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 Rwanda and from Tokyo.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 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 Duran Duran to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Roy Ayers Ubiquity. All the underground hits.
All The Gun Club tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fall 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric Copeland record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
FM Einheit,
Chris Corsano,
Delta 5,
Pantaleimon,
These Immortal Souls,
The Sonics,
The Angels of Light,
Simply Red,
Isaac Hayes,
Stereo Dub,
Mandrill,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Aaron Thompson,
DJ Sneak,
Steve Hackett,
The Names,
Desert Stars,
The Raincoats,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Hasil Adkins,
Mad Mike,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Funky Four + One,
Todd Rundgren,
Gang of Four,
Lindisfarne,
Jeff Mills,
Audionom,
Bauhaus,
Throbbing Gristle,
Rhythm & Sound,
Quantec,
LL Cool J,
Smog,
Dennis Brown,
Grey Daturas,
The Searchers,
The Standells,
Ludus,
Rosa Yemen,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Martian,
Derrick Morgan,
Lakeside,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Golliwogs,
AZ,
Nation of Ulysses,
Fatback Band,
Aloha Tigers,
Donald Byrd,
Barclay James Harvest,
Minor Threat,
The Motions,
Eurythmics,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Mission of Burma,
Mo-Dettes,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
L. Decosne,
The Offenders,
Ajijia Myrayebe, Ajijia Myrayebe, Ajijia Myrayebe, Ajijia Myrayebe.
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.