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 Afghanistan and from Beijing.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the oboe 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 Pere Ubu to the grime 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 Eyeless In Gaza. All the underground hits.
All The Victims tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rotary Connection record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Axelrod record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cymande,
Scrapy,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Kerrie Biddell,
Bobby Byrd,
Fatback Band,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Hashim,
Deakin,
Eden Ahbez,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Stooges,
The Alarm Clocks,
Grandmaster Flash,
Bobby Womack,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The New Christs,
Yellowson,
Pet Shop Boys,
Eric Copeland,
Loose Ends,
Kevin Saunderson,
Fela Kuti,
Jerry's Kids,
Visage,
One Last Wish,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Soul Sonic Force,
Trumans Water,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
X-102,
The Evens,
Archie Shepp,
Barbara Tucker,
B.T. Express,
Scan 7,
Yaz,
Moebius,
Nirvana,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Easy Going,
Jesper Dahlback,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sarah Menescal,
Judy Mowatt,
Lee Hazlewood,
Sonny Sharrock,
Skaos,
John Cale,
8 Eyed Spy,
Alphaville,
Agent Orange,
Maurizio,
Guru Guru,
Ultravox,
Piero Umiliani,
Erykah Badu,
Pantytec,
Public Enemy,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Gregory Isaacs,
Ultimate Spinach,
Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan.
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.