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 South Africa and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 güiro 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 Lalo Schifrin to the punk 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 Cymande. All the underground hits.
All New Order tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mission of Burma record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Germs,
Symarip,
Wolf Eyes,
The Remains,
Rekid,
Andrew Hill,
Depeche Mode,
The Stooges,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Ossler,
Camouflage,
Ronan,
Q65,
ABBA,
New Age Steppers,
The Cowsills,
John Coltrane,
Quando Quango,
Newcleus,
The Searchers,
Mary Jane Girls,
Tubeway Army,
The Motions,
Moby Grape,
Heaven 17,
The Trojans,
Patti Smith,
Public Image Ltd.,
Mandrill,
L. Decosne,
Young Marble Giants,
Sandy B,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Archie Shepp,
The Standells,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Dave Clark Five,
Fatback Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Glambeats Corp.,
Excepter,
Juan Atkins,
Peter & Gordon,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Unrelated Segments,
Funky Four + One,
Basic Channel,
The Fortunes,
Supertramp,
H. Thieme,
Yusef Lateef,
This Heat,
The Leaves,
Kerrie Biddell,
Schoolly D,
Danielle Patucci,
Henry Cow,
Pantaleimon,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Carl Craig,
The Residents,
Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685.
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.