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 Somalia and from Delhi.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Johnny Clarke to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Human League. All the underground hits.
All DJ Sneak tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Clarke record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Basic Channel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Mantronix,
Sällskapet,
Television Personalities,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Piero Umiliani,
Glenn Branca,
The Blues Magoos,
The Black Dice,
Icehouse,
The Music Machine,
Yellowson,
Cameo,
Massinfluence,
Negative Approach,
Little Man,
David McCallum,
Anthony Braxton,
Bill Near,
Monolake,
Crash Course in Science,
Vainqueur,
Mars,
Minutemen,
Bobby Hutcherson,
David Bowie,
Lower 48,
Danielle Patucci,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Joy Division,
10cc,
Radiopuhelimet,
Accadde A,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Jeff Lynne,
Mr. Review,
Amazonics,
Khruangbin,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Kerrie Biddell,
Rekid,
Alphaville,
Eric Dolphy,
Con Funk Shun,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Hardrive,
La Düsseldorf,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Brick,
Eli Mardock,
ABBA,
The Seeds,
Eden Ahbez,
Make Up,
The Evens,
Intrusion,
Qualms,
Agitation Free,
Stetsasonic,
Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow.
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.