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 Chile and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and New York.
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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Scan 7 to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Ten City. All the underground hits.
All Max Romeo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Cramps record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Subhumans,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Anakelly,
Darondo,
Stetsasonic,
Dual Sessions,
Eric Dolphy,
Al Stewart,
Gang of Four,
Joyce Sims,
Gabor Szabo,
Moebius,
Funkadelic,
Blancmange,
Dennis Brown,
Oblivians,
Section 25,
Johnny Clarke,
Deepchord,
Siglo XX,
Bill Wells,
Infiniti,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Kaleidoscope,
Boogie Down Productions,
Smog,
Quando Quango,
Graham Central Station,
Kevin Saunderson,
Khruangbin,
Neu!,
DJ Sneak,
The Offenders,
K-Klass,
Ultravox,
Faraquet,
Echospace,
Hot Snakes,
Prince Buster,
Monks,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Doors,
The Dead C,
Hasil Adkins,
Mr. Review,
The Litter,
Au Pairs,
Susan Cadogan,
Rapeman,
Half Japanese,
Crispian St. Peters,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Pantaleimon,
Bill Near,
John Holt,
Ultra Naté,
Gerry Rafferty,
Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad.
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.