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 Tanzania and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the güiro 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 Cymande to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Terrestrial Tones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maleditus Sound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flamin' Groovies record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris & Cosey,
Zapp,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Pop Group,
Stockholm Monsters,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Marine Girls,
Glenn Branca,
Lightning Bolt,
Freddie Wadling,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Electric Prunes,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bluetip,
The Move,
Judy Mowatt,
The Star Department,
Shoche,
Faust,
Lyres,
Minor Threat,
Colin Newman,
Andrew Hill,
Technova,
The Moody Blues,
Trumans Water,
Gichy Dan,
Grauzone,
Pantytec,
Rosa Yemen,
Black Sheep,
Matthew Halsall,
Masters at Work,
John Cale,
These Immortal Souls,
Tim Buckley,
Fatback Band,
Ludus,
Todd Terry,
Scrapy,
Godley & Creme,
AZ,
Monks,
EPMD,
Piero Umiliani,
Pagans,
Massinfluence,
PIL,
The Gap Band,
Glambeats Corp.,
H. Thieme,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Albert Ayler,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Johnny Clarke,
Thee Headcoats,
KRS-One,
The Young Rascals,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.