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 Philippines and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Carl Craig to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Ultra Naté. All the underground hits.
All Pussy Galore tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tubeway Army record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Piero Umiliani record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dave Gahan,
Brand Nubian,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sparks,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Divine Comedy,
Ultravox,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Lungfish,
Lalo Schifrin,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Kaleidoscope,
Brothers Johnson,
Cluster,
Q65,
Mantronix,
Minny Pops,
Whodini,
The Sisters of Mercy,
10cc,
Isaac Hayes,
Anakelly,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Barbara Tucker,
DJ Sneak,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Birthday Party,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Michelle Simonal,
Blancmange,
Aloha Tigers,
Rufus Thomas,
Public Enemy,
Funkadelic,
the Soft Cell,
Cecil Taylor,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
New Order,
The Leaves,
Toni Rubio,
Danielle Patucci,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Cramps,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Pantaleimon,
Eli Mardock,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Grass Roots,
Scrapy,
David Axelrod,
Jeff Lynne,
kango's stein massive,
June Days,
Zero Boys,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
LL Cool J,
Electric Prunes,
Colin Newman,
Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna.
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.