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 Bangladesh and from Lyon.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Isaac Hayes to the disco 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 Chris Corsano. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 an arpeggiator and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Malaria! record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
L. Decosne,
Animal Collective,
Rakim,
Harmonia,
Mary Jane Girls,
Ituana,
Joe Finger,
Harpers Bizarre,
Aaron Thompson,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Gang Gang Dance,
Jandek,
Marshall Jefferson,
Liliput,
Aswad,
Quadrant,
The Toasters,
Moss Icon,
EPMD,
Flamin' Groovies,
Gastr Del Sol,
Fatback Band,
Swans,
Lebanon Hanover,
Rapeman,
Dorothy Ashby,
Morten Harket,
La Düsseldorf,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Sarah Menescal,
The Evens,
Bluetip,
John Foxx,
Crime,
Eric B and Rakim,
Neu!,
Skriet,
Prince Buster,
Cecil Taylor,
Man Eating Sloth,
Gang Green,
Audionom,
Angry Samoans,
Excepter,
The Index,
Zero Boys,
Hasil Adkins,
Jeff Mills,
Gil Scott Heron,
Delon & Dalcan,
Nik Kershaw,
Kenny Larkin,
Index,
The Seeds,
Das Ding,
Q and Not U,
The Angels of Light,
Kerrie Biddell,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Nico,
Shoche,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Fire Engines,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.