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 Colombia and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe 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 Bobby Hutcherson 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 Japan. All the underground hits.
All The Sonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cal Tjader record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Depeche Mode record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crispy Ambulance,
World's Most,
The Monks,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Angels of Light,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Flipper,
Tears for Fears,
U.S. Maple,
Reagan Youth,
Harmonia,
Peter and Kerry,
Warsaw,
Mark Hollis,
The J.B.'s,
Barclay James Harvest,
Matthew Bourne,
The Mummies,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Derrick Morgan,
Crash Course in Science,
Anthony Braxton,
The Names,
Joensuu 1685,
Lakeside,
Pantytec,
The Five Americans,
Cameo,
Camberwell Now,
Q and Not U,
EPMD,
the Germs,
Lou Christie,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Aswad,
The Litter,
The Raincoats,
Oblivians,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pussy Galore,
Brothers Johnson,
Alton Ellis,
Skriet,
June of 44,
Black Pus,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Henry Cow,
Chris Corsano,
Deepchord,
Motorama,
X-Ray Spex,
Monolake,
Jeru the Damaja,
Erasure,
The Detroit Cobras,
Ponytail,
The Fortunes,
Gabor Szabo,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.