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 Swaziland and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Sister Nancy to the funk 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 Sun Ra. All the underground hits.
All L. Decosne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Half Japanese record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thompson Twins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe 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?
Eden Ahbez,
Hardrive,
Ultimate Spinach,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Monks,
Boogie Down Productions,
Radiopuhelimet,
Deepchord,
Porter Ricks,
Nirvana,
The Mummies,
Quantec,
Brass Construction,
Smog,
Ten City,
8 Eyed Spy,
Leonard Cohen,
Chris & Cosey,
Panda Bear,
Minutemen,
JFA,
The Gories,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Janne Schatter,
Crispian St. Peters,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Modern Lovers,
Alphaville,
Saccharine Trust,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Kerrie Biddell,
the Germs,
Negative Approach,
cv313,
Avey Tare,
Eli Mardock,
Reagan Youth,
Angry Samoans,
John Holt,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lower 48,
Sun City Girls,
Loose Ends,
The Sonics,
Mark Hollis,
Slick Rick,
Magma,
Flipper,
Cal Tjader,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eric Dolphy,
Man Parrish,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
EPMD,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Fire Engines,
Lou Christie,
The Kinks,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Second Layer,
Mr. Review,
Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson.
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.