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 Solomon Islands and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Chris Corsano 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 Black Moon. All the underground hits.
All The Beau Brummels tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Christie record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Byrd record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Derrick Morgan,
Nirvana,
Bush Tetras,
Warren Ellis,
Metal Thangz,
Soft Machine,
Jeff Mills,
The Zeros,
The Searchers,
Technova,
Moebius,
China Crisis,
Babytalk,
Popol Vuh,
Bobby Womack,
Joy Division,
Fad Gadget,
The Saints,
Urselle,
Faraquet,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
DNA,
The Human League,
Sixth Finger,
Anakelly,
June of 44,
Johnny Osbourne,
Donny Hathaway,
Fluxion,
Sun City Girls,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Flipper,
Marshall Jefferson,
Johnny Clarke,
Bobby Sherman,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Intrusion,
Little Man,
Bronski Beat,
Aural Exciters,
Symarip,
Joyce Sims,
Joe Smooth,
Cecil Taylor,
Mr. Review,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Wake,
Groovy Waters,
Sight & Sound,
The Mojo Men,
Gerry Rafferty,
Kas Product,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Los Fastidios,
Radio Birdman,
Derrick May,
Thee Headcoats,
Procol Harum,
The Invisible,
U.S. Maple,
Rosa Yemen,
Bobby Byrd,
Porter Ricks,
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