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 Nigeria and from Taipei.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 JFA to the grunge 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 Lungfish. All the underground hits.
All Fela Kuti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Hood 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skaos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Sarah Menescal,
Ronnie Foster,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Kayak,
Juan Atkins,
Gang of Four,
Johnny Clarke,
Electric Prunes,
The Pretty Things,
Delta 5,
Tears for Fears,
Surgeon,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Terrestrial Tones,
Judy Mowatt,
Angry Samoans,
These Immortal Souls,
Los Fastidios,
Ludus,
Soul II Soul,
Marc Almond,
Nirvana,
Depeche Mode,
Banda Bassotti,
Aswad,
Pierre Henry,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
FM Einheit,
The Evens,
Jawbox,
Rakim,
10cc,
The Pop Group,
Goldenarms,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Alice Coltrane,
Scion,
DJ Sneak,
Little Man,
Marshall Jefferson,
Eli Mardock,
Idris Muhammad,
The Human League,
The Fire Engines,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Patti Smith,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Scan 7,
Crash Course in Science,
Vladislav Delay,
Schoolly D,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Janne Schatter,
Hasil Adkins,
Glenn Branca,
Shuggie Otis,
Black Sheep,
Jacob Miller,
Soft Machine,
Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons.
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.