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 Greece and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in 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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 the Normal to the crunk 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 Subhumans. All the underground hits.
All Throbbing Gristle tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Toni Rubio,
The Associates,
Monolake,
The Mummies,
Yellowson,
Cybotron,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Vogues,
JFA,
AZ,
Alton Ellis,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Radio Birdman,
Ornette Coleman,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
DNA,
Johnny Clarke,
Jandek,
Pussy Galore,
Warren Ellis,
Idris Muhammad,
Jimmy McGriff,
X-102,
Infiniti,
The Wake,
Girls At Our Best!,
Easy Going,
Derrick May,
Rosa Yemen,
Black Sheep,
Panda Bear,
Deakin,
Matthew Halsall,
Zapp,
Country Teasers,
KRS-One,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Cramps,
Gong,
Eli Mardock,
Jacob Miller,
Pantytec,
Audionom,
Q65,
EPMD,
Desert Stars,
Marine Girls,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Cheater Slicks,
Nico,
The Buckinghams,
Eve St. Jones,
Circle Jerks,
Whodini,
The Human League,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Young Marble Giants,
Wolf Eyes,
Ultra Naté,
Slick Rick, Slick Rick, Slick Rick, Slick Rick.
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.