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 Senegal and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 H. Thieme to the crunk 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 Throbbing Gristle. All the underground hits.
All Larry & the Blue Notes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Section 25,
The Shadows of Knight,
The United States of America,
Groovy Waters,
Marcia Griffiths,
Jandek,
Colin Newman,
The Techniques,
The Slits,
Electric Prunes,
The Birthday Party,
Guru Guru,
Jeru the Damaja,
Von Mondo,
Alison Limerick,
Blancmange,
LL Cool J,
Boz Scaggs,
Minutemen,
The Five Americans,
Sexual Harrassment,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
MDC,
Jawbox,
Unwound,
Alice Coltrane,
Youth Brigade,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Grey Daturas,
Barbara Tucker,
T. Rex,
Thompson Twins,
Neil Young,
Michelle Simonal,
Scratch Acid,
The Move,
Darondo,
Davy DMX,
Jacob Miller,
Dave Gahan,
Magma,
The Human League,
The Durutti Column,
Carl Craig,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Glenn Branca,
Jeff Lynne,
Nation of Ulysses,
Easy Going,
Pere Ubu,
U.S. Maple,
Flipper,
Ralphi Rosario,
Chris Corsano,
Soulsonic Force,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Evens,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Selecter,
F. McDonald,
The Motions,
Kenny Larkin,
Monolake,
Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster.
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.