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 Yemen and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Hong Kong.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Nation of Ulysses to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All Suicide tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Association 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minny Pops record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sexual Harrassment,
Ralphi Rosario,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Porter Ricks,
Soft Machine,
Hardrive,
Rotary Connection,
Frankie Knuckles,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Jandek,
Swans,
Todd Terry,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Jeff Lynne,
Outsiders,
Dave Gahan,
Gang Starr,
Tres Demented,
Trumans Water,
Gang Green,
Rhythm & Sound,
Whodini,
Agent Orange,
kango's stein massive,
New Order,
10cc,
Gregory Isaacs,
Bizarre Inc.,
Banda Bassotti,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Patti Smith,
Anakelly,
The New Christs,
Piero Umiliani,
Q65,
Fear,
Grandmaster Flash,
Derrick May,
Laurel Aitken,
The Smoke,
James White and The Blacks,
Ten City,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lakeside,
Sugar Minott,
B.T. Express,
Lucky Dragons,
Flash Fearless,
The Cowsills,
Thee Headcoats,
Reagan Youth,
Kayak,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
DNA,
Brothers Johnson,
Dawn Penn,
Jimmy McGriff,
La Düsseldorf,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.