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 Botswana and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Throbbing Gristle to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Bootsy's Rubber Band. All the underground hits.
All Groovy Waters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Talk Talk 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter & Gordon,
Maleditus Sound,
Roxy Music,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Erykah Badu,
Chrome,
Kaleidoscope,
The Fire Engines,
Charles Mingus,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Gories,
New Order,
Faust,
The Standells,
Soft Machine,
Radio Birdman,
The Grass Roots,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Soulsonic Force,
The Victims,
Das Ding,
Bronski Beat,
Scratch Acid,
Barbara Tucker,
Babytalk,
Television,
Yellowson,
Livin' Joy,
Amon Düül,
Alphaville,
Sugar Minott,
Jeru the Damaja,
the Germs,
The Blues Magoos,
Heaven 17,
Radiohead,
H. Thieme,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Thee Headcoats,
Bootsy Collins,
Moby Grape,
Nation of Ulysses,
Morten Harket,
Outsiders,
Barclay James Harvest,
Aloha Tigers,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Bauhaus,
Skriet,
These Immortal Souls,
Young Marble Giants,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
D'Angelo,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Panda Bear,
Buzzcocks,
The Smiths,
The Blackbyrds,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango.
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.