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 Mauritania and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade to the crunk 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 Ajijia Myrayebe. All the underground hits.
All Ash Ra Tempel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Real Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Shoche,
Rapeman,
Connie Case,
Dave Gahan,
Liliput,
Pussy Galore,
The Monochrome Set,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Remains,
Marc Almond,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Scientists,
Spoonie Gee,
Patti Smith,
Radiopuhelimet,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Spandau Ballet,
Magma,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Neil Young,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Modern Lovers,
Oneida,
kango's stein massive,
Nirvana,
Kerri Chandler,
Soulsonic Force,
Todd Rundgren,
The Seeds,
Bill Near,
Anakelly,
Black Sheep,
Robert Hood,
Theoretical Girls,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Mantronix,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Chris & Cosey,
Little Man,
Johnny Osbourne,
Public Image Ltd.,
Grauzone,
Girls At Our Best!,
Roy Ayers,
Moby Grape,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
E-Dancer,
Zapp,
Graham Central Station,
The Index,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Half Japanese,
Dorothy Ashby,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Visage,
Chrome,
Agitation Free,
Sparks,
Panda Bear,
June of 44,
Ludus, Ludus, Ludus, Ludus.
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.