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 Argentina and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Avey Tare 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 Be Bop Deluxe. All the underground hits.
All Quadrant tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stiv Bators record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rod Modell,
Alphaville,
Harry Pussy,
Piero Umiliani,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Pop Group,
The Young Rascals,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Curtis Mayfield,
Soft Machine,
Q and Not U,
Masters at Work,
Bob Dylan,
The Raincoats,
Gichy Dan,
Shoche,
Animal Collective,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Average White Band,
Little Man,
Trumans Water,
Tubeway Army,
Joy Division,
Aloha Tigers,
Funky Four + One,
Black Sheep,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Silicon Teens,
A Certain Ratio,
Smog,
Stereo Dub,
Toni Rubio,
Parry Music,
Boogie Down Productions,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Second Layer,
The Techniques,
Negative Approach,
Inner City,
Henry Cow,
Ralphi Rosario,
Ronnie Foster,
Alison Limerick,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Rapeman,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The New Christs,
One Last Wish,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Joyce Sims,
The Doors,
The Red Krayola,
Goldenarms,
Glambeats Corp.,
Fat Boys,
Erasure,
Traffic Nightmare,
Althea and Donna,
Pagans,
Derrick Morgan,
World's Most,
Jawbox,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.