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 Bulgaria and from Stockholm.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Radiohead to the rap 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 Outsiders. All the underground hits.
All Johnny Clarke tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Joe & The Fish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Basic Channel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Ultravox,
The Doors,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Jawbox,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mad Mike,
Todd Rundgren,
The Vogues,
Suicide,
Absolute Body Control,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Sister Nancy,
Fat Boys,
The Dirtbombs,
The American Breed,
Bobby Sherman,
Motorama,
Delon & Dalcan,
The New Christs,
Brick,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Laurel Aitken,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Sound,
Jacques Brel,
Rhythm & Sound,
Gang Starr,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Jandek,
Cal Tjader,
Jeff Mills,
Tom Boy,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Royal Trux,
Nation of Ulysses,
Subhumans,
Eddi Front,
Hot Snakes,
Don Cherry,
Lou Reed,
Minnie Riperton,
Joy Division,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Crime,
June Days,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bobby Byrd,
Thompson Twins,
Letta Mbulu,
the Slits,
Echospace,
the Soft Cell,
New Order,
John Lydon,
Eric Dolphy,
Graham Central Station,
kango's stein massive,
Davy DMX,
The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats.
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.