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 Mexico and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Stereo Dub to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Rotary Connection. All the underground hits.
All Japan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boredoms,
Cheater Slicks,
The Tremeloes,
Pulsallama,
The Remains,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Gichy Dan,
Gang Gang Dance,
Thee Headcoats,
Schoolly D,
Ponytail,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Buzzcocks,
DJ Sneak,
Hardrive,
Agent Orange,
Wolf Eyes,
Los Fastidios,
Crash Course in Science,
Barrington Levy,
Con Funk Shun,
Marvin Gaye,
Monolake,
The Cramps,
Absolute Body Control,
Ten City,
Scan 7,
Hasil Adkins,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Busters,
Matthew Bourne,
The Cure,
Parry Music,
Sex Pistols,
Unrelated Segments,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Monks,
Jandek,
Glambeats Corp.,
Dave Gahan,
Chrome,
Robert Hood,
Inner City,
Brothers Johnson,
Danielle Patucci,
Outsiders,
Radio Birdman,
kango's stein massive,
Scratch Acid,
Bob Dylan,
Skaos,
Faraquet,
Byron Stingily,
Suburban Knight,
Skarface,
Bad Manners,
Gang Green,
Darondo,
Crime,
The Zeros,
June Days,
The Residents,
Khruangbin,
DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style.
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.