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 France and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Woodstock.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Mighty Diamonds to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Bronski Beat. All the underground hits.
All Chrome tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Faust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June of 44 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Colin Newman,
Lower 48,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Martian,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
UT,
Khruangbin,
Swell Maps,
Davy DMX,
Scan 7,
Glenn Branca,
Grey Daturas,
The Real Kids,
Popol Vuh,
Panda Bear,
Stiv Bators,
Gang of Four,
Roy Ayers,
Soft Cell,
Easy Going,
Marvin Gaye,
James White and The Blacks,
Lyres,
Crispy Ambulance,
cv313,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Monochrome Set,
Lightning Bolt,
Harry Pussy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fela Kuti,
Sight & Sound,
Public Enemy,
Silicon Teens,
Pierre Henry,
Suburban Knight,
ABBA,
Letta Mbulu,
Peter and Kerry,
the Association,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Icehouse,
Chrome,
Outsiders,
JFA,
Liliput,
Model 500,
Johnny Clarke,
Rakim,
Wire,
Bronski Beat,
Albert Ayler,
Magma,
Boogie Down Productions,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Pere Ubu,
Goldenarms,
The Vogues,
Accadde A,
Delta 5,
T.S.O.L.,
Sun Ra,
ABC,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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.