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 Belize and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 Quando Quango to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 10cc. All the underground hits.
All CMW tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scott Walker + Sunn O))) 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Whodini record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pierre Henry,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Tommy Roe,
Prince Buster,
Guru Guru,
Ten City,
Hardrive,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Stockholm Monsters,
Alton Ellis,
Pylon,
Procol Harum,
The Grass Roots,
Donny Hathaway,
The Saints,
Cecil Taylor,
Jawbox,
The Stooges,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Radio Birdman,
Soft Machine,
Hasil Adkins,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Detroit Cobras,
Frankie Knuckles,
June of 44,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Amazonics,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Skriet,
The Gap Band,
Marvin Gaye,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Mummies,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Technova,
Sound Behaviour,
The Pop Group,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Saccharine Trust,
Joe Smooth,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Reagan Youth,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Birthday Party,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Michelle Simonal,
Robert Hood,
Jesper Dahlback,
the Swans,
Vladislav Delay,
Patti Smith,
Thee Headcoats,
The Victims,
Electric Prunes,
Joey Negro,
Alice Coltrane,
Audionom, Audionom, Audionom, Audionom.
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.