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 Morocco and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the organ 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 The Associates to the dance kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Shoche. All the underground hits.
All Main Source tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Blackbyrds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Panda Bear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soft Machine,
Erasure,
D'Angelo,
Peter and Kerry,
Joy Division,
Mark Hollis,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Monolake,
The Human League,
Robert Wyatt,
Monks,
X-102,
Roxy Music,
Byron Stingily,
World's Most,
Grey Daturas,
Bobby Byrd,
Icehouse,
Sonny Sharrock,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Goldenarms,
Amon Düül,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Bronski Beat,
the Swans,
Thee Headcoats,
Khruangbin,
Sly & The Family Stone,
the Bar-Kays,
ABC,
Malaria!,
Michelle Simonal,
Anthony Braxton,
Reuben Wilson,
Kayak,
Joe Smooth,
Lou Reed,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Eden Ahbez,
Mad Mike,
Suicide,
Quantec,
Johnny Clarke,
Arthur Verocai,
The Zeros,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Throbbing Gristle,
Juan Atkins,
Flipper,
Nils Olav,
Marmalade,
Scientists,
Symarip,
The Smiths,
Excepter,
Radio Birdman,
Nirvana,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.