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 Estonia and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1969 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Letta Mbulu to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Gerry Rafferty. All the underground hits.
All Cabaret Voltaire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 harpsichord and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Todd Terry,
Amon Düül,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Q65,
The Stooges,
Bush Tetras,
Severed Heads,
Symarip,
Yusef Lateef,
Archie Shepp,
Lyres,
Agent Orange,
Marcia Griffiths,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Zeros,
AZ,
Metal Thangz,
Depeche Mode,
Bad Manners,
Whodini,
Godley & Creme,
Arcadia,
The Doors,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Arthur Verocai,
Yaz,
the Association,
David Axelrod,
Dawn Penn,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Cameo,
The Detroit Cobras,
Alton Ellis,
Al Stewart,
Jeff Lynne,
Barry Ungar,
Spoonie Gee,
The Vogues,
kango's stein massive,
Chris Corsano,
The Skatalites,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Public Enemy,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Pere Ubu,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Ultra Naté,
Spandau Ballet,
Ituana,
Slave,
Bobby Sherman,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Piero Umiliani,
10cc,
UT,
Desert Stars,
Connie Case,
DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style.
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.