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 Germany and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 organ 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 Dave Gahan to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Derrick Morgan. All the underground hits.
All The Cramps 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bizarre Inc. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Flesh Eaters,
Piero Umiliani,
Deakin,
Flash Fearless,
Black Flag,
Brothers Johnson,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jeru the Damaja,
Mandrill,
John Foxx,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Sonic Youth,
Kayak,
The Smiths,
Colin Newman,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Fear,
Camouflage,
Throbbing Gristle,
Severed Heads,
Harmonia,
Second Layer,
Model 500,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Make Up,
The Tremeloes,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
CMW,
Skaos,
Jimmy McGriff,
Harry Pussy,
Babytalk,
Jeff Mills,
Saccharine Trust,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Names,
Cal Tjader,
Quantec,
Sugar Minott,
Thompson Twins,
Rhythm & Sound,
the Normal,
Dual Sessions,
Lee Hazlewood,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Funkadelic,
Fugazi,
Anakelly,
Von Mondo,
Leonard Cohen,
Bootsy Collins,
Bush Tetras,
Q65,
Quadrant,
The Smoke,
Kevin Saunderson,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Dirtbombs,
Radiopuhelimet,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.