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 Israel and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Angry Samoans to the funk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Rosa Yemen tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gabor Szabo 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joey Negro record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Slave,
Barclay James Harvest,
Nico,
Moebius,
kango's stein massive,
The Residents,
Carl Craig,
The Cure,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Boredoms,
Ralphi Rosario,
Moby Grape,
Delta 5,
Black Flag,
Porter Ricks,
Ponytail,
Interpol,
Ituana,
Livin' Joy,
Agent Orange,
The Techniques,
Barrington Levy,
Cymande,
the Association,
Minor Threat,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sun Ra,
Robert Görl,
Arab on Radar,
Eurythmics,
The Star Department,
Eli Mardock,
John Foxx,
Bill Near,
The Skatalites,
Public Image Ltd.,
Lebanon Hanover,
Animal Collective,
Roxette,
Bobby Sherman,
Reuben Wilson,
The Stooges,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hoover,
Alison Limerick,
New Age Steppers,
Thee Headcoats,
Kaleidoscope,
Bizarre Inc.,
Gang Starr,
Jeff Lynne,
The Remains,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Kayak,
Eric Copeland,
Gong,
Zero Boys,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.