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 Philippines and from Toronto.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 theremin 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 Spandau Ballet to the techno 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 The Doobie Brothers. All the underground hits.
All Lalann tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ronnie Foster 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cameo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crash Course in Science,
Oblivians,
Massinfluence,
the Human League,
Pierre Henry,
Laurel Aitken,
Aural Exciters,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Hot Snakes,
Nico,
Jacob Miller,
The Stooges,
The Flesh Eaters,
Bizarre Inc.,
Agitation Free,
The Count Five,
Pet Shop Boys,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Happenings,
Kerri Chandler,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Deakin,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Dawn Penn,
Boredoms,
Unrelated Segments,
The Blues Magoos,
Ludus,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Techniques,
Cluster,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Moss Icon,
EPMD,
Funky Four + One,
Alton Ellis,
10cc,
Harmonia,
The Smiths,
The Evens,
In Retrospect,
Eric Copeland,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Excepter,
New York Dolls,
Roy Ayers,
Eli Mardock,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Slackers,
Goldenarms,
Harry Pussy,
B.T. Express,
Marcia Griffiths,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Connie Case,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Golliwogs,
Mo-Dettes,
cv313,
Loose Ends,
The Searchers,
Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy.
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.