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 Zambia and from Columbus.
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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Ornette Coleman to the dance 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 The Mighty Diamonds. All the underground hits.
All Anthony Braxton tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sarah Menescal,
Blake Baxter,
Slave,
The Slackers,
Vainqueur,
Henry Cow,
The Mojo Men,
Monolake,
Hot Snakes,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Flesh Eaters,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
DJ Style,
Roxette,
L. Decosne,
kango's stein massive,
The New Christs,
Roxy Music,
Neu!,
James White and The Blacks,
The Tremeloes,
Fat Boys,
Scientists,
Radiopuhelimet,
CMW,
Lebanon Hanover,
Gang of Four,
Brick,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Kevin Saunderson,
Pantytec,
Susan Cadogan,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Minny Pops,
the Normal,
Janne Schatter,
Saccharine Trust,
Sparks,
One Last Wish,
Juan Atkins,
The Toasters,
The Wake,
Archie Shepp,
Rites of Spring,
The United States of America,
Lightning Bolt,
John Coltrane,
Agitation Free,
LL Cool J,
Thompson Twins,
Eden Ahbez,
Second Layer,
Minutemen,
Urselle,
Wasted Youth,
Section 25,
Altered Images,
Jeff Lynne,
Procol Harum,
The Modern Lovers,
The Happenings,
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.