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 Bolivia and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Moss Icon to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Bobby Sherman. All the underground hits.
All Carl Craig tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anthony Braxton record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Henry Cow record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Howard Jones,
Michelle Simonal,
Erasure,
Black Sheep,
The Happenings,
Matthew Bourne,
kango's stein massive,
Procol Harum,
Henry Cow,
Organ,
Saccharine Trust,
The Smoke,
Bill Near,
The Beau Brummels,
Quadrant,
The Misunderstood,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Moleskins,
Make Up,
Echospace,
Angry Samoans,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lebanon Hanover,
Malaria!,
the Fania All-Stars,
Lalann,
Judy Mowatt,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Unrelated Segments,
Fad Gadget,
Unwound,
The Wake,
Babytalk,
Glambeats Corp.,
David McCallum,
Stetsasonic,
10cc,
Rotary Connection,
Radio Birdman,
Althea and Donna,
Thee Headcoats,
The Fuzztones,
Ronnie Foster,
Chrome,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Mojo Men,
Qualms,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Altered Images,
the Human League,
The Velvet Underground,
Colin Newman,
Swans,
Zapp,
Tom Boy,
Connie Case,
Absolute Body Control,
The Sonics,
the Soft Cell,
Audionom,
L. Decosne,
In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect.
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.