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 France and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the sitar 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 Erasure to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All Bang On A Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Stooges 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eli Mardock,
Arthur Verocai,
Althea and Donna,
Moby Grape,
Rhythm & Sound,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Juan Atkins,
Y Pants,
Fluxion,
Marmalade,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Jesper Dahlback,
Godley & Creme,
Sparks,
Pole,
Sällskapet,
Robert Hood,
Scratch Acid,
Thompson Twins,
New Order,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Whodini,
Fat Boys,
AZ,
Skaos,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ludus,
Charles Mingus,
Faust,
Freddie Wadling,
The Skatalites,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Terrestrial Tones,
Cheater Slicks,
Camouflage,
MC5,
Idris Muhammad,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Country Teasers,
Graham Central Station,
Circle Jerks,
Pylon,
Harry Pussy,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Severed Heads,
One Last Wish,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jeff Mills,
E-Dancer,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Seeds,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Henry Cow,
The Blackbyrds,
A Flock of Seagulls,
8 Eyed Spy,
David McCallum,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Wake, The Wake, The Wake, The Wake.
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.