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 South Africa and from Salvador.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Tomorrow to the grunge 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 Sly & The Family Stone. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Saccharine Trust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Liliput record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tres Demented,
Glenn Branca,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Television,
DJ Style,
The Cowsills,
Groovy Waters,
Vladislav Delay,
Guru Guru,
10cc,
Livin' Joy,
Delta 5,
L. Decosne,
Yellowson,
Das Ding,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Leonard Cohen,
Thee Headcoats,
The Raincoats,
Hoover,
The Vogues,
Wire,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Neu!,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lindisfarne,
D'Angelo,
The Techniques,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Iggy Pop,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Surgeon,
Sun Ra,
Harmonia,
Country Joe & The Fish,
One Last Wish,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ituana,
Marcia Griffiths,
Aloha Tigers,
Traffic Nightmare,
Von Mondo,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Gun Club,
Isaac Hayes,
Juan Atkins,
Newcleus,
Susan Cadogan,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Smoke,
Dennis Brown,
Half Japanese,
Harpers Bizarre,
Subhumans,
Mission of Burma,
The J.B.'s,
Angry Samoans,
Tomorrow,
New York Dolls,
the Fania All-Stars,
Nick Fraelich,
Spoonie Gee,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.