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 Gambia and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
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 Vainqueur to the dance 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lightning Bolt 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cosmic Jokers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Loose Ends,
Suicide,
Hardrive,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Index,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Trojans,
kango's stein massive,
Jawbox,
Whodini,
Interpol,
The Cure,
Oneida,
Darondo,
Kerrie Biddell,
Little Man,
B.T. Express,
Bush Tetras,
Freddie Wadling,
The Knickerbockers,
Tomorrow,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Japan,
Groovy Waters,
The Modern Lovers,
Sonic Youth,
Jacob Miller,
Lower 48,
Bang On A Can,
Minnie Riperton,
Kayak,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Nils Olav,
Radio Birdman,
Alton Ellis,
Television,
the Bar-Kays,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Crash Course in Science,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Fortunes,
Funky Four + One,
Jerry's Kids,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Mars,
Soulsonic Force,
Mary Jane Girls,
Eric Dolphy,
Quantec,
Parry Music,
The Slits,
The Evens,
Trumans Water,
Fluxion,
Electric Prunes,
Icehouse,
Byron Stingily,
Qualms,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.