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 Thailand and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the oboe 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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes to the disco 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 The Associates. All the underground hits.
All Fort Wilson Riot tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Easy Going record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Don Cherry,
The Standells,
Warsaw,
Aaron Thompson,
Bauhaus,
Eddi Front,
Al Stewart,
Oblivians,
Magma,
Danielle Patucci,
Vladislav Delay,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
PIL,
Scion,
John Cale,
The Shadows of Knight,
Soft Machine,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Traffic Nightmare,
Mr. Review,
John Lydon,
Sam Rivers,
Chris & Cosey,
MC5,
Alison Limerick,
EPMD,
Sparks,
The Residents,
June Days,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Jeru the Damaja,
Duran Duran,
Mark Hollis,
UT,
Fugazi,
Godley & Creme,
Pussy Galore,
Bang On A Can,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Gichy Dan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Young Marble Giants,
The Dirtbombs,
the Sonics,
Procol Harum,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Livin' Joy,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bobby Sherman,
Amon Düül II,
Terry Callier,
Qualms,
Flipper,
Joensuu 1685,
U.S. Maple,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Country Teasers,
Bootsy Collins,
Jacob Miller,
Blancmange,
Von Mondo,
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.