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 Greece and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Bootsy Collins to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 H. Thieme. All the underground hits.
All New Order tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Lynne 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Porter Ricks,
Ronan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Throbbing Gristle,
Chris Corsano,
Matthew Halsall,
Intrusion,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Quantec,
Rufus Thomas,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Japan,
Ice-T,
Sonic Youth,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ponytail,
Organ,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Andrew Hill,
Darondo,
Eurythmics,
K-Klass,
Cheater Slicks,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Khruangbin,
Aswad,
Davy DMX,
Newcleus,
Bad Manners,
Soft Machine,
Terrestrial Tones,
Amazonics,
Amon Düül II,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Hashim,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Danielle Patucci,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The New Christs,
Fear,
The Litter,
Guru Guru,
Susan Cadogan,
Barry Ungar,
Rotary Connection,
China Crisis,
Theoretical Girls,
The Detroit Cobras,
Dark Day,
The Buckinghams,
The Toasters,
John Holt,
The Slackers,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Donny Hathaway,
Morten Harket,
Spoonie Gee,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Seeds,
Circle Jerks,
Bill Near, Bill Near, Bill Near, Bill Near.
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.