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 Congo and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Outsiders to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Motorama. All the underground hits.
All Rod Modell tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Easy Going 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scan 7 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Arthur Verocai,
Pole,
These Immortal Souls,
The Victims,
The United States of America,
New Age Steppers,
Chris & Cosey,
Ohio Players,
Groovy Waters,
The Motions,
Gang Green,
Con Funk Shun,
David Axelrod,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Peter & Gordon,
Spoonie Gee,
Stereo Dub,
Rapeman,
Sonic Youth,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Kaleidoscope,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bad Manners,
Jimmy McGriff,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Flesh Eaters,
Kevin Saunderson,
Mad Mike,
Crispy Ambulance,
Morten Harket,
The Gun Club,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
the Normal,
Brothers Johnson,
Duran Duran,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Pere Ubu,
Lalo Schifrin,
Inner City,
Tom Boy,
Nik Kershaw,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Curtis Mayfield,
Bill Near,
MC5,
Soft Cell,
Lightning Bolt,
The Busters,
The American Breed,
The Mojo Men,
David McCallum,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Max Romeo,
Yazoo,
The Blackbyrds,
Carl Craig,
Shoche,
June of 44,
Glenn Branca,
Idris Muhammad,
Ronnie Foster,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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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.