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 Laos and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
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 Derrick Morgan to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Depeche Mode. All the underground hits.
All Carl Craig tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Massinfluence record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Strawberry Alarm Clock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Agitation Free,
Moss Icon,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Amon Düül II,
Flipper,
The Fortunes,
Sparks,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
the Sonics,
Warren Ellis,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
B.T. Express,
Liliput,
Terrestrial Tones,
Robert Wyatt,
Al Stewart,
The Young Rascals,
Ultimate Spinach,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Glenn Branca,
The Seeds,
Deepchord,
Procol Harum,
Ponytail,
The Dead C,
Todd Rundgren,
Radiohead,
Chrome,
Dennis Brown,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lee Hazlewood,
Stereo Dub,
David Axelrod,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Names,
The Grass Roots,
Rapeman,
Aural Exciters,
Kayak,
The Monochrome Set,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Derrick Morgan,
The J.B.'s,
Infiniti,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Judy Mowatt,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
X-Ray Spex,
The Real Kids,
E-Dancer,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Morten Harket,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Jandek,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Sex Pistols,
These Immortal Souls,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
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.