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 Zimbabwe and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the marimba 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 June Days to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Chocolate Watch Band. All the underground hits.
All The Leaves tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dave Gahan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Names record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb 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?
Black Pus,
Nico,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Chris & Cosey,
Cal Tjader,
Nas,
Gang Green,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Panda Bear,
Eric Dolphy,
Bootsy Collins,
Ludus,
Sam Rivers,
Lebanon Hanover,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Victims,
Freddie Wadling,
48th St. Collective,
Gil Scott Heron,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Radio Birdman,
Kayak,
The Real Kids,
Mandrill,
In Retrospect,
Piero Umiliani,
Marine Girls,
Pole,
Bobby Byrd,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Music Machine,
Aaron Thompson,
Drive Like Jehu,
Colin Newman,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The J.B.'s,
Nirvana,
Procol Harum,
Marshall Jefferson,
Desert Stars,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
L. Decosne,
Audionom,
Chris Corsano,
Aloha Tigers,
Roxette,
June of 44,
Fugazi,
Erykah Badu,
Animal Collective,
Max Romeo,
Cheater Slicks,
DJ Style,
Bill Wells,
Hot Snakes,
Bluetip,
Depeche Mode,
Simply Red,
Loose Ends,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Bang on a Can All-Stars.
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.