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 El Salvador and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Alphaville 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 Reuben Wilson. All the underground hits.
All Cluster tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mary Jane Girls 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronnie Foster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter and Kerry,
The Grass Roots,
Sister Nancy,
Nick Fraelich,
Darondo,
Kayak,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Terrestrial Tones,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
June of 44,
Moby Grape,
Barclay James Harvest,
Crash Course in Science,
The Angels of Light,
Theoretical Girls,
Alison Limerick,
Isaac Hayes,
Slick Rick,
Johnny Clarke,
A Certain Ratio,
John Lydon,
a-ha,
Yazoo,
The Monochrome Set,
Althea and Donna,
Jerry's Kids,
Scott Walker,
Erasure,
Todd Rundgren,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Jimmy McGriff,
World's Most,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Leaves,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Rosa Yemen,
Brass Construction,
Davy DMX,
Roxette,
The Birthday Party,
The Vogues,
Scion,
Jacob Miller,
Archie Shepp,
Mary Jane Girls,
Tommy Roe,
Duran Duran,
The Slits,
Byron Stingily,
Donald Byrd,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Tim Buckley,
Kool Moe Dee,
Idris Muhammad,
Excepter,
Gang Starr,
10cc,
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.