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 Lithuania and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 rhodes 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 Inner City to the jazz 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 Technova. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Laurel Aitken record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Germs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Pere Ubu,
Matthew Bourne,
Rites of Spring,
Audionom,
Sugar Minott,
Delta 5,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fatback Band,
James White and The Blacks,
Cameo,
Desert Stars,
Fela Kuti,
Eric Copeland,
Arthur Verocai,
Sam Rivers,
Goldenarms,
Scott Walker,
Kurtis Blow,
Ultra Naté,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Theoretical Girls,
Bush Tetras,
X-102,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Monks,
The Knickerbockers,
CMW,
Ralphi Rosario,
Lou Christie,
Animal Collective,
Anthony Braxton,
The Martian,
Skriet,
Groovy Waters,
Archie Shepp,
Sonic Youth,
The Pretty Things,
The Fortunes,
Faraquet,
Jeff Mills,
The Victims,
Juan Atkins,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Reagan Youth,
Mantronix,
The Mojo Men,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bang On A Can,
The Durutti Column,
The Toasters,
Cluster,
The Birthday Party,
The Zeros,
Mars,
Sight & Sound,
New Age Steppers,
The Remains,
The Sound,
Public Enemy,
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.