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 Barbados and from Madrid.
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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Basic Channel to the grunge 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 Traffic Nightmare. All the underground hits.
All Curtis Mayfield tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Remains 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jandek record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neu!,
U.S. Maple,
The Misunderstood,
Soulsonic Force,
Malaria!,
Peter and Kerry,
David Bowie,
Basic Channel,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Cure,
Grey Daturas,
Hasil Adkins,
Bluetip,
Camberwell Now,
Section 25,
Eric Dolphy,
Tears for Fears,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Royal Trux,
Erykah Badu,
New York Dolls,
Oblivians,
Traffic Nightmare,
ABBA,
Jesper Dahlback,
Angry Samoans,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Dawn Penn,
Aloha Tigers,
Ohio Players,
the Association,
Gang Green,
The Names,
Scratch Acid,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Nico,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Jerry's Kids,
Don Cherry,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Freddie Wadling,
Moebius,
The Cowsills,
The Residents,
Audionom,
Barry Ungar,
The Alarm Clocks,
Kerrie Biddell,
Cameo,
Mad Mike,
Sun Ra,
New Order,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Nik Kershaw,
Black Sheep,
One Last Wish,
Lower 48,
Monolake,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.