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 Poland and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Marine Girls to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Monks. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Popol Vuh record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aural Exciters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Barry Ungar,
Ossler,
Ultra Naté,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Minor Threat,
Nils Olav,
Brothers Johnson,
MDC,
Mr. Review,
Moss Icon,
Radio Birdman,
The Cure,
Metal Thangz,
Robert Hood,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Marvin Gaye,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Shuggie Otis,
Parry Music,
Jimmy McGriff,
Lalann,
Cluster,
Erasure,
Susan Cadogan,
Symarip,
New Age Steppers,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Television,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Janne Schatter,
The Count Five,
Nik Kershaw,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Seeds,
Morten Harket,
The Stooges,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Red Krayola,
Dead Boys,
Section 25,
Mo-Dettes,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Flipper,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Slick Rick,
The Offenders,
Tres Demented,
Patti Smith,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Stockholm Monsters,
Drexciya,
The Doors,
Absolute Body Control,
Depeche Mode,
Aural Exciters,
Basic Channel,
The Techniques,
Underground Resistance,
Freddie Wadling,
Rekid,
Jerry's Kids,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.