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 Monaco and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Mars to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Raincoats. All the underground hits.
All Donny Hathaway tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Negative Approach record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 an arpeggiator and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kango’s Stein Massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crispy Ambulance,
Ash Ra Tempel,
MDC,
Jawbox,
Joe Finger,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Audionom,
Scion,
Thompson Twins,
Lower 48,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Brass Construction,
Jimmy McGriff,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
the Swans,
Tubeway Army,
The Angels of Light,
Wally Richardson,
Accadde A,
Pantaleimon,
Fad Gadget,
The Trojans,
Half Japanese,
Terrestrial Tones,
Delon & Dalcan,
Nils Olav,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Shoche,
The Human League,
Severed Heads,
Harry Pussy,
Eden Ahbez,
Gichy Dan,
Bill Near,
The Moleskins,
Sarah Menescal,
Negative Approach,
The Dirtbombs,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Main Source,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Names,
Aloha Tigers,
Camberwell Now,
Duran Duran,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Hashim,
Warren Ellis,
The Monks,
Stereo Dub,
Andrew Hill,
Surgeon,
Wire,
Bad Manners,
The Techniques,
New Age Steppers,
Girls At Our Best!,
Terry Callier,
Monolake,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Remains,
John Foxx,
Iggy Pop,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan.
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.