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 Egypt and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Q and Not U to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Saints. All the underground hits.
All Newcleus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fire Engines 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 clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronnie Foster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David McCallum,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Spoonie Gee,
Pantaleimon,
CMW,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Masters at Work,
Morten Harket,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Black Moon,
Hoover,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Knickerbockers,
Pere Ubu,
Scratch Acid,
Ronan,
Nik Kershaw,
Chrome,
Minnie Riperton,
Infiniti,
Marmalade,
Joy Division,
The Alarm Clocks,
a-ha,
Man Eating Sloth,
Crispian St. Peters,
10cc,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
R.M.O.,
Sex Pistols,
Dennis Brown,
DJ Sneak,
Anthony Braxton,
Country Teasers,
Gang Green,
Shoche,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sonny Sharrock,
Byron Stingily,
Albert Ayler,
Stereo Dub,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
These Immortal Souls,
Bobby Womack,
Negative Approach,
X-101,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Minutemen,
The Doors,
The Angels of Light,
Agitation Free,
Matthew Bourne,
Parry Music,
Ralphi Rosario,
Radio Birdman,
Ponytail,
The Toasters,
Television Personalities,
DJ Style,
Rufus Thomas,
The Birthday Party,
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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.