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 Mexico and from London.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 The Royal Family And The Poor to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Heaven 17. All the underground hits.
All Black Sheep tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Colin Newman 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythim Is Rhythim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kerrie Biddell,
H. Thieme,
The Residents,
Jeff Lynne,
Big Daddy Kane,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Soft Machine,
Guru Guru,
The Raincoats,
Mr. Review,
Oblivians,
Ornette Coleman,
Mark Hollis,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Quando Quango,
Nirvana,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Flash Fearless,
Icehouse,
Derrick May,
The American Breed,
X-101,
Frankie Knuckles,
Drexciya,
The Count Five,
Joe Smooth,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ohio Players,
Nas,
Swell Maps,
Kaleidoscope,
Warren Ellis,
David Bowie,
Half Japanese,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Toni Rubio,
Faust,
Scion,
Alison Limerick,
Black Moon,
Oneida,
The Doors,
Desert Stars,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Amon Düül,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Essential Logic,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sällskapet,
Grauzone,
Niagra,
Rod Modell,
Michelle Simonal,
Television,
Blossom Toes,
Jeff Mills,
8 Eyed Spy,
cv313,
Q and Not U,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Yazoo,
Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead.
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.