Prince Buster,
Pantaleimon,
Absolute Body Control,
Big Daddy Kane,
JFA,
Metal Thangz,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Tres Demented,
Eddi Front,
Jerry's Kids,
Eyeless In Gaza,
the Sonics,
Derrick Morgan,
Sly & The Family Stone,
F. McDonald,
Graham Central Station,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Warren Ellis,
Max Romeo,
Bootsy Collins,
Underground Resistance,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Litter,
AZ,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Cameo,
Ice-T,
Liliput,
Sixth Finger,
Sister Nancy,
Jeru the Damaja,
Monolake,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bluetip,
Rites of Spring,
Todd Rundgren,
Arcadia,
The Move,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Royal Trux,
The J.B.'s,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Faust,
Theoretical Girls,
Ituana,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ossler,
Gabor Szabo,
Rekid,
ABC,
The Sisters of Mercy,
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.