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 Vanuatu and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 Manila and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Mary Jane Girls to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Gang Gang Dance. All the underground hits.
All X-102 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Beau Brummels 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Be Bop Deluxe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marshall Jefferson,
F. McDonald,
Flipper,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
MDC,
The Standells,
Royal Trux,
Echospace,
Kaleidoscope,
Toni Rubio,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Vogues,
Jeff Mills,
The Litter,
La Düsseldorf,
Porter Ricks,
Kas Product,
The Beau Brummels,
Deepchord,
Wire,
Mantronix,
Danielle Patucci,
Michelle Simonal,
Glenn Branca,
Roxy Music,
The Smoke,
Kurtis Blow,
the Soft Cell,
Public Image Ltd.,
Throbbing Gristle,
New Age Steppers,
Donald Byrd,
Archie Shepp,
Wasted Youth,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Kool Moe Dee,
Iggy Pop,
Boz Scaggs,
Glambeats Corp.,
Underground Resistance,
Marcia Griffiths,
Youth Brigade,
The Remains,
Chris Corsano,
Avey Tare,
Agitation Free,
Crash Course in Science,
Thompson Twins,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Bill Near,
Funky Four + One,
Eden Ahbez,
Eddi Front,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Joe Smooth,
Althea and Donna,
the Slits,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bronski Beat,
Kerrie Biddell, Kerrie Biddell, Kerrie Biddell, Kerrie Biddell.
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.