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 Indonesia and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Agent Orange to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Fuzztones. All the underground hits.
All It's A Beautiful Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Wake record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Goldenarms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
One Last Wish,
Scion,
The Index,
Glenn Branca,
Urselle,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Judy Mowatt,
Deepchord,
The Angels of Light,
Davy DMX,
Minny Pops,
Jerry's Kids,
Maleditus Sound,
Kas Product,
Gang Starr,
Black Moon,
PIL,
Leonard Cohen,
Con Funk Shun,
Traffic Nightmare,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
MC5,
Gil Scott Heron,
Juan Atkins,
Joe Finger,
The Flesh Eaters,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bizarre Inc.,
Subhumans,
Yellowson,
Derrick Morgan,
Youth Brigade,
Simply Red,
Dorothy Ashby,
Althea and Donna,
Mad Mike,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Kevin Saunderson,
Masters at Work,
The Evens,
Ludus,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Whodini,
Eric Copeland,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Black Pus,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Fall,
Fat Boys,
The Detroit Cobras,
Thee Headcoats,
Hardrive,
Robert Hood,
Sunsets and Hearts,
D'Angelo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ten City,
Hashim,
Roxette,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy.
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.