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 East Timor and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 oboe 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 Q65 to the disco 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 The Barracudas. All the underground hits.
All Hasil Adkins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Busters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Standells record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Traffic Nightmare,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Wake,
Flash Fearless,
Main Source,
The Doobie Brothers,
Khruangbin,
AZ,
Carl Craig,
Rhythm & Sound,
Kerri Chandler,
ABC,
Niagra,
Average White Band,
Patti Smith,
Aloha Tigers,
The J.B.'s,
Sugar Minott,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Chris Corsano,
Royal Trux,
Erykah Badu,
The Techniques,
The Searchers,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Quadrant,
Tubeway Army,
Half Japanese,
Model 500,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lou Christie,
Severed Heads,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Amon Düül II,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Qualms,
The Remains,
Susan Cadogan,
Porter Ricks,
Mars,
Big Daddy Kane,
Alton Ellis,
Black Flag,
Lalo Schifrin,
8 Eyed Spy,
Yaz,
The Gun Club,
Young Marble Giants,
Banda Bassotti,
Popol Vuh,
David McCallum,
The Vogues,
E-Dancer,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Selecter,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Stereo Dub,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Steve Hackett,
Television,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.