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 Nauru and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Winnipeg.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Black Pus to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Shuggie Otis. All the underground hits.
All Country Joe & The Fish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eden Ahbez record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Easy Going record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Quando Quango,
Q65,
Ituana,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Derrick Morgan,
Second Layer,
Tommy Roe,
The Smiths,
F. McDonald,
the Fania All-Stars,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Cure,
Stereo Dub,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Piero Umiliani,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Slackers,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Leaves,
Quantec,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Electric Prunes,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Trumans Water,
Arthur Verocai,
Siglo XX,
Carl Craig,
Ultravox,
Accadde A,
Japan,
Thompson Twins,
Parry Music,
The American Breed,
Scratch Acid,
Masters at Work,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Jeff Mills,
The Fuzztones,
KRS-One,
Albert Ayler,
EPMD,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
10cc,
Marcia Griffiths,
Khruangbin,
Alison Limerick,
Man Parrish,
Godley & Creme,
Bauhaus,
The Martian,
Michelle Simonal,
Mr. Review,
Camouflage,
Urselle,
Gang Starr,
The Last Poets,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.