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 Azerbaijan and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Scrapy to the dance 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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All Mark Hollis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eric Copeland record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unwound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Leonard Cohen,
L. Decosne,
Ten City,
Al Stewart,
Harpers Bizarre,
Blancmange,
Guru Guru,
Gastr Del Sol,
Erykah Badu,
Monolake,
Nation of Ulysses,
David Axelrod,
Jimmy McGriff,
Model 500,
The Velvet Underground,
Flamin' Groovies,
Cameo,
Fatback Band,
Derrick May,
Von Mondo,
Niagra,
Brick,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Lou Christie,
Gregory Isaacs,
Harmonia,
Pole,
Schoolly D,
Panda Bear,
The Human League,
Arthur Verocai,
Deepchord,
The Stooges,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Television,
John Coltrane,
Interpol,
Grey Daturas,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Grandmaster Flash,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
China Crisis,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
DJ Style,
Glambeats Corp.,
Excepter,
FM Einheit,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Magma,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Dual Sessions,
Dave Gahan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Faust,
Procol Harum,
Janne Schatter,
Severed Heads,
Visage,
Rapeman,
Fat Boys,
Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls.
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.