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 Kosovo and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Youth Brigade to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All Barry Ungar tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cymande record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skaos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kenny Larkin,
Vainqueur,
Agitation Free,
Janne Schatter,
Rod Modell,
Malaria!,
Guru Guru,
Grauzone,
Angry Samoans,
Althea and Donna,
Marc Almond,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Divine Comedy,
Rosa Yemen,
Scientists,
Tubeway Army,
Pylon,
Mad Mike,
The Raincoats,
Shoche,
Hot Snakes,
Jesper Dahlback,
Byron Stingily,
Michelle Simonal,
Letta Mbulu,
Bluetip,
Clear Light,
Procol Harum,
The Fuzztones,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Urselle,
Metal Thangz,
Eve St. Jones,
Bill Wells,
Rhythm & Sound,
Section 25,
Maurizio,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Nas,
Donald Byrd,
X-102,
Slick Rick,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Blake Baxter,
New York Dolls,
10cc,
Roxette,
Reuben Wilson,
Siglo XX,
Hasil Adkins,
The Trojans,
Silicon Teens,
Royal Trux,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Joyce Sims,
Jawbox,
Panda Bear,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Laurel Aitken,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.