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 San Marino and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 808 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 Ajijia Myrayebe to the disco 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 L. Decosne. All the underground hits.
All Scratch Acid tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skriet 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dark Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mark Hollis,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Das Ding,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
U.S. Maple,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Moody Blues,
Underground Resistance,
Index,
Agitation Free,
Tomorrow,
Brick,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Nico,
The Saints,
Crooked Eye,
Television Personalities,
Sällskapet,
Section 25,
The Fuzztones,
Tears for Fears,
The Stooges,
David McCallum,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Lyres,
David Axelrod,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Bluetip,
X-101,
Gang Green,
Smog,
Soulsonic Force,
A Certain Ratio,
Joensuu 1685,
Absolute Body Control,
New York Dolls,
Pere Ubu,
The Star Department,
June Days,
Animal Collective,
Half Japanese,
Babytalk,
OOIOO,
Grey Daturas,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Panda Bear,
The Smoke,
Freddie Wadling,
Sound Behaviour,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Gladiators,
Radiohead,
Altered Images,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Archie Shepp,
Flash Fearless,
Nas,
The Sonics,
Laurel Aitken,
Janne Schatter,
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.