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 Seychelles and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 Portland and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
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 Jeff Mills to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Michelle Simonal. All the underground hits.
All The Techniques tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tim Buckley record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gories record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lebanon Hanover,
The Detroit Cobras,
a-ha,
Girls At Our Best!,
Skriet,
F. McDonald,
Gabor Szabo,
The Mojo Men,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Jacques Brel,
Jacob Miller,
the Association,
Neu!,
Bluetip,
Country Teasers,
Henry Cow,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sparks,
The American Breed,
Eric Dolphy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Moody Blues,
Basic Channel,
The Neon Judgement,
Bizarre Inc.,
Todd Rundgren,
Yaz,
The Index,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Rekid,
Janne Schatter,
Bush Tetras,
Alice Coltrane,
Junior Murvin,
Roxette,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Stockholm Monsters,
Black Moon,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Deepchord,
Dual Sessions,
Marine Girls,
The Fuzztones,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Rod Modell,
Matthew Bourne,
Adolescents,
Lou Reed,
Maleditus Sound,
Desert Stars,
Quadrant,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Young Marble Giants,
Niagra,
Nas,
Faust,
Section 25,
Scratch Acid,
The Modern Lovers,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band.
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.