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 Grenada and from Accra.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Colin Newman to the rap 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 Wolf Eyes. All the underground hits.
All Groovy Waters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every JFA record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sisters of Mercy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boz Scaggs,
cv313,
Skriet,
The Skatalites,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Rhythm & Sound,
Jerry's Kids,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Godley & Creme,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Gories,
The Gun Club,
Magma,
EPMD,
The Gap Band,
Royal Trux,
Ralphi Rosario,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Velvet Underground,
Kerri Chandler,
Dorothy Ashby,
Bobby Womack,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Cure,
Throbbing Gristle,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Black Pus,
Joe Finger,
The Blues Magoos,
John Foxx,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sight & Sound,
The Knickerbockers,
Gichy Dan,
The Selecter,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Terry Callier,
Thompson Twins,
Idris Muhammad,
The Red Krayola,
Moby Grape,
Barry Ungar,
Bob Dylan,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Cal Tjader,
Lebanon Hanover,
Livin' Joy,
Eddi Front,
Warsaw,
Crime,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Moleskins,
Laurel Aitken,
Scrapy,
Kerrie Biddell,
Zero Boys,
Bizarre Inc.,
Graham Central Station,
The Busters,
Symarip,
the Human League, the Human League, the Human League, the Human League.
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.