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 Moldova and from Accra.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Glambeats Corp. to the funk 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 Shoche. All the underground hits.
All Pierre Henry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a sitar 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 harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Echospace,
June Days,
Spoonie Gee,
June of 44,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Drexciya,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Seeds,
Boz Scaggs,
Brass Construction,
Das Ding,
Nirvana,
Zapp,
Audionom,
Excepter,
Neil Young,
Peter and Kerry,
Tommy Roe,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Bad Manners,
The Gap Band,
The Skatalites,
John Lydon,
Eric Copeland,
Donny Hathaway,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Glenn Branca,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Alton Ellis,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Pantytec,
The Alarm Clocks,
Inner City,
Thompson Twins,
Blancmange,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Steve Hackett,
Sun Ra,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Pole,
the Slits,
Radiohead,
Skaos,
Television,
AZ,
Robert Görl,
Maurizio,
Bill Near,
The Five Americans,
Y Pants,
Cluster,
Pussy Galore,
Oneida,
The Doors,
The Wake,
Ultimate Spinach,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Goldenarms,
Josef K,
Funkadelic,
Groovy Waters,
Terry Callier,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.