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 Malaysia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Bobby Womack to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All Lonnie Liston Smith tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bad Manners record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rapeman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Slick Rick,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Young Marble Giants,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bronski Beat,
Bobby Hutcherson,
a-ha,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Kas Product,
Ponytail,
the Sonics,
Wally Richardson,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Five Americans,
B.T. Express,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lower 48,
David Bowie,
the Normal,
Excepter,
Nik Kershaw,
Ultra Naté,
The Sonics,
KRS-One,
Harpers Bizarre,
Sex Pistols,
Hardrive,
Godley & Creme,
Dave Gahan,
Kerri Chandler,
Sällskapet,
Lebanon Hanover,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sonic Youth,
Traffic Nightmare,
Hasil Adkins,
Livin' Joy,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Jandek,
Tim Buckley,
Johnny Clarke,
the Germs,
Kenny Larkin,
Rhythm & Sound,
Toni Rubio,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Quando Quango,
Index,
Masters at Work,
In Retrospect,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Janne Schatter,
Severed Heads,
Peter & Gordon,
The Cramps,
Symarip,
Stereo Dub,
The Fall,
The Skatalites, The Skatalites, The Skatalites, The Skatalites.
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.