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 Zimbabwe and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Sun Ra Arkestra to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Heaven 17. All the underground hits.
All Eric Copeland tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Janne Schatter record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Monochrome Set,
Moebius,
Tim Buckley,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Kerrie Biddell,
Flipper,
Banda Bassotti,
Yaz,
Gang Starr,
F. McDonald,
Glambeats Corp.,
10cc,
Chris Corsano,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Freddie Wadling,
The Stooges,
Organ,
Metal Thangz,
Reagan Youth,
Joe Finger,
Joensuu 1685,
The Young Rascals,
Minutemen,
The Velvet Underground,
Bill Wells,
Kenny Larkin,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Leonard Cohen,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Eddi Front,
Agitation Free,
Roger Hodgson,
The Five Americans,
Radio Birdman,
The Toasters,
Au Pairs,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Schoolly D,
Little Man,
John Holt,
Arthur Verocai,
Pierre Henry,
Rufus Thomas,
David Axelrod,
Peter & Gordon,
Saccharine Trust,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Sonic Youth,
Urselle,
Arcadia,
Ronnie Foster,
The Misunderstood,
Bad Manners,
Lucky Dragons,
Roxette,
Sandy B,
New Age Steppers,
The Fire Engines,
Pharoah Sanders,
Throbbing Gristle,
Brand Nubian,
Moss Icon,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band.
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.