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 Honduras and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar 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 Louis and Bebe Barron to the dance kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Magma. All the underground hits.
All MDC tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 an arpeggiator and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Colin Newman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Lydon,
Duran Duran,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sparks,
The Divine Comedy,
Scion,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Intrusion,
The Fuzztones,
David Bowie,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Kaleidoscope,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Yusef Lateef,
Traffic Nightmare,
Quadrant,
Peter and Kerry,
The Offenders,
Johnny Clarke,
Quando Quango,
Tim Buckley,
Amazonics,
The Invisible,
JFA,
Nation of Ulysses,
Juan Atkins,
Jandek,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Faraquet,
Prince Buster,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Nick Fraelich,
Amon Düül II,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Doobie Brothers,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Swans,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
T. Rex,
Hasil Adkins,
The Barracudas,
Kenny Larkin,
Jacques Brel,
Kurtis Blow,
X-101,
Roger Hodgson,
Country Teasers,
Big Daddy Kane,
One Last Wish,
The American Breed,
Con Funk Shun,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Aural Exciters,
Lightning Bolt,
The Electric Prunes,
The Victims,
Maurizio,
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.