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 Dominica and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Agent Orange to the grime 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 Tom Boy. All the underground hits.
All Joyce Sims tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Au Pairs 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 an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mantronix record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sun Ra,
JFA,
Barbara Tucker,
Soulsonic Force,
Technova,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Five Americans,
The Gap Band,
Von Mondo,
D'Angelo,
Slick Rick,
Japan,
Lakeside,
Jesper Dahlback,
Eric Dolphy,
The Smiths,
the Fania All-Stars,
Hot Snakes,
Cheater Slicks,
Bang On A Can,
Bush Tetras,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
10cc,
The Mummies,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Skriet,
David McCallum,
Roger Hodgson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
John Cale,
New York Dolls,
Henry Cow,
Nick Fraelich,
Goldenarms,
Funky Four + One,
Rhythm & Sound,
Metal Thangz,
Barry Ungar,
Bad Manners,
Yusef Lateef,
Peter and Kerry,
Iggy Pop,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Rosa Yemen,
the Bar-Kays,
The Smoke,
FM Einheit,
Danielle Patucci,
Glenn Branca,
Glambeats Corp.,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Amazonics,
Lebanon Hanover,
Kerrie Biddell,
Pylon,
Pole,
Laurel Aitken,
Darondo,
MDC,
Excepter,
Loose Ends,
Grey Daturas,
Jandek,
CMW,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
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.