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 Lebanon and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1961 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 The Remains to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Gong. All the underground hits.
All Fugazi tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Junior Murvin 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 808 and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sarah Menescal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Birthday Party,
Buzzcocks,
Marvin Gaye,
Niagra,
Quadrant,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Tubeway Army,
Minor Threat,
Second Layer,
E-Dancer,
Sandy B,
Fear,
the Human League,
Dead Boys,
Yaz,
Little Man,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
UT,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Joensuu 1685,
Gong,
Donny Hathaway,
Warsaw,
Lalann,
Andrew Hill,
Bronski Beat,
Wally Richardson,
The Music Machine,
Can,
Aaron Thompson,
Kurtis Blow,
Wasted Youth,
Cymande,
Intrusion,
Youth Brigade,
Negative Approach,
Excepter,
The Fugs,
Agitation Free,
Amon Düül,
Sam Rivers,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Nas,
Cecil Taylor,
Rotary Connection,
Bad Manners,
Josef K,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
D'Angelo,
FM Einheit,
Minnie Riperton,
Hot Snakes,
Tomorrow,
the Association,
Erasure,
The Gap Band,
Archie Shepp,
Moss Icon,
Mark Hollis,
Joe Finger,
Soulsonic Force,
Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs.
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.