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 Iran and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Milan.
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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Malaria! to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Durutti Column. All the underground hits.
All The Dave Clark Five tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mad Mike record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Smiths record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Knickerbockers,
Simply Red,
Franke,
The Litter,
R.M.O.,
Sällskapet,
Grandmaster Flash,
Alton Ellis,
Qualms,
Andrew Hill,
the Soft Cell,
Rapeman,
Thompson Twins,
Deakin,
Public Enemy,
World's Most,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Hasil Adkins,
Slick Rick,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Names,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
the Association,
Pagans,
The Gun Club,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sonic Youth,
Derrick May,
The Motions,
Oblivians,
Girls At Our Best!,
Soft Cell,
Grey Daturas,
Kool Moe Dee,
Funky Four + One,
Blancmange,
Maurizio,
Youth Brigade,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Dead C,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Davy DMX,
Amon Düül,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Modern Lovers,
Joe Smooth,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Monolake,
Anakelly,
Stetsasonic,
Sex Pistols,
T. Rex,
Rotary Connection,
The Walker Brothers,
Marc Almond,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Five Americans,
Reuben Wilson,
Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth, Man Eating Sloth.
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.