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 Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Beijing.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Flash Fearless 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 Jandek. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lebanon Hanover record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Michelle Simonal,
Nation of Ulysses,
Mary Jane Girls,
Patti Smith,
Electric Prunes,
Chris & Cosey,
Sarah Menescal,
The Martian,
Brick,
Lalo Schifrin,
Chrome,
Gabor Szabo,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Blackbyrds,
The Vogues,
Minny Pops,
Pussy Galore,
Dawn Penn,
Tom Boy,
8 Eyed Spy,
Traffic Nightmare,
Half Japanese,
K-Klass,
The Sonics,
The Techniques,
Ronan,
Malaria!,
Moby Grape,
The Gun Club,
Hashim,
The Music Machine,
The Toasters,
Cybotron,
Peter and Kerry,
Reagan Youth,
The Zeros,
Wire,
Erasure,
Blake Baxter,
The Fall,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Pierre Henry,
Masters at Work,
Fad Gadget,
The Seeds,
Dead Boys,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sonic Youth,
Desert Stars,
The Barracudas,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Harpers Bizarre,
Q65,
The Divine Comedy,
Funkadelic,
Mission of Burma,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Amazonics,
Absolute Body Control,
Inner City, Inner City, Inner City, Inner City.
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.