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 Barbados and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Eric Dolphy to the electroclash 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 Magma. All the underground hits.
All Morten Harket tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kevin Saunderson 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Oneida,
The Offenders,
Surgeon,
Heaven 17,
Darondo,
The Martian,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Soul Sonic Force,
The J.B.'s,
Sonic Youth,
Suburban Knight,
DJ Sneak,
Derrick Morgan,
Eric Copeland,
Section 25,
Amon Düül,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Lalo Schifrin,
Q65,
Moby Grape,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Names,
Sugar Minott,
The Real Kids,
Tom Boy,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Tomorrow,
Crime,
Panda Bear,
Robert Görl,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Divine Comedy,
Marvin Gaye,
kango's stein massive,
Bluetip,
Arcadia,
Simply Red,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Dirtbombs,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Music Machine,
Das Ding,
Throbbing Gristle,
Carl Craig,
Aswad,
Lightning Bolt,
The Sound,
The Toasters,
Warsaw,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Golliwogs,
The Gladiators,
The Mojo Men,
The Skatalites,
Bang On A Can,
Von Mondo,
PIL, PIL, PIL, PIL.
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.