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 Azerbaijan and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Second Layer to the dance 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 The Angels of Light. All the underground hits.
All Stereo Dub tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 marimba and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ponytail 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?
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Panda Bear,
Talk Talk,
Lalann,
Mission of Burma,
ABBA,
Aaron Thompson,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Wire,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Joe Smooth,
The Fortunes,
Steve Hackett,
Mandrill,
The Slits,
Eden Ahbez,
Can,
Sex Pistols,
Iggy Pop,
Chrome,
Minnie Riperton,
Ituana,
Niagra,
Lyres,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Toni Rubio,
The Raincoats,
Josef K,
The Barracudas,
Massinfluence,
Popol Vuh,
The Toasters,
The Saints,
Outsiders,
Scott Walker,
Cheater Slicks,
Neil Young,
CMW,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Trumans Water,
Japan,
Q and Not U,
Marine Girls,
Rotary Connection,
Livin' Joy,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
JFA,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Oneida,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Nation of Ulysses,
Funky Four + One,
Sarah Menescal,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Ten City,
Grey Daturas,
Michelle Simonal,
Lower 48,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.