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 Nicaragua and from Spokane.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba 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 the Normal to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Althea and Donna. All the underground hits.
All Faust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fort Wilson Riot record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lalann record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dual Sessions,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Interpol,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Young Rascals,
Curtis Mayfield,
Peter & Gordon,
The Techniques,
Chris Corsano,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Mo-Dettes,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Harmonia,
Rotary Connection,
Davy DMX,
Bluetip,
Icehouse,
Peter and Kerry,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Albert Ayler,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
PIL,
Buzzcocks,
Blancmange,
The Gap Band,
Bauhaus,
Michelle Simonal,
Symarip,
Marine Girls,
Mantronix,
Jandek,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Godley & Creme,
Deadbeat,
Avey Tare,
Kenny Larkin,
Infiniti,
Quando Quango,
Liliput,
Surgeon,
Boredoms,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Piero Umiliani,
Bad Manners,
Lucky Dragons,
Eyeless In Gaza,
E-Dancer,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Tom Boy,
Danielle Patucci,
Nirvana,
Excepter,
Joensuu 1685,
The Doobie Brothers,
the Slits,
David Axelrod,
New Order,
Cameo,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.