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 Portugal and from London.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Basic Channel to the techno kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Section 25 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every U.S. Maple record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Make Up record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dawn Penn,
Bill Wells,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Nils Olav,
Q and Not U,
Skarface,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
F. McDonald,
Dual Sessions,
David McCallum,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
ABC,
Quantec,
Ponytail,
Warren Ellis,
Minor Threat,
Gil Scott Heron,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Cure,
Sister Nancy,
Shoche,
Pere Ubu,
The Monochrome Set,
Electric Prunes,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Avey Tare,
Johnny Clarke,
Arthur Verocai,
Piero Umiliani,
Newcleus,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Scan 7,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
MC5,
OOIOO,
Donny Hathaway,
Johnny Osbourne,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Excepter,
Young Marble Giants,
Gang of Four,
James White and The Blacks,
The Grass Roots,
Black Bananas,
The Blues Magoos,
Von Mondo,
Sam Rivers,
Amazonics,
Mary Jane Girls,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Symarip,
Bootsy Collins,
Panda Bear,
Joy Division,
Alphaville,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Circle Jerks,
The Red Krayola,
Qualms,
Television Personalities,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Easy Going,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
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.