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 Sudan and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Tommy Roe to the grunge kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Freddie Wadling. All the underground hits.
All Eli Mardock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every PIL record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Monochrome Set record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Maurizio,
Albert Ayler,
Gregory Isaacs,
Boz Scaggs,
Shoche,
LL Cool J,
John Foxx,
Mark Hollis,
Eden Ahbez,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sonic Youth,
Tim Buckley,
Graham Central Station,
Grey Daturas,
Howard Jones,
The Blues Magoos,
Marshall Jefferson,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Lou Reed,
The Angels of Light,
The Gladiators,
Lou Christie,
Symarip,
Yazoo,
Pantaleimon,
Leonard Cohen,
Quadrant,
Flipper,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Gang of Four,
Delta 5,
Groovy Waters,
Mad Mike,
Deepchord,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Lungfish,
Visage,
Public Image Ltd.,
A Certain Ratio,
Lalo Schifrin,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Amazonics,
The Stooges,
Jeff Mills,
The Music Machine,
Skriet,
Animal Collective,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
kango's stein massive,
the Human League,
Infiniti,
The Red Krayola,
Model 500,
Rekid,
Moss Icon,
Simply Red,
Bluetip,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Negative Approach,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor.
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.