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 Russia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog to the techno 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 Q and Not U. All the underground hits.
All La Düsseldorf tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Archie Shepp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Drive Like Jehu,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sonny Sharrock,
Nas,
Skaos,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Symarip,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Sound,
Newcleus,
Delta 5,
Adolescents,
Mary Jane Girls,
Brand Nubian,
Ponytail,
K-Klass,
Procol Harum,
Kayak,
Henry Cow,
PIL,
Cameo,
Crime,
Babytalk,
The Blues Magoos,
Rakim,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Bobby Sherman,
Kerrie Biddell,
Joey Negro,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Robert Hood,
Soft Cell,
Radiopuhelimet,
Theoretical Girls,
Pylon,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Invisible,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Roxette,
Wire,
Agent Orange,
Moebius,
Zero Boys,
Amon Düül II,
Max Romeo,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Barracudas,
Bauhaus,
Gerry Rafferty,
Yellowson,
Delon & Dalcan,
Soul II Soul,
Negative Approach,
The Walker Brothers,
The Fall,
Eve St. Jones,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Audionom,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Bill Near,
the Normal,
Vainqueur,
Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance, Crispy Ambulance.
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.