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 Iran and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 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 Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra to the rock 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 The Birthday Party. All the underground hits.
All Lafayette Afro Rock Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every James White and The Blacks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric B and Rakim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
La Düsseldorf,
This Heat,
The Beau Brummels,
John Foxx,
Bush Tetras,
the Bar-Kays,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Youth Brigade,
The Raincoats,
David Bowie,
China Crisis,
Funkadelic,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Residents,
The Young Rascals,
The Knickerbockers,
Susan Cadogan,
Bluetip,
Alison Limerick,
Glenn Branca,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Neu!,
Maurizio,
Todd Rundgren,
The Vogues,
Marmalade,
Kevin Saunderson,
Mars,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Evens,
Motorama,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Drexciya,
Basic Channel,
Parry Music,
Con Funk Shun,
Lee Hazlewood,
Kas Product,
ABC,
The Remains,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bill Wells,
Accadde A,
Skarface,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Yellowson,
Yusef Lateef,
Scan 7,
Dual Sessions,
Schoolly D,
Vainqueur,
Shoche,
Eden Ahbez,
R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O..
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.