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 Australia and from Lagos.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Woodstock.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Country Teasers to the electroclash 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 The Wake. All the underground hits.
All The Birthday Party tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Technova record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 an organ and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Livin' Joy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eyeless In Gaza,
10cc,
Todd Terry,
Chris Corsano,
Cybotron,
Yusef Lateef,
Soft Machine,
Amon Düül,
New York Dolls,
Joensuu 1685,
The Cramps,
K-Klass,
Trumans Water,
Thompson Twins,
Fatback Band,
Fat Boys,
Steve Hackett,
Minnie Riperton,
Schoolly D,
Scott Walker,
The Smoke,
L. Decosne,
Lebanon Hanover,
Grandmaster Flash,
A Certain Ratio,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Colin Newman,
John Cale,
Tim Buckley,
Jesper Dahlback,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Gang Green,
Graham Central Station,
Panda Bear,
JFA,
Soul Sonic Force,
Maurizio,
Guru Guru,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Spoonie Gee,
The Gun Club,
The Raincoats,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Alphaville,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Letta Mbulu,
James White and The Blacks,
Goldenarms,
Hasil Adkins,
Gang of Four,
Piero Umiliani,
Monks,
Organ,
Bootsy Collins,
Parry Music,
The Walker Brothers,
The Dirtbombs,
Lyres,
Thee Headcoats,
Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes.
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.