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 Egypt and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 theremin 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 Joe Smooth to the grime 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 Fifty Foot Hose. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bauhaus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronnie Foster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tomorrow,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
DJ Style,
Anthony Braxton,
Mantronix,
Monolake,
Grey Daturas,
Alton Ellis,
Schoolly D,
June Days,
Johnny Osbourne,
Gong,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Soul II Soul,
Moss Icon,
Flash Fearless,
Man Parrish,
Arthur Verocai,
Soul Sonic Force,
Excepter,
Y Pants,
New Order,
Radiohead,
Cecil Taylor,
Pharoah Sanders,
Infiniti,
The Doors,
Moebius,
Amon Düül II,
Max Romeo,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Toni Rubio,
Malaria!,
The Residents,
Sonic Youth,
Nils Olav,
The Count Five,
Tubeway Army,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Hasil Adkins,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ossler,
Jacques Brel,
Chris & Cosey,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Michelle Simonal,
Metal Thangz,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Marvin Gaye,
Jeru the Damaja,
Lou Reed,
Minor Threat,
Jimmy McGriff,
Bobby Byrd,
Alice Coltrane,
Johnny Clarke,
Donny Hathaway,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Sugar Minott,
cv313,
Adolescents,
Gabor Szabo,
Brick, Brick, Brick, Brick.
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.