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 Guyana and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 arpeggiator 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 Tom Boy to the electroclash 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 Circle Jerks. All the underground hits.
All Aloha Tigers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Carl Craig record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an organ and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jesper Dahlback record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Music Machine,
Underground Resistance,
Aural Exciters,
The Mojo Men,
Guru Guru,
L. Decosne,
Rhythm & Sound,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Gichy Dan,
Glambeats Corp.,
Althea and Donna,
the Bar-Kays,
David McCallum,
Outsiders,
Minny Pops,
June of 44,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Nas,
The Sonics,
June Days,
Inner City,
Brick,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Franke,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
kango's stein massive,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Neon Judgement,
Magazine,
T.S.O.L.,
Neu!,
Spoonie Gee,
Gang Green,
Peter & Gordon,
The Sound,
Animal Collective,
Bluetip,
Juan Atkins,
F. McDonald,
Livin' Joy,
The Birthday Party,
Quando Quango,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Black Sheep,
Chrome,
8 Eyed Spy,
Lucky Dragons,
Loose Ends,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Thee Headcoats,
Country Teasers,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Q65,
Crime,
Nirvana,
Barbara Tucker,
Parry Music,
Royal Trux,
Skarface,
Gang Gang Dance,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.