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 Nigeria and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Brothers Johnson to the techno kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Frankie Knuckles. All the underground hits.
All London Community Gospel Choir tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Clear Light 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Adolescents record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marmalade,
Dave Gahan,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Toasters,
Laurel Aitken,
Jawbox,
Second Layer,
Erasure,
The Pretty Things,
Hardrive,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Ohio Players,
Bob Dylan,
Chris & Cosey,
The Black Dice,
Barbara Tucker,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Model 500,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
David McCallum,
Soft Machine,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Flash Fearless,
JFA,
Roy Ayers,
Nico,
Marc Almond,
Josef K,
MC5,
Guru Guru,
Big Daddy Kane,
Jacob Miller,
Echospace,
The Moleskins,
Fugazi,
Jandek,
Bad Manners,
Essential Logic,
Glenn Branca,
Todd Terry,
Vladislav Delay,
Monks,
Letta Mbulu,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Flesh Eaters,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Bill Wells,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Evens,
Public Image Ltd.,
Wire,
The Misunderstood,
Man Parrish,
Henry Cow,
Don Cherry,
Morten Harket,
Rakim,
Ultravox,
The Mojo Men,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.