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 Dominican Republic and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 The Misunderstood to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Main Source. All the underground hits.
All Motorama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pierre Henry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 theremin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Wire,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Tears for Fears,
Brothers Johnson,
John Coltrane,
Soft Machine,
Alice Coltrane,
Lindisfarne,
Sällskapet,
Jacques Brel,
Zero Boys,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Hoover,
Derrick Morgan,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Joe Smooth,
Can,
Au Pairs,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The New Christs,
Excepter,
Graham Central Station,
Shuggie Otis,
The Smiths,
Kenny Larkin,
Steve Hackett,
Don Cherry,
Heaven 17,
La Düsseldorf,
Gastr Del Sol,
Deadbeat,
Mars,
Jimmy McGriff,
Rakim,
David Axelrod,
Deakin,
Pantytec,
Cameo,
Television,
Camberwell Now,
Oblivians,
Yazoo,
Mr. Review,
Fear,
The Blues Magoos,
Scan 7,
Iggy Pop,
Sam Rivers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Boogie Down Productions,
Pole,
Pantaleimon,
Interpol,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Donny Hathaway,
Neu!,
The Count Five,
The Wake,
Josef K,
Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale.
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.