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 Montenegro and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Tres Demented 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 Rhythm & Sound. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hashim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Q65 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Searchers,
Thompson Twins,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Jawbox,
One Last Wish,
Robert Wyatt,
Dave Gahan,
Sixth Finger,
The Fortunes,
L. Decosne,
Spoonie Gee,
Average White Band,
The Sonics,
Whodini,
The Mummies,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
PIL,
The Saints,
Fear,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
New Age Steppers,
Yaz,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Stooges,
Soul Sonic Force,
Scan 7,
Pierre Henry,
Ludus,
Don Cherry,
Ultra Naté,
Lou Christie,
Flipper,
Warren Ellis,
The Blackbyrds,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Grey Daturas,
Soul II Soul,
Godley & Creme,
Shoche,
The Beau Brummels,
Yazoo,
Pagans,
Maurizio,
Minutemen,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Groovy Waters,
Marine Girls,
Soulsonic Force,
Faust,
Gang Starr,
Eric Dolphy,
The Slackers,
Arab on Radar,
The Dead C,
Circle Jerks,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Hashim,
Arcadia,
Johnny Osbourne,
Newcleus,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.