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 Mexico and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the oboe 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 Gil Scott Heron to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Fort Wilson Riot. All the underground hits.
All Max Romeo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Carl Craig record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Circle Jerks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Porter Ricks,
Groovy Waters,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Remains,
The J.B.'s,
The Associates,
Neil Young,
the Sonics,
The Cure,
Flash Fearless,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
DNA,
Lou Christie,
The Real Kids,
Curtis Mayfield,
Funky Four + One,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Eddi Front,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Slackers,
Spoonie Gee,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Motorama,
X-101,
Roxette,
LL Cool J,
Swans,
Girls At Our Best!,
Charles Mingus,
MDC,
Sandy B,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Panda Bear,
Sonic Youth,
Chris Corsano,
Lungfish,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Johnny Clarke,
Henry Cow,
Marvin Gaye,
Lee Hazlewood,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Residents,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Banda Bassotti,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Lower 48,
Grey Daturas,
Chrome,
Loose Ends,
Sight & Sound,
Aural Exciters,
B.T. Express,
The Cramps,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Urselle,
Robert Görl,
The Offenders, The Offenders, The Offenders, The Offenders.
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.