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 Guinea and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Loose Ends to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Gerry Rafferty. All the underground hits.
All The Sisters of Mercy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pussy Galore record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 guitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gregory Isaacs,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Cure,
Throbbing Gristle,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camouflage,
Terrestrial Tones,
June of 44,
Basic Channel,
Tres Demented,
Cymande,
Wolf Eyes,
Skarface,
Little Man,
Johnny Osbourne,
John Holt,
ABBA,
Nils Olav,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Don Cherry,
Susan Cadogan,
Grey Daturas,
Tim Buckley,
Todd Terry,
The Slits,
The Seeds,
Parry Music,
Bad Manners,
The Alarm Clocks,
Scientists,
The Blackbyrds,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Brand Nubian,
Fad Gadget,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
UT,
Kerrie Biddell,
Sam Rivers,
Animal Collective,
Drive Like Jehu,
Pantytec,
Dawn Penn,
The Saints,
The Fire Engines,
Radiohead,
Scan 7,
Mark Hollis,
Sister Nancy,
Sandy B,
The Leaves,
Al Stewart,
The Index,
The Red Krayola,
Pantaleimon,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
H. Thieme,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Urselle,
Newcleus, Newcleus, Newcleus, Newcleus.
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.