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 Madagascar and from Glasgow.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Gang of Four to the punk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All Babytalk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Thompson Twins 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
Robert Hood,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Five Americans,
Funkadelic,
Roxette,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Sparks,
Scrapy,
ABBA,
Radiohead,
The Vogues,
Judy Mowatt,
Swans,
The Knickerbockers,
Panda Bear,
Chris & Cosey,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Fugs,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Angels of Light,
Graham Central Station,
Lou Reed,
Blossom Toes,
In Retrospect,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Half Japanese,
Nils Olav,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Blackbyrds,
The Kinks,
The Residents,
Parry Music,
Juan Atkins,
The Names,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Sister Nancy,
MC5,
Kenny Larkin,
Morten Harket,
Audionom,
Soulsonic Force,
Public Image Ltd.,
Absolute Body Control,
Junior Murvin,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Dark Day,
X-101,
Dawn Penn,
Qualms,
Amazonics,
The Gories,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Cameo,
Sun Ra,
Marc Almond,
a-ha,
Danielle Patucci,
K-Klass,
Agent Orange,
AZ,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
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.