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 Burundi and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 The Monochrome Set to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sun Ra. All the underground hits.
All Excepter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DNA record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Saccharine Trust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Nik Kershaw,
Thee Headcoats,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eric Dolphy,
Charles Mingus,
X-101,
Chris Corsano,
Surgeon,
Ponytail,
The Flesh Eaters,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
A Certain Ratio,
Ludus,
Arcadia,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
the Fania All-Stars,
Vainqueur,
Hasil Adkins,
Khruangbin,
The Mummies,
Deakin,
Sparks,
Stiv Bators,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gregory Isaacs,
Matthew Bourne,
Soul Sonic Force,
Jacob Miller,
Fela Kuti,
The Cramps,
The American Breed,
Soulsonic Force,
Mary Jane Girls,
Nico,
10cc,
Ronan,
Unwound,
Aaron Thompson,
Hashim,
Ultimate Spinach,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Five Americans,
Godley & Creme,
Sight & Sound,
Lindisfarne,
The Saints,
Skaos,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Motions,
Man Parrish,
Lou Christie,
Tomorrow,
Davy DMX,
Lucky Dragons,
Graham Central Station,
D'Angelo,
Joe Finger,
Susan Cadogan,
JFA,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.