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 Mauritius and from Bremen.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the sitar 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 John Cale to the punk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 UT. All the underground hits.
All Aloha Tigers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sisters of Mercy 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New York Dolls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Au Pairs,
Black Flag,
Ohio Players,
Jacques Brel,
The Shadows of Knight,
Agent Orange,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Rhythm & Sound,
Hasil Adkins,
Kool Moe Dee,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Fatback Band,
Suicide,
Das Ding,
Audionom,
Radiohead,
The Moleskins,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Pop Group,
Roger Hodgson,
Lower 48,
Severed Heads,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Dave Gahan,
Soul II Soul,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lebanon Hanover,
The American Breed,
Groovy Waters,
Shuggie Otis,
Malaria!,
The Monochrome Set,
Skriet,
Joy Division,
June of 44,
Janne Schatter,
Harmonia,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Subhumans,
Half Japanese,
Brass Construction,
Bad Manners,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Warsaw,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Rod Modell,
Quantec,
Darondo,
Danielle Patucci,
Robert Görl,
Popol Vuh,
Marine Girls,
Yellowson,
The Fire Engines,
Circle Jerks,
Joe Finger,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions.
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.