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 Congo and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Eve St. Jones to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Tom Boy. All the underground hits.
All Barbara Tucker tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young & Crazy Horse record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stereo Dub record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anthony Braxton,
Agitation Free,
Loose Ends,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Urselle,
Joey Negro,
The Star Department,
Yellowson,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Mojo Men,
Eden Ahbez,
The Music Machine,
X-101,
Banda Bassotti,
Ronan,
Tres Demented,
Jeff Lynne,
Black Pus,
Skarface,
Rod Modell,
Grey Daturas,
Chris Corsano,
Yusef Lateef,
Japan,
Excepter,
The Fuzztones,
Intrusion,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Half Japanese,
Crispy Ambulance,
Boredoms,
Scion,
Echospace,
Rakim,
Quantec,
World's Most,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Wings,
Metal Thangz,
Black Moon,
The Residents,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Marc Almond,
Soft Machine,
Cheater Slicks,
The Skatalites,
Susan Cadogan,
Cal Tjader,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sam Rivers,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Eric B and Rakim,
Fear,
Mission of Burma,
Silicon Teens,
Ultravox,
a-ha,
Josef K,
The Motions,
Arab on Radar,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback.
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.