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 Guinea-Bissau and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 808 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 Scott Walker + Sunn O))) to the rock 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 Fear. All the underground hits.
All Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Circle Jerks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a sitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gichy Dan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Johnny Osbourne,
Saccharine Trust,
Urselle,
The Sound,
Jesper Dahlback,
Man Parrish,
One Last Wish,
James White and The Blacks,
Qualms,
Ronan,
The Electric Prunes,
Josef K,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Velvet Underground,
Hoover,
Dark Day,
kango's stein massive,
Rites of Spring,
Glambeats Corp.,
Amon Düül II,
Pole,
Goldenarms,
Second Layer,
Drexciya,
Bill Near,
Rapeman,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Angels of Light,
Lungfish,
Wings,
Ten City,
Erasure,
Kevin Saunderson,
Skriet,
Inner City,
Jimmy McGriff,
Television,
New Order,
Avey Tare,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Schoolly D,
Anthony Braxton,
The Golliwogs,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Isaac Hayes,
Masters at Work,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Jerry's Kids,
Newcleus,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
T. Rex,
Aural Exciters,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Kenny Larkin,
Jacques Brel,
Lou Reed,
Bang On A Can,
The Last Poets,
Juan Atkins,
Young Marble Giants,
Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685.
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.