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 Thailand and from Manchester.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the marimba 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 ABBA to the dance 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 The Victims. All the underground hits.
All Marc Almond tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alison Limerick record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rapeman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
Kayak,
the Slits,
Lou Christie,
cv313,
Radiopuhelimet,
Idris Muhammad,
Radiohead,
Television,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Kurtis Blow,
The Raincoats,
Fad Gadget,
Neil Young,
8 Eyed Spy,
Mantronix,
Radio Birdman,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Whodini,
Essential Logic,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Stereo Dub,
The Gladiators,
Dorothy Ashby,
Jerry's Kids,
Jandek,
Lucky Dragons,
Jesper Dahlback,
Boogie Down Productions,
Talk Talk,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Matthew Bourne,
Loose Ends,
Interpol,
R.M.O.,
Gichy Dan,
Panda Bear,
Kaleidoscope,
Excepter,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Alphaville,
Soft Cell,
Swell Maps,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
the Sonics,
The Last Poets,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
New Order,
Pantytec,
Michelle Simonal,
The Standells,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Harry Pussy,
Lalann,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Easy Going,
CMW,
Ash Ra Tempel, Ash Ra Tempel, Ash Ra Tempel, Ash Ra Tempel.
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.